Vance’s season ends in region finals loss

Warren County High School tennis player Andee Vance ended a successful senior year on Monday after falling in the finals of the Region 4-AAA tournament in Shelbyville.

Vance, who earned a No. 2 seed in the region tournament, had a rough first round match to start things off against Shelbyville’s Justin Gordan. After falling in the first set 5-7, Vance turned things around wining the next two sets 7-5, 7-5.

With the win, Vance advanced to the afternoon finals where he would face No. 1 seed Casey Edwards of Siegel High School. Ahead 5-3 in the first set, Vance lost his serve, which allowed Edwards to regain the momentum and win the set 7-5. Vance would fall in the second set 6-1 and settle for a second place finish.

‘I’m really proud of Andee, he has played very solid over the past three weeks,’ said coach David Dunlap.

‘I was a little worried in the first match. He started out a little slow. But after falling in the first set he started playing really well. He was a different player and I really thought he had a chance of winning the region after getting past Gordan in the first round. He had Edwards in the first set, but he let him work his way back. Andee hadn’t beaten Edwards this year and it was just a mental block he couldn’t get past. Andee was playing well enough to beat him, it just didn’t happen today. I’m still very proud of him and he has been a big asset to this team for the past two seasons.’