WCMS tennis sweeps first matches of year

The Warren County Middle School tennis teams saw their first action of the year Wednesday afternoon against Franklin County Middle School at the Civic Center courts.

The Pioneers picked up a 9-1 victory, while the Lady Pioneers made it a clean sweep by downing Franklin County 6-4.

In singles action for the Pioneers Cory Sydenstricker defeated Garnett Heaterly 6-1 in the No. 1 spot. Playing in the No. 2 position was Austin Sauer who defeated Corey Throneberry 6-0. Tim Ortez picked up a 6-0 win over Ryan Springer in the No. 3 spot. Matthew Zahn shut out Cullen Gazzola 6-0. Lee Cantree defeated Austin Garner 6-0 and Warren County’s Blake Pennington fell to Jonathan Nunley 1-6.

In doubles action, Thomas Locke and Seth Grissom defeated Heatherly and Throneberry 6-2. Will Marttala and Mitchell Fuqua defeated Garner and Nunley 6-1. Ben Gawe and Christian Barrett defeated Gazzola and Springer 6-3. Joe Harris and Steven Felty defeated Garner and Nunley 6-2.

The Lady Pioneer playing in the No. 1 spot, Kathryn McCormick, fell to Amber Smith 1-6. Peyton Baker fell to Rachael Mullin 4-6. Laura Martinez picked up a win for the Lady Pioneers by downing Paige Walker 6-1. Andrea Tieman fell to Brittany Estes 0-6. Mallory Foster fell to Caroline Emery 3-6. Madison Todd defeated Miko Bloom 6-4.

In doubles action, McCormick and Baker defeated Smith and Walker 6-0. Martinez and Jamie Tittsworth defeated Chandler Kelley and Jace Ghibardi 6-0. Emily Phillips and Susie Brown defeated defeated Emery and Sarah Wilkerson 6-1 and Misaki Kimmura and Alyson Caten defeated Estes and Bloom 6-0.