LHS tennis teams compete at Jekyll Island

Published 2:41 pm Tuesday, March 7, 2017

By Kevin Eckleberry

kevin.eckleberry@lagrangenews.com

JEKYLL ISLAND – The LaGrange High tennis team made its annual trek to the coastal part of the state for the Jekyll Jam that wrapped up on Saturday.

LaGrange’s boys’ and girls’ teams each played three matches over the course of the two days.

LaGrange’s boys’ team went 2-1, with its lone loss coming in a hard-fought match against Glynn Academy.

That’s the only loss of the season for the Grangers, who are now 6-1.

In its final match, LaGrange bounced back to beat a strong Columbus team.

LaGrange’s girls’ team finished with a 1-2 record, and it is 5-2 for the season.

GIRLS

UNION GROVE 5, LAGRANGE 0

No. 1 singles – Madison Neese (U) beat Abbi Lynn Lanier, 6-1, 6-3

No. 2 singles – Madison Kelly (U) beat Kaylee Kee, 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 singles – Lexie McClellan (U) beat Jina Shin, 6-2, 6-1

No. 1 doubles – Cara Coursey and Jacqueline Curran (U) beat Lizzy Wilkerson and Kelsey Anne Cadenhead, 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 doubles – Abby O’Neill and Keila Noel (U) beat Lauren Yarbrough and Jamie Livingston, 6-4, 6-2

LAGRANGE 3, RIVER RIDGE 2

No. 1 singles – Lily Hosford (R) beat Abbi Lynn Lanier, 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 singles – Grace Hosford (R) beat Lizzie Wilkerson, 6-3, 6-3

No. 3 singles – Kaylee Kee (L) beat Arden Smathers, 6-3, 6-2

No. 1 doubles – Jamie Livingston and Kelsey Anne Cadenhead (L) beat Hadley Chandler and Abby Rose, 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 doubles – Lauren Yarbrough and Youngju Cho (L) beat McKenzie Woodham and Megan Mullin, 6-0, 6-0

OCONEE COUNTY 5, LAGRANGE 0

No. 1 singles – Claire Lachsen (O) beat Abbi Lynn Lanier, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 singles – Julia Hardell (O) beat Kaylee Key, 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 singles – Miranda Gomez (O) beat Jina Shin, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

No. 1 doubles – Sara Cath Pennell and Hollin Hargrave (O) beat Lizzie Wilkerson and Jamie Livingston, 2-6, 6-3, (10-4)

No. 2 doubles – Lexie Houston and Lainey-Grace Fratigen beat Kelsey Anne Cadenhead and Youngju Cho, 6-3, 6-

BOYS

LAGRANGE 5, RIVER RIDGE 0

No. 1 singles – Jackson Kuerzi (L) beat Stefan Jurakvic, 6-4, 3-6, (10-8)

No. 2 singles – Pierce Skinner (L) beat Joe Latty, 6-1, 7-6, (8-6)

No. 3 singles – Tony Choi (L) beat Jack Ricker, 6-0, 6-0

No. 1 doubles – Gavin Battle and Tiger Lakhwani (L) beat Jack Mezzacapo and Ben Adams, 6-1, 6-4

No. 2 doubles – Will Hunnicutt and Youngha Cho (L) beat Sam Hicks and Matthew Adams, 6-2, 3-6, (10-8)

GLYNN ACADEMY 3, LAGRANGE 2

No. 1 singles – Cole Paschal (G) beat Blade Kendall, 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 singles – Jackson Kuerzi (L) beat Danny Moore, 6-4, 6-4

No. 3 singles – Stephen Thompson (G) beat Pierce Skinner, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), (12-10)

No. 1 doubles – Gavin Battle and Tiger Lakwahni (L) beat Matt Hortratt and Ben McKenzie, 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), (10-8)

No. 2 doubles – Sheldon Barber and Joe Sousa (G) beat Tony Choi and Will Hunnicutt, 6-4, 6-2

LAGRANGE 4, COLUMBUS 1

No. 1 singles – Jacob Yates beat Blade Kendall (L) 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 singles – Jackson Kuerzi (L) beat Ford Cummings, 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 singles – Tony Choi (L) beat Raymond Peebler, 6-4, 6-1

No. 1 doubles – Gavin Battle and Pierce Skinner (L) beat Harrison Brown and Chris Sidor, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

No. 2 doubles – Tiger Lakhwani and Will Hunnicutt (L) beat Win Cawthorne and Jonathan Oraric, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), (12-10)