WCMS splits with Shelbyville

Warren County Middle School?s boys won five out of six singles matches and two doubles points Tuesday, and improved to 2-1 on the season with a 7-3 home win over Shelbyville.

Thomas Locke, playing the No. 2 position, was a 6-4 winner over Hayato Akiyama, while Mitchell Fuqua defeated Cory Young 6-2 at No. 3. Mason McGiboney downed Chase Cares 6-2, Brian Wilson defeated Amauri Reyes 6-1 and Dustin Morris picked up a 6-3 win over Will Cares. The Pioneers? lone loss came at No. 1, where Shelbyville?s Heath Phillips defeated Andrew Reuter 6-2.

In doubles, Randy Atwood and Will Marttala downed Cares and Young by a 6-3 score, while Grant Seaborn and Matt Zahn picked up a 6-2 win over Reyes and Richter. The WCMS duo of Kazuya Saso and Matt Harmon, as well as the team of Scott Hamby and Steven Felty, both fell short in their doubles matches.

The Lady Pioneers were unable to make a clean sweep of the day, however, as Shelbyville took a 9-1 win.

Stacey Rampp was the lone bright spot for the WCMS girls, downing Bailie Martin 6-4 in her No. 2 singles match.

Other Lady Pioneer singles players who fell short were Mio Nakagawa, Dylan Pepper, Shelby Cantrell, Jamie Tittsworth, and Christina Jennings. Shelbyville also swept the four doubles points, dropping the Lady Pioneers to 0-3 on the season.

Warren County was scheduled to travel to Lewisburg today, and is slated to face Siegel Middle in Murfreesboro for a 10 a.m. match.