Sports roundup: Wilson Memorial, Staunton, Riverheads tennis win
Hornets girls tennis wins
Wilson Memorial beat Fort Defiance 8-1 in girls tennis Thursday.
"Credit to the Wilson team, they are one of the top teams in the Shenandoah District," said Fort coach John Edgecomb. "They have strong, experienced players at almost every position. They are to be congratulated."
Singles
Addyson Mooney (FD) def. Gabriella Babral 8-4Brynlee Roach (WM) def. Madison McElveen 8-1Alison Troxell (WM) def. Clara Lambert 8-0Iris Chen (WM) def. Camila Armendariz-Cruz 8-1River Cranford (WM) def. Elizabeth Sushko 8-2Grace Godette (WM) def. Savanna Monger 8-3
Doubles
Babral/Troxell (WM) def. Mooney/Armendariz-Cruz 8-2Roach/Cranford (WM) def. McElveen/Lacie Thieberger 8-5Godette/ Elizabeth Cameron (WM) def. Lambert/Monger 8-1
“I knew we would continue to rebuild this season," Edgecomb said. "Every team experiences such. It was our goal to gain experience, reduce unforced errors, and continually improve our level of play. Today this team demonstrated their character; their maturity. I am excited for them.”
Storm boys tennis win thriller
Staunton defeated Waynesboro in boys tennis Thursday, winning 5-4 in a nailbiter that came down to a final tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles.
Staunton's Elias Hardy and Sawyer Tuttle won the tiebreaker 7-5 to win the set 9-8.
Other Staunton winners were Laurel Shelton and Jonah Heishman at No. 1 doubles (9-7) and Shelton at No. 1 singles (8-6). Tuttle won at No. 4 singles (8-5) and Garrett Kane at No. 5 singles (8-6).
Staunton improved to 3-5 overall and 3-3 in the Shenandoah District this season.
Hornets top Fort in boys tennis
Wilson Memorial swept Fort Defiance 9-0 in boys tennis Thursday. Singles
Conner Miller (WM) def. Nate Shiley 8-0Tyler Knick (WM) def. Johnny Whetzel 8-1Grant Wright (WM) def. Brandon Baber 8-4Drew Pumphrey (WM) def. Charlie Vandine 8-1Tim Cole (WM) def. Tyler Cline 8-1Cooper Brandt (WM) def. Thomas Vanpelt 8-1
Doubles
Miller/Cole (WM) def. Whetzel/Baber 8-2Knick/Jacob Manuele (WM) def. Shiley/Cline 8-0Wright/Lucas Acker (WM) def. Vandine/Vanpelt 8-2
Riverheads beats Draft in boys tennis
Riverheads topped Stuarts Draft 9-0 in boys tennis Thursday.
Singles
Mason Mays (R) def. Trevor Lockridge 8-1Isaac Grimm (R) def. Hayden Parkulo 8-1 Payton Snell (R) def. Ethan Mattox 8-4 Landen Higgins (R) def. Daniel Xu 8-6Jackson Smith (R) def. Jessee Moran 8-2Charles Glenn (R) def. Levi Wade 8-1
Doubles
Mays/Joel Maybush (R) def. Lockridge/Parkulo 8-4Grimm/Higgins (R) def. Mattox/Wade 8-1Snell/Glenn (R) def. Xu/Moran 8-2
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