WCHS tennis sweeps Blaze

Brittany Williams, shown in action at a recent WCHS tennis match, was one of six singles winners in Tuesday?s 7-2 victory over Blackman.

The Pioneers came away with a perfect 9-0 sweep, winning seven singles matches and two doubles sets, while the Lady Pioneers lost the No. 1 point at both singles and doubles, but still won the overall team match by a 7-2 final.

With the wins, Warren County?s boys improved to 6-1 on the season, while the Lady Pioneers got over .500, upping their record to 4-3.

In boys doubles, Beck Spurlock and Russell Hitchcock defeated Blackman?s Dang Xieng and Ben Moser 8-4, while Morgan Gonder and Salem McGregor defeated Daniel Necessary and Shawn Rackley 8-3.

Singles wins, in order of seeding, came from Spurlock over Xieng 6-2, 6-3, while Gonder defeated Moser 7-5, 1-6, 6-2. Hitchcock downed Necessary in straight sets, winning 6-1, 6-2.

The fourth- through seventh-seed singles matches played ?first-to-eight? pro-sets, with McGregor downing Rackley 8-6, Matthew Black beating Michael Yarbrough 8-2, Robby Brown downing Wes Rock 8-2 and Dakota McGregor winning 8-0 over Sam Hubbard.

The Lady Pioneers got a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win from Brittany Williams over Jessica Jolly at No. 2 singles, while Holly Ray defeated Chelsea Carrol 6-2, 6-2. Katy Campen was a 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 winner over Katie Motley at No. 4, while Karlee Holcomb blanked Lauren Stephens 6-0, 6-0.

Rachel Flatt won an 8-1 pro-set over Candice Cutlip, and Anne Claire Roberts downed Lauren Nicholson 8-1 at No. 7.

Elisha Ray fell 6-1, 6-2 to Cali Caffey at No. 1 for Warren County?s only singles loss, and she and her sister Holly were defeated 8-2 by Caffey and Jolly at No. 1 doubles. But Williams and Holcomb downed Carrol and Stephens 8-2 in the No. 2 doubles match to round out the victory.

WCHS was scheduled to travel to take on St. Andrews on Thursday, and returns home Monday to face White County in a district matchup.