Eastern Division All-County Players: Back Row (left to right) are Katrina Babeshkova, Kara Hickey, Shaw Miller, Emily Rice, Henry Spann, Leon Suzuki, Ben Hopper, Naomi Hopper, Arya Patel. Front Row (left to right) are Kaden Frost, Autumn Haskins, Sunny Gligorov, Lucy Howard, Annabelle Day, Kavya Pardeshi, Aahil Bhagyaraj, Laiker Hendrickson, John Fillers.
Western Division All-County Players: Back Row (right to left) are Maddie Chambers, Sawyer Harris, Isaiah Turner, Ruffner Hill, Micah Morris, Savannah Cummins, Allie Smith, Gracelyn Garland, Maddox Williams. Front Row (right to left) are Jackson DeVore, Campbell Inman, Aleks Martin, Sam Bolich, Leah Daniels, Bubba Barker, Leah Morgan, Wetherly Barker, Colten Wood, Xahara Willis, MaKayla Vandergriff, Landon Jenkins, Addison Porter, Avery Hemstreet, Cole Dupre, Tischa Eaves.
Eastern Division Winner: CSLA won both the Boys and Girls Eastern Division. Their team won the most matches against the Eastern Division schools.
Western Division Winners: The Hixson Middle Boys team won the most matches in the Western Division.
Western Division Winners: The Signal Mountain Girls team won the most matches in the Western Division.
Boys Singles Winner: Campbell Inman of Hixson Middle (on the left) won the boys singles by defeating Leon Suzuki of East Hamilton Middle.
Boys Doubles Winner: The doubles team from Signal Mountain Middle of Micah Morris/Core defeated the doubles team from Soddy Daisy Middle of Colten Wood/Isaiah Turner.
Girls Singles Winner: It is always challenging to have to play someone from your own team at the end of the tournament. Coach Lorrie Holland’s girls were both tough competitors. Leah Morgan of Loftis (on the left) defeated Wetherly Barker of Loftis in girls singles.
Girls Doubles Winner: Emma Barker with her partner, Leah Daniels, of Loftis defeated Xahara Willis and MaKayla Vandergiff of Soddy Daisy in the Girls Doubles finals.
The Hamilton County Middle Schools Tennis Tournament was held at Champions Club on Sept. 28-29.
The weather was comfortable with a bright sun and the temperature in the 70’s, although the wind gusts would make competition more challenging, officials said.
There were 125 players from 12 middle schools represented. The following schools played in the tournament: Brown, CSAS, CSLA, East Hamilton, East Ridge, Hixson, Hunter, Loftis, Lookout Valley, Ooltewah, Signal Mountain and Soddy Daisy.
Players are chosen by their coach to represent their school on the All-County Tournament Team. These players are outstanding representatives of their schools as well as athletes on the court. It is an honor to be chosen All-County.