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High school tennis round-up

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Posted 8:35AM on Thursday 18th April 2002 ( 23 years ago )
It was a busy Wednesday on the prep tennis courts.<br> <br> Both Gainesville teams, girls and boys, continued strong seasons with 5-love shut-outs of Pickens County.<br> <br> The Gainesville girls (10-1) got singles wins from Lauren Weiss, Heather Henry, and Rachel Moore in their match at Longwood Park. The teams of Emily Brooksher/Meg Henson and Leigh Ann Gross/Michelle Fuller picked up doubles wins.<br> <br> The GHS boys are still unbeaten (11-0, 6-0 in 7-AAA). Singles winners for the Elephants were Grant Patrick, Ben Stewart, and Matt Fowler. Dubs team winners were Mark Easley/Drew Turner as well as Jim Simons/John Nott.<br> <br> GHS is scheduled at South Forsyth Thursday.<br> <br> The Riverside boys also scored a 5-0 shut-out at Rabun County.<br> <br> The Eagles (8-4, 4-0 in 8-AA) picked up sins in singles from George Woodruff, Rocky Kandola, and Blake Ivy. The doubles teams of Henyen Sharp/Creighton Nash and Jae Park/Daniel Paysinger completed the blanking.<br> <br> Riverside is slated to host the Region Tournament beginning Monday morning at 9:00.<br> <br> East Hall&#39;s boys eked out a 3-2 win at home against Dawson County. <br> <br> The Vikings won all three singles, while the Tigers took the doubles.<br> <br> Patrick O&#39;Neal, Jake Beggs, and Todd Goss won for East Hall, while the teams of Raymond Weshorn/Nicholas Biddy and Adam Roper/Jeremy Fields won for Dawson.<br> <br> The Vikings carry a 3-8 overall, 3-1 Region 8-AA South into Lumpkin County Thursday.<br> <br> The Viking girls made it a sweep with a 4-1 win over Dawson at East Hall.<br> <br> It was a split for the Lakeview boys and girls Wednesday. Both Lions&#39; teams beat Commerce 4-1, but both lost to Buford 3-2.<br> <br> In the win over Commerce, the Lady Lions picked up singles wins from Cassie Martin, Sarina Bhole&#39;, and Katie Clark. Amy Kearns and Elizabeth Hamilton won at number one doubles for Lakeview. Commerce&#39;s team of Kate Wilbanks/Heather Beck won at number two dubs.<br> <br> Martin and Bhole&#39; won against Buford, but the Lady Wolves picked up a win at number three singles from Lori Prince; and the doubles teams of Alison Valdez/Lauren henderson and Merideth Cash/Brittney Peevy won to give Buford the team victory at home.<br> <br> Branden Owens won at three singles for Commerce, but Lakeview picked up the other singles wins from Tony Abdulkarim and David Ellis and doubles wins from James Francis/John Woodhams as well as Kevin Brooks/Justin Marshall.<br> <br> Against Buford, Ellis won along with the doubles team of Marshall and Holden Sawyer.<br> <br> Buford took the team match with singles victories from Mac Jones and Andrew Pak, and a doubles victory by Michael Jackson and Judson Bonick.<br> <br> Also Wednesday, the Cedar Shoals tennis teams swept Habersham Central: 4-1, girls; and 3-2 boys. The Jaguars were to play West Hall Thursday at the UGA McWhorter courts.

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