BHS tennis moves to 2-0 with win over Clinton

Published 9:26 pm Monday, March 4, 2019

: Photo submitted The Brookhaven High tennis team is 2-0 and next plays at home on Thursday at Brookhill against North Pike. Members of the team include, front row: Anna Grace McCreary, Sarah Todd Adcock, Jenny Parker Murray, Gracey Massengill, Victoria Sittig, Rivers Gray, and Lily Gray. Second row: Sarah Rose McDonald, Allie GraceMcNeill, Sharpe Walker, Maddie Boyte, and Madeline King. Third row: Jeremiah Layton, David Sones, Logan Case, Sam Allen, and Braxton Wallis. Back row: Assistant coach Becky Green, Gray Anding, James Gardner, Daniel Panzica, Pierce Legg, Jonah Clark, and head coach Nancy Fisher.

The Brookhaven High tennis team won their second match of the young season on Friday at 6A Clinton High School. The team registered wins in both girls’ doubles, boys’ doubles and mixed doubles to take the match by a score of 5-2. The junior varsity won all six matches played. Scores from the matches were:

Boys singles

Zachary Gray (CHS) defeated James Gardner 6-4, 4-6, 1-0

Girls singles

Jade Bland (CHS) defeated Victoria Sittig 6-0, 6-0

No. 1 boys doubles

Daniel Panzica/Sam Allen (BHS) defeated Kevin Zhang/Ernest Tche 7-6, 6-2

No. 2 boys doubles

Braxton Wallis/Jonah Clark (BHS) defeated Jordan Paul/Luther Burchfield 7-5, 6-1

No. 1 girls doubles

Gracey Massengill/Madeline King (BHS) defeated Morgan Ross/Jillian Campbell 6-2, 6-7, 1-0

No. 2 girls doubles

Rivers Gray/Lily Gray (BHS) defeated Madeline Manuel/Andi Price 7-5, 6-1

Mixed doubles

Gray Anding/Maddie Boyte (BHS) defeated JD Camillo/Sydney Burchfield 6-2, 6-2

Junior varsity scores

Sarah Todd Adcock/Allie Grace McNeill (BHS) over Grayson Temple/Owen Fulton 6-1

Anna Grace McCreary/Sarah McDonald (BHS) over Jenna Ouelette 6-0

Jenny Parker Murray/Sarah Todd Adcock (BHS) over Anna Crutchfield/Henna Ouelette 6-2

Logan Case/Pierce Legg (BHS) over Alex Bailey/Alex Henze 8-3

Jeremiah Layton/David Sones (BHS) over Alex Henze/Jarreau Hoskins 6-3

Pierce Legg/Sharpe Walker (BHS) over James Howell/Joshua Penick 6-4

Brookhaven High returns to action today at Natchez’s Duncan Park where they take on Natchez High School in their first region match of the season at 4 p.m.

On Thursday BHS hosts North Pike at Brookhill Tennis Center beginning at 4 p.m.