W. Hall sweeps E. Hall in County Tennis tourney

Posted 7:22AM on Thursday 14th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )

The West Hall boys finished strong in the Hall County Tennis Tournament, defeating East Hall 5-0. #1 singles Joseph Pate defeated Jess Odell 6-0, 6-0 #2 Drew Wilkerson def. Pat O'Neal 6-3, 6-2 #3 Matt Whiting def. Jake Beggs 6-2,6-1 #1 doubles Nathan Reed/Steven Craig def. Todd Goss/Carl Wilson 6-0, 6-1 #2 Kevin Samples/Mark Braza def. T.J. Harris/Jordan Broom 6-0,6-0 In a JV match: Drew Ivey and Khalil Khlifi (WH) won a doubles match. The Lady Spartans made it a sweep, by knocking off the Lady Vikes, also 5-0. Marie Morris, Chrissy Raby, and Jennifer Mulligan won in singles, while the doubles teams of Kalen Fletcher/Britney Whitaker and Melissa Akins/Sarah Burtch also won for West Hall. The West Hall boys are 6-1 on the year and finished their tourney play at 5-1 for a 2nd place finish in the County Tournament. West Hall's girls and boys will play Clarke Central at home Thursday at 4:15 in a region match. The East Hall boys are scheduled at Riverside. In other Wednesday tennis, Lakeview and Tallulah Falls split a region 8A match with the Lady Lions winning 5-0, but Tallulah winning the boys' match 4-1. James Francis and David Ellis won at number one doubles for the Lions' only win in the loss. Cassie Martin, Sarina Bhole', and Katie Clark took singles wins for the Lakeview girls. Elizabeth Hamilton and Deidre Lohn won the number one doubles, while the team of Taylor Lee/Clare Marshall got a forfeit. The Lions are scheduled at Johnson Monday. The Thursday racket schedule includes Johnson hosting North Forsyth, as well as North Hall's girls hosting Habersham, and Buford at Commerce.

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