Pioneer tennis team among league’s best

The WCHS boys tennis team stands among the top of the District 7-AAA standings after downing Siegel 9-3 on Tuesday at the Civic Center courts. With the win the Pioneers improved to 4-1 in district play and 8-1 on the season.

The Lady Pioneers are still searching for their second district win after falling to the Lady Stars 0-7. The WCHS girls team is now 1-4 in district action and 2-7 on the season.

For the Pioneers, Andee Vance loss his match to Casey Edwards 2-8 in the No. 1 spot. Salem McGregor also dropped his No. 2-seed match against Ben Todd.

Dakota McGregor picked up a Pioneer win after downing Shiv Agarwal 8-0. Matthew Black defeated Michael Horenkamp 8-1 and Beck Spurlock defeated Brett Farley 8-3 in singles action.

In other matches, Robby Brown defeated Jay Palmer 8-3, Andrew Reuter defeated Alex Leverette 8-6 and Brian Wilson won his match over Phillip Black 8-1.

In doubles action Salem McGregor and Black fell to Edwards and Horenkamp 2-8. Vance and Spurlock defeated Todd and Agarwal 9-7. Brown and Sterling McClain defeated Leverette and Palmer 8-1 and Reuter and Dustin Morris defeated Leverette and Black 8-5.

In girls singles action Holly Ray fell 5-8 to Jessica Ginn. Anne Claire Roberts fell 3-8 to Jessica Boles. Ashley Reuter fell 3-8 to Erin Dyer. Jamie Bush fell 2-8 to Caroline Elbaum and Sarah Weber fell 2-8 to Misato Okamura. In doubles action, Ray and Robert fell 4-8 to Ginn and Boles, while Reuter and Bush fell to Elbaum and Okamura 7-9.