Middle school splits vs. Harris

Friday afternoon at the Civic Center tennis courts, the WCMS tennis teams took on Harris Middle from Shelbyville. The Pioneers picked up a 8-1 victory over Harris and improved to 3-0 on the season. But the Lady Pioneers didn’t do as well, as the girls fell 4-6 and dropped to 1-2 on the season.

It was almost a clean sweep in the boys singles matches as No. 1 seed Thomas Locke had the only loss of the day as he fell to Hayoto Akiyama 3-6. Seth Grissom, playing in the No. 2 spot, defeated Chris Castelow 6-3. No.3 seed Will Marttala defeated Carlos Delgado 6-3. Playing in the No. 4 spot was Mitchell Fuqua, who defeated Jody Gordan 6-1. Austin Sauer rolled past Jonah Jackson 6-0 and Lee Cantrell defeated Kori McClean 6-1.

In doubles action Locke and Tim Ortez defeated Akiyama and Castelow 7-6. Matthew Zahn and Ben Gawel defeated Delgado and Gordan 6-3 and Christian Barrett and Joe Harris slipped past Jackson and McClean 7-6.

For the girls, No.1 seed Peyton Baker fell to Sarah King 1-6. Kathryn McCormick fell to Konomi Akiyama 2-6. Laura Martinez fell 3-6 to Heather Cononico. Jamie Tittsworth picked up a win for Warren County in the No. 4 spot as she defeated Daleigh Cares. Emily Phillips also picked up a win for the Lady Pioneers as she defeated Elika Kodera 6-3. Susie Brown fell to Roselba Garcia 3-6.

In doubles, McCormick and Phillips fell to King and Akiyama 2-6. Alyson Caten and Misaki Kimura fell to Cononico and Cares 2-6. Baker and Andreea Tieman defeated Paine and Hill 6-2. Baker and Tittsworth defeated Berner and Jubille 6-0.

The WCMS teams will be in Murfreesboro on Monday.