Netters fall short in district match

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard

Mary Beth Gribble delivers a return during her doubles match Thursday against Lebanon. Gribble and partner Kristen Sharpe won their match 8-5, picking up a point for the Lady Pioneers. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

The Warren County tennis squads fell just short of a pair of district victories on Thursday, losing in both boys and girls action to Lebanon.

The Pioneers won three of five singles matches, but lost both doubles events in a 4-3 loss to the Blue Devils, while the Devilettes handed Warren County’s girls four singles losses and split the doubles matches to win 5-2.

In boys’ action, No. 1 Jacob Wilson lost by default to Andrew Cotten, while the Pioneers Travis Powers won at No. 2 over D.J. Farris, 8-5.

Andrew Brock was an 8-4 winner of Lebanon’s Patrick Armstrong at No. 4 singles, while Travis Gay downed Casey Brown 8-5 at No. 5 singles. Morgan Gonder suffered an 8-1 loss to Jamil Price at No. 3.

Doubles matches saw the team of Wilson and Powers lose to Cotten and Farris 8-5, with Brock and Gay falling to Price and Armstrong 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.

The Lady Pioneers’ lone singles win came at No. 3, when Karlee Holcomb downed Rebecca Whitefield 8-3.

Elisha Ray lost to Emily Jacobs 8-3 at No. 1, while Kristen Sharpe fell 8-3 to Allison Martin at No. 2 singles. Katy Campen fell to Chelsea Fyke 8-3 at No. 4 singles, and Brittany Williams lost to Amber Richards by a close 9-7 score at No. 5.

In doubles play, Sharpe and Mary Beth Gribble won 8-5 over Whitefield-Fyke, while Ray and Holcomb fell to Jacobs and Martin 8-2 at the No. 1 position.

The Pioneers and Lady Pioneers are slated to return to action Tuesday, on the road at Blackman.