The Ooltewah boys are champions of District 5 AAA, GPS defeated Harpeth Hall to secure second place in D-II AAA Middle/East Region and Soddy Daisy and East Hamilton will meet today for the District 5-AAA girls title in local prep tennis action.
Showdown at Standifer Gap: Today at 4 p.m. East Hamilton girls and Soddy Daisy will meet for the District 5-AAA tennis title … EH (15-0 in dual matches) won the regular season title, while defending district champ Soddy Daisy claimed the individual (singles/doubles) tournament yesterday.
The defending champion Trojans have the experience – winning district and region titles a year ago, advancing to the state Final Four and return three of the top five players from a year ago, while the Eagles have shown they have the better depth in dual matches.
The winner will play at Cookeville Thursday for the Region 3 championship..
This Week:
Today
District 5-AAA Girls –
Standifer Gap 4 p.m. – Soddy Daisy vs. East Hamilton
Thursday
A-AA Girls Region
1 p.m. – Hixson at Collegedale
AAA Region 3 - East Hamilton-Soddy Daisy winner at Cookeville
Friday
A-AA Boys Region
1 p.m. at Racquet Club - Boyd Buchanan vs. Hixson
AAA Region 3 - Ooltewah at Cookeville
GPS 4, Harpeth Hall 0
The victorious Bruisers went on the road to claim the win and finish second in the D-II AA Middle/East Region.
Doubles:
#2 Corinne Spann/Ellie Edwards def Margaret Gaw/Katherine Risner 8-3,
#3 Ali West/Maggie Eslinger def Helen Griffith/ Grace Claybrook 8-4
Singles:
#2 Jenna Thorstenson (GPS) def. Abbie Keeble 6-1,6-0
#3 Ellie Edwards (GPS) def. Griffith 6-2,7-5
#6 Corinne Spann (GPS) def. Kathryn Risner 6-1,6-2
State Quarters: Harpeth Hall travels to St. Benedict
GPS hosts Pope John Paul-Ensworth winner
District 5 –AAA Tournament
Boys
Team Champion – Ooltewah (District regular season and tourney champ)
Singles Final – Braden Lype (Ooltewah) def. Jared Elrod (Bradley Central), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles Final: V. Patel-J. Hughes (Cleveland) def. S. Tennant-T. Chipman (Ooltewah), 6-1, 6-4
District 5-AAA
Girls
Team Champion – Soddy Daisy
Singles Final – Olivia Crawley (Soddy Daisy) def, Hannah Dattilo (East Hamilton), 7-5, 6-3
Doubles Final: Katelynn Coyner-Shelby Noe (Soddy Daisy) def. M. Gallups-A. Langley (East Hamilton), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net