A-AA Region 3-4 State Qualfiers - Singles and Doubles

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Prep Tennis: A-AA Region 3 & 4 Finals

 

With a trip to the Spring Fling XIV state tournament on the line, four singles champs and four doubles winners earned a trip to Murfreesboro with victories Monday in Region 3 & 4 A-AA at the Champions Club.

 

District 7 A-AA will send boys singles, boys doubles and girls singles and doubles, while District 5 A-AA claimed girls singles and doubles and girls doubles. District 6 A-AA has the boys singles champ.

 

District 5 A-AA: A sister-brother duo advance to Spring Fling as Malone McElroy in girls’ singles and Holden McElroy-Colton Lang all represent Collegedale. Boyd Buchanan will send Taylor Monroe-Christina Amos in girls doubles.

 

District 6 A-AA: Red Bank senior Daniel Cox finally won his region singles title.

Cox loves fried chicken livers and he also loves to win tennis matches.

 

“After I lost the first set (2-6, 6-3, 6-3) I knew this could be my last chance to play in the state tournament and I just needed to play one point at a time,†said Cox. “I have been looking forward to winning the region and qualifying for the state for a long time and for sure it is my biggest win.â€

 

District 7 A-AA: Signal Mountain sends Roger Trombley in singles and Grant Williams and Thomas Thelen in doubles, while CCS will be represented by Addie Henry in singles and Sarah Faith Ingell-Bowie Strozak (Notre Dame).,

 

“It is great to qualify for the state as a senior,†said Trombley who will attend Hanover College on an academic scholarship in the fall.

 

Ingell said,†This will be my third time to play doubles in the state which is icing on the cake after winning region since we are both seniors. “We want to play hard and all have fun.â€

 

Region 3 A-AA

Girls Singles (semis)

(1) Malone McElroy (Collegedale) def. (2) Dasha Brown 6-, 6-1

(1) Madi Blackburn (Chattanooga Central) def. Lauren Pepping (Silverdale), 61, 6-3

Championship:  Malone McElroy (Collegedale) def. Madi Blackburn (Chattanooga Central), 6-0, 6-0

 

Girls Doubles (semis)

1 Taylor Monroe-Christina Amos (Boyd Buchanan) def. (2) Kayla Hash-Skylar Pilcher (Red Bank), 6-1, 6-1

. (2) McKaylah Hicks-Brittany Portwood (Silverdale) def.  (1) Karmin Nevels-Alysanne Vuong (Hixson), 6-1, 6-0

Championship:  Taylor Monroe-Christina Amos (Boyd Buchanan) def. (2) McKaylah Hicks-Brittany Portwood (Silverdale), 5-7, 7-6, 6-4

 

Boys Singles (semis)

1 Daniel Cox (Red Bank) def. (2) Carter Miller (Collegedale), 6-2, 6-3

 1 Jameson Mench (Silverdale) vs. (2) Kota Yanagida (Hixson), 6-1, 6-0

Championship: Daniel Cox (Red Bank) def. Jameson Mench (Silverdale), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

 

Boys Doubles (semis)

 (1) Gary Paradis & Austin Camp (Red Bank) def. Josh Fisher-Naathan Chandra (Grace), 6-3, 6-1

(1) Holden McElroy-Colton Lang (Collegedale) def.  (2)  Caleb Paradis & Daniel Tran (Red Bank), 7-5, 6-3                                                                                                                         

Championship 1 Holden McElroy-Colton Lang (Collegedale  def, Gary Paradis & Austin Camp (Red Bank) , 6-2, 6-3

 

Region 4 A-AA

Round 1 (Semifinals)

 

Girls Singles

(2) Addie Henry (CCS) def. (1) Mamie Sevier (Central Magnet), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

(1) Bailey Dishmon (CCS) def.  (2) Brooklyn Driver, Macon County), 6-0 6-2

 

Championship: Addie Henry (CCS) def. Bailey Dishmon (CCS), 7-6 (7-1), 6-3

 

Henry was down a break at 3-5 in the second and won it in a tie breaker to force a third set.

 

“When I led 4-1 I told myself I just needed eight more points and then Bailey mae it 4-3,†said Henry. “I just needed to play one point at a time.

She is the fourth Henry sibling to play in the state tournament following brother David who helped McCallie win a couple of states title a decade ago and sisters Ellie and Hannah who won state doubles and a team title.

 

“David hits with me which has really helped my game practicing against a better player,†said Henry.

 

Girls Doubles (semis)

 

(1) Macy Speight-Molly Speight (Central Magnet) def. (2) Olivia Torbett & Olivia Underwood (Chattanooga Christian), 6-3, 6-2

(1) Sarah Faith Ingell & Bowie Strozak, Notre Dame def. Megan Scott & Sally Smith (Central Magnet), 7-5, 6-4

 

Championship: Sarah Faith Ingell & Bowie Strozak (Notre Dame) def. Macy Speight-Molly Speight (Central Magnet), 7-5, 6-3

 

Boys’ Singles (semis)

 

(2) Will Ingell, Notre Dame  def. (1) Tripp McEachern (Goodpasture), 6-2, 6-4

(1) Roger Trombley (Signal Mountain)  def. (2) Luke Jenkins (Goodpasture), 6-4, 6-2

 

Championship: Roger Trombley (Signal Mtn) def. Will Ingell (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-1

 

Boys Doubles (semis)

 

Andrew Lisy-Bernard Lisy (Notre Dame) def.  (1) Chase Owens & Nathan Zou (Central Magnet), 6-4, 6-2

(1) Grant Williams-Thomas Thelen (Signal Mtn) def. Austin Smith & Ethan Reed (Macon County), 6-1, 6-2

 

Championship: Grant Williams-Thomas Thelen (Signal Mtn) def. Andrew Lisy-Bernard Lisy (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-2