Complete State Tennis Finals Recap

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MURFREESBORO - 5/25/12 -- Sixteen winners in eight divisions were crowned state tennis champions at BlueCross Spring Fling XIX here today at Old Fort Park.

 

State Recap:

 

D-I A-AA Boys: Singles - Lucas Spickard (Christ Presbyterian) def. Jackson Lenoir (Arts and Sciences), 6-4, 6-4

 

Note: Lenoir finished 24-1 on the season and will play tennis next season at Milliigan (Tenn.) College ...

 

"Give Lucas credit, he played well and I was not at the top of my game," said Lenoir who was state singles runner-up in 2011 ... "it's not an excuse, but I just didn't have much engery the last couple of weeks."

 

Spickard sat out of tennis for two years after tearing his ACL as an 8th grader ... Lucas and CPA were close to two titles this week as CPA lost to eventual team champion Unicoi County in Tuesday's semi's ...

 

Doubles: Pascal Koch/Reed Jackson (Unicoi Co.) def. Garrett Byrd/Alex Delozier (Pigeon Forge), 6-1, 6-2 ...

 

Notes: The Jackson family was busy today as Jackson's sister, Mallory, lost in the A-AA singles to Skylar McDonald (Fayetteville) ... the Jackson's half sister, Brooke Parsons was a state singles for Unicoi Co. in 1998.

 

D-I A-AA Girls: Singles - Skylar McDonald (Fayetteville) def. Mallory Jackson (Unicoi County), 6-2, 6-3

 

Note: McDonald is an 8th grader .. at least one other 8th grader has won a girls singles title ... Sadie Shackelford (St. Andrews-Sewanee) in 2008.

 

Doubles: Ellie Henry/Hannah Henry (Chattanooga Christian) def. Barbara Smith/Haleigh Chastain (Christian Academy of Knox.), 6-3, 6-0

 

Note: First CCS doubles title in a decade ... Elizabeth Maclellan/Kara Cook won three straight, 2000-01-02 ... a Chattanooga doubles team has won the A-AA state crown four of the last five years ... Jennifer Taylor/Jennifer Brouner (Notre Dame) in 2008 ... Kayla Kelly/Ahmee Kelly (CSAS) in 2009-10 ...

 

D-I AAA Boys': Singles - Karl (Ravenwood) def. Drew Forsyth (Cordova), 6-4, 6-1

 

Notes: Karl won his third straight singles ... he is one of six boys to win at least three titles ...

 

"Winning last year was the toughest of the three championship, since I had won it as a ninth grader and all eyes were on me to win again," said Karl, a junior, who is ranked No.21 in the nation in Boys' 18s and has committed to attend Tennessee in two years.

 

"Sure I would like to win a fourth title next year, but I have plenty of tennis to play between now and next spring."

 

Karl will play in the Chattanooga TVOC, June 7-10 at Manker Patten Tennis Center and in the Boys 18s national hardcourts at Kalamazoo, Mich. in July.

 

Most State Singles Titles - Boys

 

4 (1) - Brandon Fickey (Knox Webb, 2008-09-10-11)

 

3 (5) - Chris Brown (Notre Dame, 1962-64) ... Gary Dunn (David Lipscomb, 1971-72-73) ... Bill Cherry (MBA, 1986-87-88) ... Ian Chadwell (Centennial, 2006-07-08 ... Sean Karl (Ravenwood, 2010-11-12)

 

Doubles: Steven Patrick /Harrison Smith (Knox West) def. Matt Henson/Seth Buckmaster (Tenn. Hi), 6-1, 6-1 ...

 

Notes: Now two-time champs, seniors Patrick and Smith lost only one set in six state matches in two years ... included in those six wins was a straight set, 6-3, 6-0, triumph in 2011 semis against seniors and defending champion Conner Knox/Owen Rockett (Tenn. Hi) ...

 

D-I AAA Girls: Singles - Soph. Ashlee Boles (Siegel) def. ninth grader Josie Rogers (Dobyns-Bennett), 6-0, 6-2

 

Notes: Boles wins the first girls singles crown for Siegel ... Rogers had beaten Boles on Tuesday in the team semis, 7-6 (4), 6-2 ...

 

Doubles - Laura Caballero-Iris Hao (Ravenwood) def. Lindsay Lloyd/Madalyn/Little (Cookeville), 6-0,6-0 ..

 

Notes: Caballeros-Hao won their third title in 30 minutes ... Caballeros will play tennis at Samford Univ. in the fall ...

 

D-II A Boys': Singles - Michael King (Univ School Nashville) def. Nick Wiseman (Evangelical School), 6-3, 6-0

 

Doubles - Brian Carman/Lorenzo Rollhauser (Knox Webb) def. Sathvik Reddy/Michael Stephanides (Univ Schooll Nashville), 7-6 (5), 6-4

 

Notes: Reddy/Stephanides won the state title as ninth graders in 2009 ...

 

D-II A Girls: Singles - Anna Catherine Feaster (Knox Webb) def. Oroma Womeodu (Lausanne), 7-5, 6-1 ....

 

Feaster defeated Womeoudu in the 2011 finals ...

 

Doubles: a pair of 9th graders, Carmen Saab/Mary Jane McCaghren (St. Mary's) defeated the Knox Webb team of Vicki Garcia/Jeannine Bell (Knox Webb), 7-5, 6-1. Garcia, who teamed with Jenni Haydek last year, beat Saab/McCaghren, 6-0, 6-1 in the 2011 finals.

 

Going For Five: Garcia, senior, was going for her fifth state doubles title. The state doubles record is five held by Webb alum Berkeley Brock who won from 2002-06 with two different partners; Elizabeth Googe (2002-2005) and Guinn Garcia in 2006.

 

Vicki ended an outstanding five year varsity career with a sparking 58-6 record in doubles and 54-11 in singles ... four state doubles championships and three team titles ...

 

Coaches Quote: "Vicki's will be remembered as one of the greatest champions in Webb School history.

 

"She is the second best female athlete that I have coached here at Webb and one of the kindest and most humble young ladies I have been around. If you ask her today how she is doing, she would tell you she did ok, but isn't so and so playing a great match.

 

"There have been many Garcia's sprinkled through the Champions list at Webb School, but years from now Vicki will look back and find her name at the top of the page." ... Jimmy Pitkanen, Knox Webb tennis coach

 

more bad news ... after she had lost the doubles, Vicki was informed that her dog had died earlier in the day.

 

D-II AA Boys: Singles - Walker Simms (Memphis Univ. School) def. Palmer Campbell (MBA), 6-0, 6-1 ... Campbell had beaten Simms, 6-4, 6-4 at No.2 singles on Wednesday as MBA defeated MUS for the team title.

 

Doubles - Eric Roddy/Marko Mandic (Bay) def. Andrew Karpos/Mark Lowe (MBA),

 

Notes: Karpos won the state doubles in 2011 with Russell Anderson ... Roddy will play college tennis at Sewanee next year ...

 

D-II AA Girls: Singles - Baylor's Samantha Caswell defeated Michelle Fleenor (GPS), 6-0, 7-5 to win her first state indiividual crown ... Caswell rallied from down 5-2 in the second set to win the match ...

 

It was Caswell's fifth victory against her GPS rival this year ... Caswell follows Brooke Cordell (1999) and Sonja Brkovic (2011) as Red Raider singles champions.

 

Doubles - Defending champion Caroline Orr/Maggie Leavell (Hutchison) defeated Hannah Morrow/Emma McCallie (GPS), .5-7, 6-2, 6-0

 

 

Notes

Indoor Hard Courts For Spring Fling? ... The Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Dept. and MTSU are working to build an 8-hard court indoor facility adjacent to the existing 16 outdoor courts at Old Fort Park ... MTSU is in need of indoor courts close to campus ... the exisiting Spring Fling contract with Rutherford County is up in 2014 .... The Parks and Recrfeation Dept. is seeking some private donations to lead the way in under writing the cost of the indoor complex .... the indoor courts and a 2-court, outdoor stadium (seating approx. 1,000-1,500) will most likely be completed after this Spring Fling contract is up ....

 

Looking Ahead ...

 

BlueCross Spring Fling XX - 2013 is the 20th Spring Fling ... Spring Fling I was held in Chattanooga in 1994

 

2013 will also be the 50th girls state tennis championship (1964-2013)

 

Where Are They ...?

1964 singles champion - Lynn Gregory, David Lipscomb

 

1964 Doubles Champion - Patsy Hess and Gloria Ray, Knox. Fulton

 

Note: Garcia ladies have won singles, doubles and/or team titles in four decades ... 1960s, 70s, 2000s, 2010s

 

 

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net

Edited May 25, 2012 by bbb