Notre Dame qualified a pair of doubles teams (D-I A-AA) to next week’s Spring Fling XXIII in Murfreesboro, while Soddy Daisy and East Hamilton in D-I AAA have singles and doubles champions, respectively, headed to next week.
In A-AA at Champions Club ….
Finals are Tuesday
Hixson and Collegedale have two in the finals which are set for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Champions, while Boyd Buchanan, Brainerd, Red Bank and Silverdale have one finalist each.
L-o-n-g Match: In A-AA boys singles, Daniel Cox (Red Bank) needed three sets and two hours and 30 minutes to defeat District 5 champion Jake Harden (Boyd Buc), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a well-played match. Cox will face long-time friend and District 6 champion Carl Phillips (Hixson) in the finals. Phillips beat Cox in the district finals, 6-0, 6-4.
Hopeful of Spring Fling Return Trip: Hixson’s Phillips played in the state doubles a year ago and hopes for a return trip in singles …. Teammate Alex Condra was a state singles runner-up a year ago and is in the region finals in doubles with Richard Vuong this year … Collegedale senior Matti Sue Nafie has made four region finals and won the region doubles title to earn a trip to Spring Fling XXI in 2014 … Nafie and Britton McElroy take on District 6 champs, Brianna and Brittany Canty of Brainerd in the finals.
Smart Tennis: All A’s and No.1 in their class … Hixson senior Alex Condra is valedictorian and headed to Emory University to study pre-med … Red Bank junior Daniel Cox is also No.1 in his class with all ‘s …. Both students have been No.1 in their class throughout high school and have never made a letter grade below an A since elementary school.
Region 3 A-AA Individual
Semifinals
Girls Singles
Christina Amos (Boyd Buc) def. Caylee Schannuth (Hixson)
Kinsey Anderson (Silverdale) def. Madi Blackburn (Chattanooga Central), 6-2,6-1
Boys Singles
Daniel Cox (Red Bank) def. Jake Harden (Boyd Buc), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Carl Phillips (Hixson) def. Jameson Mench (Silverdale), 7-6 (0), 6-4
Girls Doubles
Matti Sue Nafie/Britton Mcelroy (Collegedale) def. Karmin Nevels-Alysanne Vuong (Hixson), 6-0, 6-2
Brianna Canty-Brittany Canty (Brainerd) def. Emma Rice-Morgan Petet (Silverdale), 6-0, 6-2
Boys Doubles
Alex Condra-Richard Vuong (Hixson) def. Michael Otto-Charlie Driver (Boyd Buc), 6-0, 6-1
Holden McElroy-Colton Lang (Collegedale) def. Gary Paradis-Austin Camp (Red Bank), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Finals: Tuesday at The Champions Club … 3:30 p.m. … winners advance to Spring Fling next week
Region 4 A-AA in Murfreesboro (winners advance to Spring Fling)
Girls Doubles Champions: Sarah Faith Ingell-Mary Margaret Haywood (ND)
Boys Doubles Champions: Andrew Lisy-Nick Coronis (ND)
Region 3 AAA at Cookeville (winners advance to Spring Fling)
Girls Singles Champions: Olivia Crawley (Soddy Daisy)
Girls Doubles Champions: Megan Gallups-Avalon Langley (EH) def. Shelby Noe-Katelynn Coyner, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4
Team State Quarterfinals
Thursday –5 p.m. EDT AAA East Hamilton Girls at Murfreesboro Oakland at Old Fort Park
Winner advances to Spring Fling XXIII State Final Four May 24-25 in Murfreesboro
Thursday – 3 p.m. A-AA Girls State Quarters at The Champions Club
Notre Dame defending state champs) vs. Collegedale
Friday – 4 p.m. A-AA Boys State Quarters at The Champions Club
Notre Dame vs. Hixson
Friday - 4 p.m. D-II AA State Quarters
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contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net