Local players prepare for Individual State Tournament
Published 9:50 pm Saturday, May 7, 2016
Athletes from Brookhaven, Enterprise, Franklin County, Lawrence County, Loyd Star, Wesson and West Lincoln will compete Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Oxford Tennis Center or at the Bridges Tennis Center in Jackson in the Individual State Tournament.
Each player has their eyes set on winning state championship gold for their school.
Class 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A will play at the Oxford Tennis Center. Class 5A and 6A will play at the Bridges Tennis Center. Matches begin at 9 a.m. at both tennis centers.
Here are the players that will be fighting for gold in the three-day individual tournament.
In the Class 2A field: Enterprise’s Wyatt Coleman and Madison Rials, mixed doubles. Mylaine McCaffery, girls’ singles. Hanako Mori and Courtney Greer, girls’ doubles.
West Lincoln’s Sebastian Harrell, boys’ singles; Carlie Smith, girls’ singles; Matthew Allred and Johnathan Mathis, boys’ double; Katy Clark, Kara Clark, Laura Leigh Dunaway and Madison Franklin, girls’ double, Liam Rutland and Abby Grace Stogner, mixed doubles.
Loyd Star’s Gavin Thomas, boys’ singles; Ashlyn Locke, girls’ singles; Conner Crosby and Blayne Brister, boys’ doubles; Bryson Brister and Madisyn Brister, mixed doubles.
In Class 3A events: Franklin County’s Mia Durrell, girls’ singles; Brant Mullins, boys’ singles; Ariyanna Mason and Tony Gibbs, mixed doubles.
Wesson’s Erich Fischer, boys’ singles, Kimberly San, girls’ singles; Devin Wallace, Skyler Rasberry, Ray Drane and Reid Crow, boys’ doubles; Mary Beth Munn, Amber Brinson, Morgan Wesley and Shaylin Green, girls’ doubles; Logan Channell and Maya Granger, mixed doubles.
In the Class 4A matches: Lawrence County’s Megan White and John Rutland, mixed doubles.
In the Class 5A category, Brookhaven’s Daniel Panzica, boys’ singles; Sarah Grace Evans, girls’ singles; Daniel Clark, Will Moak, Cooper Patterson and Michael Haynes Hutson, boys’ doubles; Lea Allen and Anne Walker, girls’ doubles; Maggie Massengill and Dalton Fortado, mixed doubles.
- Daily Leader / Photo submitted / Brookhaven netters (kneeling, from left) Michael Haynes Hutson, Cooper Patterson, Will Moak, Daniel Clark; (standing) Alice Anne Walker, Maggie Massengill, Daniel Panzica, Dalton Fortado, Sarah Grace Evans and Lea Allen will compete for individual gold at Bridges Tennis Center in Jackson.
- Daily Leader / Photo submitted / Wesson Cobra netters (front, from left) Shaylin Green, Morgan Wesley, Mary Beth Munn, Maya Granger, Amber Brinson, Kimberly San; (back row) Devin Wallace, Erich Fischer, Logan Channell, Ray Drane, Reid Crow and Skyler Rasberry will compete Class 3A action at Oxford Tennis Center.
- Daily Leader / Photo submitted / Members of the West Lincoln tennis team are (kneeling from left) Elizabeth Stogner, Anna Nobles, Katy Clark, Kara Clark, Laura Leigh Dunaway, Abby Grace Stogner; (standing) Carlie Smith, McKinnley Smith, Bradley Thornhill, Liam Rutland, Sebastian Harrell, Matthew Allred, Jonathan Mathis, Chase Watts and Madison Franklin. Not pictured is Caleb Myers.
- Daily Leader / Photo submitted / Loyd Star Hornet netters (front, from left) Ashlyn Locke, Conner Crosby, Madison Brister; (back row) Blayne Brister and Bryson Brister are ready for Class 2A action at Oxford Tennis Center.
- Daily Leader / Photo submitted / Enterprise tennis players (from left) Wyatt Coleman, Madison Rials, Mylaine McCaffery, Hanako Mori and Courtney Greer will compete for state individual gold starting Monday at Oxford Tennis Center