Prep tennis busy Thursday

Posted 9:01AM on Friday 29th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )

Once-beaten Grayson ended the West Hall boys' tennis team's win streak with a bang yesterday. Grayson shut out the Spartans love-five. #1 singles Drew Rutland defeated Joseph Pate 6-1, 6-1 #2 Sandeep Anand def. Drew Wilkerson 6-1, 6-2 #3 Sandjay Anand def. Matt Whiting 6-1, 6-2 #1 doubles Will Gifford/Corey Mansour def. Nathan Reed /Steven Craig 6-4, 6-4 #2 Joe Bowie/Matt Kramer def. Kevin Samples/Mark Braza 6-2, 7-5 West Hall goes to 9-2 on the year and 4-1 in region play. The West Hall girls salvaged a split with a 3-2 win over Grayson, thanks to strong doubles play and wins by the Lady Spartans from the teams of Kalen Fletcher/Marie Morris and Britney Whitaker/Sarah Burtch. Chrissy Raby got the win in singles at number three for West Hall (7-3, 4-1, 8-AAAA). The Johnson girls went to 7-1 on the season with a 5-nil blanking of Lakeview in a Hall County Tournament match, not dropping a set along the way. Singles wins for the Lady Knights came from Kristen Fouts, Jamie Green, and Taylor Day, while their doubles teams of Mary Phillips/Lori Vaughn and Melissa Dibben/Tiffany Fouts also won. Lakeview turned the tables on Johnson in the boys' match-up with a 4-1 decision. Tony Abdulkarim and Michael Stump won in singles for the Lions, while their dubs teams of Holden Sawyer/James Francis and Kevin Brooks/Justin Marshall also won. The Knights' win came at number two singles from Drew Nutter. The North Hall teams swept Newton County at North Hall: 5-0 boys, and 4-1 girls. Andrew Klein, Kip Wright, and Jared Hunt won on the singles' side for the Trojans (6-4) while doubles wins came from Tyler Smiley/Paul Herdener and Andrew Copeland/James Surgeoner. The Lady Trojans picked up singles victories from Erin Thornton and Allison Wagner, and doubles wins from Erin Jackson/Allison Shuler and Jessica Lawson/Catherine Reynolds. The East Hall boys picked up their first win of the season with a 5-0 home shut-out of Bans County. The Vikings (1-6, 1-0 in 8-AA) got singles wins from Pat O'Neal, Jake Beggs, and Todd Goss; while the two doubles teams, Jess Odell/Ryan Mioduski and Carl Wilson/T.J. Harris also won. The West Hall girls salvaged a split with a 3-2 win over Grayson, thanks to strong doubles play and wins by the Lady Spartans from the teams of Kalen Fletcher/Marie Morris and Britney Whitaker/Sarah Burtch. Chrissy Raby got the win in singles at number three for West Hall (7-3, 4-1, 8-AAAA). West Hall is scheduled to host Oconee County Tuesday, April 16. The Johnson girls went to 7-1 on the season with a 5-nil blanking of Lakeview in a Hall County Tournament match, not dropping a set along the way. Singles wins for the Lady Knights came from Kristen Fouts, Jamie Green, and Taylor Day, while their doubles teams of Mary Phillips/Lori Vaughn and Melissa Dibben/Tiffany Fouts also won. Lakeview turned the tables on Johnson in the boys' match-up with a 4-1 decision. Tony Abdulkarim and Michael Stump won in singles for the Lions, while their dubs teams of Holden Sawyer/James Francis and Kevin Brooks/Justin Marshall also won. The Knights' win came at number two singles from Drew Nutter. The North Hall teams swept Newton County at North Hall: 5-0 boys, and 4-1 girls. Andrew Klein, Kip Wright, and Jared Hunt won on the singles' side for the Trojans (6-4) while doubles wins came from Tyler Smiley/Paul Herdener and Andrew Copeland/James Surgeoner. The Lady Trojans picked up singles victories from Erin Thornton and Allison Wagner, and doubles wins from Erin Jackson/Allison Shuler and Jessica Lawson/Catherine Reynolds. The East Hall boys picked up their first win of the season with a 5-0 home shut-out of Banks County. The Vikings (1-6, 1-0 in 8-AA) got singles wins from Pat O'Neal, Jake Beggs, and Todd Goss; while the two doubles teams- Jess Odell/Ryan Mioduski and Carl Wilson/T.J. Harris- also won. The East Hall girls (2-4) made it a sweep with a 3-2 win over the Lady Leopards. The Lady Vikes got a win at number two singles from Jordan Jones; and then the doubles teams of Megan Magnus/Brittany Smith and Natalie Wheeler/Ashley Carpenter pulled it out.

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