Big week for LHS tennis team

Published 11:23 pm Wednesday, March 20, 2019

By KEVIN ECKLEBERRY

Daily News

LaGrange High’s tennis teams played a pair of thrillers with long-time rival Columbus on Tuesday.

The girls’ and boys’ matches both came down to the wire, and it was LaGrange winning them both by identical 3-2 scores.

In the boys’ match, LaGrange won all three of the singles matches to get the three points it needed for the win.

In the girls’ match, LaGrange won two of the singles matches and one of the doubles matches to secure the victory.

There wasn’t any suspense in Monday’s match, with LaGrange’s teams both beating Northgate 5-0.

Both LaGrange teams are enjoying exceptional seasons, with the Grangers improving to 12-3 with this week’s wins, while the Lady Grangers are 10-4.

Here are the results:

LAGRANGE VS. COLUMBUS

GIRLS

No. 1 singles – Mary Weston Courville (C) beat Wone Mi Oh, 6-0, 6-2

No. 2 singles – Annie Pauley (L) beat Sydney McRae, 6-3, 6-3

No. 3 singles – Louise Dodson (L) beat Ragan Faircloth, 4-6, 7-5 (10-7)

No. 1 doubles – Lexie Grier and Kindra Woodman (C) beat Lizzie Wilkerson and Ella Eiland, 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 doubles – Kaylee Key and Sydney Edelson (L) beat Sherry Aschenbach, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)

BOYS

No. 1 singles – Pierce Skinner (L) beat Harrison Brown, 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 singles – Jinseong Jun (L) beat Carson Johnson, 6-3, 6-1

No. 3 singles – Baker Skinner (L) bat Arya Chauhan, 7-5, 6-2

No. 1 doubles – Raymond Peebles and Julian Watts (C) beat Youngha Cho and James Lee, 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 doubles – Tyler Hanson and Akash Shan (C) beat Cole Crocker and Albert Kim, 6-2, 6-3

LAGRANGE VS. NORTHGATE

GIRLS

No. 1 singles – Wone Mi Oh (L) beat K. Taylor, 6-1, 6-3

No. 2 singles – Annie Pauley (L) beat E. Ballew, 4-6, 6-3 (10-3)

No. 3 singles – Louise Dodson (L) beat K. Garrett, 6-2, 7-5

No. 1 doubles – Lizzie Wilkerson and Ella Eiland (L) beat C. Chahalis and O. Rankin, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 12-10

No. 2 doubles – Kaylee Key and Sydney Edelson (L) beat H. Bright and A. Levelle, 6-2, 6-0

BOYS

No. 1 singles – Pierce Skinner (L) beat D. Balboa, 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 singles – Jinseong Jun (L) beat B. Dorsey, 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 singles – Albert Kim (L) beat B. Miley, 6-3, 6-0

No. 1 doubles – Baker Skinner and James Lee (L) beat A. Cato and W. Pickett, 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 doubles – Cole Crocker and Youngha Cho (L) beta Z. Mehta and E. Trinh, 6-0, 6-2