WCHS tennis splits match with Shelbyville
The Warren County Tennis team opened its season Wednesday at home with a split against Shelbyville, winning the boys match 5-2, but losing 4-3 in girls competition.
In singles play for the boys, Pioneer Doug Roberts defeated Brian Cox 8-3, while Warren County’s R. J. Pierce lost a close match to Kevin Harris, 9-8.
Tyler Boyd defeated Eric McCullough 8-5, Jacob Wilson defeated Daniel Dye 8-0 and Travis Tilton defeated Brock Eilliot 8-0 to sweep the final three singles seeds.
In doubles play Roberts and Pierce of WCHS lost to Cox and Harris 9-8 and Tilton and Wilson of WCHS defeated McCullough and Dye 8-5.
For the girls, WCHS’s Tina Vucic won over Mary Beth Gunn 8-1, and Mo Zwemer defeated Rachel Harris 8-0.
Warren County’s Julia Fisher lost to Susan Pilkington 1-8, while teammate Kristen Sharpe lost to Carrie Anderson 9-8 and Mary Beth Gribble lost to Carmen Baliff 2-8.
In doubles the WCHS duo of Vucic and Zwemer defeated Gunn and Pilkington 8-1, with Gribble and Sharpe losing to Harris and Bailiff 8-2.