McCallie Middle School Tennis Team.
photo by Contributed
Playing at McCallie, the Blue Tornado won two out of three doubles matches and three singles matches to defeat the Chattanooga Christian Chargers 5-4 in a very hard fought middle school tennis match. The doubles teams of Brantley Lockhart-Sam Harris and Campbell Naggar-Rhys Coleman both won tight 8-6 matches at numbers 2 and 3 doubles. Campbell and Rhys overcame a 5-1 deficit. Sam Harris won first at number 3 singles followed by number 2 player Brantley Lockhart who won 3 games in a row after being tied at 5-5. Just minutes later, Rhys Coleman won the clinching match 8-6 to pull out the victory. McCallie is now 4-2.
Led by singles and doubles victories by Calvin Caputo, Findley Beasley and Tarek Ankar-Burdette the McCallie B team defeated the CCS B team 7-2. Ayan Chakraborty and AJ Gupta won in singles and Stone Caputo was victorious in doubles playing with his brother, Calvin.
The individual results of the match were as follows:
McCallie 5 CCS 4
Singles:
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Liam Tabibiazar (M) lost to Ollie Lubbers (CCS) 8-2
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Brantley Lockhart (M) defeated Noah Mizutani (CCS) 8-5
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Sam Harris (M) defeated Sam Stoddard (CCS) 8-3
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Wylie Shumate (M) lost to James Osborn (CCS) 8-2
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Campbell Naggar (M) lost to Zeke Wharton (CCS) 8-3
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Rhys Coleman (M) defeated Charlie Witcher (CCS) 8-6
Doubles:
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Liam Tabibiazar-Wylie Shumate (M) lost to N.
Mizutani-Lubbers (CCS) 8-6
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Brantley Lockhart-Sam Harris (M) defeated Stoddard-Osborn (CCS) 8-6
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Campbell Naggar-Rhys Coleman (M) defeated Wharton-Witcher (CCS) 8-6
McCallie B Team 7 CCS B Team 2
Singles:
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Ayan Chakraborty (M) defeated Sam Mizutani (CCS) 8-2
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AJ Gupta (M) defeated Roark Shoemaker (CCS) 8-3
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Calvin Caputo (M) defeated Garrett Dowling (CCS) 8-2
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Stone Caputo (M) lost to Cole Ericksen (CCS) 8-6
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Findley Beasley (M) defeated Joseph Cunningham (CCS 8-0)
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Tarek Ankar-Burdette (M) defeated Cliff Algea (CCS) 8-1
Doubles:
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Ayan Chakraborty-AJ Gupta (M) lost to S. Mizutani-Shoemaker (CCS) 8-5
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Calvin Caputo-Stone Caputo (M) defeated Dowling-Ericksen (CCS) 8-3
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Tarek Ankar-Burdette-Findly Beasley (M) defeated Cunningham-Algea (CCS) 8-0