Tennis teams looking to improve tournament seeds
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The Lady Generals moved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Region 7-AAAA with a hard-fought 3-2 home win over Cedartown last Monday.
Morgan Phillips (6-3, 6-2) and Mia Callahan (6-1, 6-4) won singles matches for Heritage, while Elli Jost and Lauren Mock came through (6-0, 6-1) to secure the winning point in doubles.
The Generals, however, were not as fortunate as they fell to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in region play with a 3-2 loss.
Heritage got a win in singles by Nathan Minton (6-3, 6-2) and a doubles win from Kaleb Biddle and Jedd Johnson (6-2, 6-7, 10-6). However, they dropped the other two singles matches and had to forfeit at No. 2 doubles.
Heritage’s match at Northwest Whitfield, scheduled for last Tuesday, had to be postponed until April 6.
LaFayette teams earn road wins
The Lady Ramblers won a pair of three-set matches and earned a 4-1 win at Adairsville last Monday.
Abby Keys (6-3, 6-2) and Grace Hamilton (6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-1) won in singles. The team of LaTyah Barber and Kloe Ludy (6-4, 5-7, 6-1) also won in three sets, while Caylee Purcell and Megan Torbett (6-2, 6-2) enjoyed a much easier victory.
In the boys’ match, LaFayette also picked up a victory, but by a 3-2 count.
Logan Ramey (6-4, 6-3) and Cole Spears (6-2, 6-1) collected singles wins, while the team of Anthony
Collins and Ben Maanum (6-2, 6-1) also won their match to finish off the day.
Dylan Brown (6-4) claimed a one-set exhibition singles victory.
Lady Ramblers rally
The Lady Ramblers found themselves down 0-2, but came storming back to pull off a 3-2 Region 6-AAA victory over a solid Murray County squad this past Wednesday afternoon in LaFayette.
A pair of losses in singles had the Lady Ramblers staring at just their second match loss of the season, but sophomore Macy Mashburn rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles before turning things over to LaFayette’s doubles teams.
The duo of Purcell and Torbett tied the match with an emphatic 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 doubles, which put the outcome of the match in the hands of Barber and Ludy, who were involved in their second three-set match in as many days.
Barber and Ludy won the first set, 7-5, but dropped the second set, 6-4. However, their season-long undefeated run would remain intact with a 6-2 win in the third set to clinch the match for the home team.
Rylee Stansberry claimed an 8-3 win exhibition singles for LaFayette, now 7-1 overall and 5-1 in region play.
Results of the boys’ match were not available as of press time.
Ringgold girls win at home
The Lady Tigers’ tennis team scored a 4-1 Region 6-AAA victory over Coahulla Creek in Ringgold last
Monday afternoon.
Maggie Reed and Olivia Brumfield won in singles, while doubles winners included the teams of Ashlyn Propst and Riley Burdette and Katherine Mudrik and Michelle Cho.
The Tigers were not as fortunate as they lost a narrow 3-2 decision. Ty Williams won his singles match, while Elijah Wofford and Issac Self picked up a win in doubles.
Ringgold’s match versus North Murray had to be postponed until April 12.
LFO falls to Sonoraville, North Murray
The Warriors and Lady Warriors battled with the Phoenix in a rain-shortened match last Tuesday in Gordon County.
Playing Pro 8’s, the LFO girls fell by a 3-0 count, dropping all three singles matches. The doubles matches had just started when the rain moved in.
The Phoenix were up 4-0 in the boys’ match when rain
halted play. Anh Nguyen and Britton Rodriguez were up 7-6 in their doubles match when played ended.
One day later, LFO hosted another region foe in North Murray.
The Warriors lost by a 4-1 count with No. 1 singles player Andrew Hedges (6-1, 6-1) getting the lone point. The Lady Warriors saw No. 1 singles player Julie Shore (6-3, 6-2) and No. 3 singles player Darcy Gilbreath (6-2, 2-6, 6-1) win their matches, but the Lady Mountaineers would hang on for a 3-2 win.