WCMS boys win big, girls fall at Lewisburg
Warren County Middle School’s boys tennis team rolled to a road victory over Lewisburg Friday, while the Lady Pioneers were handed a tough loss.
The Pioneers won six of seven singles matches and all four doubles sets to take a 10-1 win, improving to 1-0 on the season. On the Lady Pioneer side of the ledger, the WCMS girls fell in all but one doubles match, losing 9-1 in their season opener.
Beck Spurlock got things going for the Pioneers, downing Zach Cross 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Taku Imoto defeated Race Wilson 6-2 at No. 2, and Houston Simmons was a 6-1 winner of Neil Tatum at the No. 3 slot.
Robby Brown defeated Lewisburg’s Zack Cook 6-3 at No. 4, while Chandler Cantrell was a 6-1 winner over A.J. Morrow at No. 5. At the No. 7 singles spot, Mitchell Fuqua downed Jace Bahn 6-2. Garrett Rucker’s 6-1 loss to Evan Dumger at No. 6 singles was the Pioneers’ only singles loss on the day.
In doubles, the tandem of Spurlock and Imoto downed Cross and Wilson 7-5, while Imoto teamed with Fuqua to top Tatum and cook 7-6 (4). Mason McGiboney and Brian Wilson picked up a 7-6 (3) win for the Pioneers, toping Dumger and Bahn, and Cantrell teamed with Brown to take a 6-2 win over Smith and Davis.
In girls play, Holly Ray and Anne Claire Roberts picked up Warren County’s only win, downing Megan Sanders and Janna Green 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
The No. 2 doubles tandem of Faith Gallagher and Sarah Weber fell to Jenna Branaman and Ashley Harrison 6-1, and the team of Paige Watlington and Mia Nakagawa were defeated by Green and Oliva Tritapoe 6-4.
In singles play, Ray fell to Sanders 6-2, Roberts lost to Lyssa Wiles 6-2, and Weber fell to Branaman 6-0.
Sarah Williams lost to Harrison 6-1, Jamie Bush fell to Green 7-6 (1), Gallagher lost 6-1 to Tritapoe and Williams fell to Oliver playing in the No. 7 singles spot.
The middle school squads are scheduled to take on Shelbyville today at home, beginning at 4 p.m.