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Published Friday, March 25, 2011 in Sports

Tennis Roundup: Newnan girls, Heritage School clinch top spots

FROM STAFF REPORTS

sports@newnan.com

Newnan tennis teams picked up respective victories on Thursday at M.L. King to both close a busy week and clinch a No. 1 seed in the upcoming Region 2-AAAAA tournament for the Lady Cougars.

In the girls victory, Newnan didn’t allow a game to the Lady Lions while bouncing back from Wednesday’s 4-1 loss at Grady. The win over M.L. King kept the Lady Cougars unbeaten in 2-AAAAA at 6-0 while clinching the top seed in the region tournament on April 12-14 at Richard Craig Park in McDonough.

The Cougars shook off a pair of losses over consecutive days, including a tough 3-2 decision to East Coweta, by dominating M.L. King in a 4-1 win.

Newnan coaches used Thursday’s match to shuffle the lineup a bit, especially after two consecutive top-notch opponents. Lady Cougars Hannah Hutson and Jasmine Hines got a chance to earn a victory at No. 1 doubles with a convincing 8-0 outing. Singles matches saw both Barkley Yancey and Katie Gordon earn shutouts at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions, while Mary Margaret Taylor won by forfeit at the No. 2 spot.

In boys action, top Cougar singles player Cole Duffey tried to rest a hip pointer while playing with Parker Griner at No. 1 doubles for an 8-0 victory. Mikey Miller moved into the No. 3 singles spot, also winning 8-0, while Jack Tucker responded while moving up to No. 2 singles with a shutout win as well.

M.L. King’s only victory came at No. 1 singles over Newnan’s Landon Goolsby.

HERITAGE SCHOOL TEAMS CLINCH REGION TITLES

The Heritage School tennis teams capped off unbeaten seasons in Region 4-AA with 5-0 sweeps of Furtah Prep on the road, Thursday.

Both teams clinched return trips to the GISA Class AA Team Tennis Tournament on April 27 in Augusta.

On the road Thursday, both lineups breezed to victories. In girls action, singles players Amanda Frederking and Ellie Crosby won 8-0, as did a team of Andrea Mayen and Abbie Farr at No. 1 doubles. Lindsey Sherrod and Kendall Roy also dominated, winning 8-1, while Isabel Dennis won by forfeit at No. 1 singles.

The Hawks only gave up two games, with doubles teams of Grayson Parker and Tre Wheat, as well as Thomas Pettet and Alex Pfundt both winning 8-1.

Singles players Joe Sterry, Alex Carter and Will Farr all won by 8-0 shutouts.

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