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May. 12, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 52
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

2.5 All-HHI Division Won by, You Guessed it, HHI

HHI's Golden Bear Claws Win Men's 3.5 Senior State Championship

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Hilton Head Island's usually strong showing in the South Carolina Senior State Championships came up short on Wheaties today, with the Men's 3.5 Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws the sole Island league team to win a championship against non-local teams. The Men's and Women's 2.5 divisions had only HHI teams, so you can add those two championships to locals.

Six HHI league teams went into today's semifinals. The Men's 3.0 Shipyard Rockets made it through the semifinals, but lost in the finals. Others lost in the semifinals.

It's 7:30 p.m. and the USTA SC score reporting system has yet to post some of the 10 a.m. match scores. However, TENNIS E-News learned from Island Packet's Sam McDowell that the Men's 4.0 Port Royal lost in the semifinals. Whenever the USTA SC catches up with itself, TENNIS E-News will get the complete results for you.

The 2.5s. Remember the 2.5s? The Women's title was decided and reported Sunday -- championship to Sun City Rally Girls. Those Men's results likewise aren't posted, but TENNIS E-News has it on good authority. 2.5 coordinator Sue Cook: "…After talking to the captain, I know we have a definite winner … Moss Creek 2.5 senior men, Wayne Effron, captain. The team went 3-0.

The Women's 4.5 Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies went into the day on top of the division round robin, but ended up in a three-way first-place tie. The Ladies, Lexington and Low Country each had 4-2 records. Lexington and HHI each had 11 court wins and seven losses. Low Country went 10-8. Lexington, however, lost only 15 sets; the Indigo Run gals lost 17.
We'll catch up with the rest of the results whenever ……….

Here are today's matches as posted, plus some weekend holdovers:

(Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATA = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville}

Saturday the 10^th

3 p.m. – M2.5 -- HHI #1/CC of Hilton Head Court Jesters vs. HHI #4/Sun City FBI at South Beach RC

3 p.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines CC Falcons vs. HHI #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls at South Beach RC

Sunday the 11^th

8 a.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #4/Sun City FBI vs. HHI #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines CC Falcons vs. HHI #1/CC of Hilton Head Court Jesters at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies 1, LCTA/Carolina Girls 2

1:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #2/Long Cove 0, LCTA/Carolina Girls 3

4:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Glory Girls 1, LATA/Lexington Set in Our Ways 2

Monday the 12^th

8 a.m. -- M3.0 -- Semifinal -- GATA/Savannah Lakes Village vs. GSTL/Dunes-Tidewater

8 a.m. -- M3.0 – Semifinal -- HHI #3/Shipyard Rockets 2, HHI #4/Sea Pines Cardinals 1

#1 – Hale Mayer/Gary Lauderdale (Rockets) def. Bob Hilton/Bill McCaffery 7-6, 7-5

#2 – Murray Hallett/Ed Abrams (Cardinals) def. John Baker/Bob Pentz 6-0, 6-4

#3 – Michael Block/Philip Thornton (Rockets) def. James Boldrick/Eric Smith 3-6, 6-4, 1-0

8 a.m. -- Semifinal -- PD/Timrod 2, HHI #3/PD Dynamic Duos 1

#1 – Janice Kirven/Shirley Thow (Timrod) def. Christine Graf/Sheila Bremner 7-6, 6-3

#2 – Anne Kellenberger/Patty Diggs (Duos) def. Evelyn Goforth/Susan Green 7-6, 6-3

#3 – Janet Coles-James/Maura Rolland (Timrod) def. Sharron Clary/Beverly Weyhmueller 6-2, 6-3

8 a.m. -- W3.0 -- Semifinal -- UPTA #2/Keowee Keys vs. LATA/Lexington Rusty Racquets

8 a.m. -- M3.5 -- Semifinal – HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws 2, LCTA #1/Walterboro Silver 1

#1 -- Rich Rickenbach/Robert Kinley (Claws) def. Kenwood Rowe/John Waddell 6-2, 6-4

#2 – Paul Williams/Allan Morrison (Claws) def. William Goodwin/William Snead 6-3, 6-2

#3 – Douglas Bullock/Philip Manigo (Silver) def. Tom Grifa/Harold Stephens 6-4, 7-6

8 a.m. -- M3.5 -- Semifinal -- UPTA #1/Brookstone Seniors vs. LCTA #2/Crowfield Pterodactyls

8 a.m. -- W3.5 -- Semifinal -- FTA/Sportsclub Aces vs. LATA/Lexington Set in Our Ways

8 a.m. -- W3.5 -- Semifinal -- GATA/Gatewood Senior Twinkies vs. CTL #2/Harbison Hot Flashes

10 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Semifinal -- GSTL #1/Grande Dunes-Kingston vs. HHI/Port Royal

10 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Semifinal -- UPTA #1/JL Mann vs. Wildcard/GATA/Gatewood Bulls

10 a.m. -- W4.0 -- Semifinal -- GSTL #1/Prestwick Ladies 2, HHI #2/Indigo Run Racquettes 1

#1 -- Kim Shimada/Lisa Houck (Racquettes) def. Doreen Cribb/Andrea Stanford 7-6, 7-5

#2 -- Brenda Varnum/Millie Dixon (Ladies) def. Terre Groupe/Shannon Lurkin 7-6, 4-6, 1-0

#3 -- Deborah Dempsey/Jane Miley (Ladies) def. Jean Freeman/Ann O'Brien 7-6, 7-6

10 a.m. -- W4.0 -- Semifinal -- PD/Manning City Court Cougars vs. Wildcard/UPTA/Spindletree

10 a.m. -- M4.5 -- Final -- GSTL/Grande Dunes vs. UPTA/Riverside Bucket Kickers

10 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies 2, HHI #2/Long Cove 1

10 a.m. – M2.5 -- HHI #1/CC of Hilton Head Court Jesters vs. HHI #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls at Sea Pines RC

Noon -- M2.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines CC Falcons vs. HHI #4/Sun City FBI at Sea Pines RC

Noon -- M3.0 -- Final -- GSTL/Dunes-Tidewater 2, HHI #3/Shipyard Rockets 1

#1 -- David Wright/John Hileman (Dunes) def. George Amonitti/Bob Pentz 3-6, 6-4, 1-0

#2 -- Gary Lauderdale/Hale Mayer (Rockets) def. Bill Mabe/William Greene 6-2, 3-6, 1-0

#3 -- Harry Glass/Richard Crumpler (Dunes) def. Michael Block/Philip Thornton 6-1, 6-4

Noon -- W3.0 -- Final at Sea Pines RC

Noon -- M3.5 -- Final -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws 3, LCTA #2/Crowfield Pterodactyls 0

#1 -- Harold Stephens/Tom Grifa def. Greg Brandon/Ed Dempster 7-5, 6-4

#2 -- Rich Rickenbach/Robert Kinley def. Arnold Coull/Ronald Terpstra 4-6, 6-3, 1-0

#3 -- Paul Williams/Allan Morrison def. Jerry Moore/Joe Boyd 6-2, 6-4

Noon -- W3.5 -- Final at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Final at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. -- W4.0 -- Final at Sea Pines RC

2 p.m. -- W4.5 -- LCTA/Carolina Girls 2, HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies 1

#1 -- Julia White/Susan Hinkley (Carolina Girls) def. Judy Levering/Jill Swanker 6-3, 6-2

#2 -- Suzanne Gray/Debbie Kassianos (Carolina Girls) def. Billie Trotter/Chris Littell 6-1, 6-0

#3 -- Lenore Brown/Merrill Light (Ladies) def. Susan Battle/Wanter Siler 6-5, retired

2 p.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #2/Long Cove vs. LATA/Just a Number at Sea Pines RC

Upcoming Tournaments:

May 16-18 -- 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School. 290-2833.

May 17 -- 1^st annual Rising Stars at Beaufort Academy (Novice) Tennis Tournament.

May 23-25 -- 2^nd annual PTI Woody Tournament at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.

May 24 -- Tennis Block Party celebrating National Tennis Month at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.

June 1-8 – Women’s Satellite Tour $10,000 Kaelin Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center. 785-8838.

June 6-8 -- The Banana Open at Palmetto Dunes T.C./rated men's/women's singles/doubles & mxd. 785-1152.

June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age/rated; Tournament ID# 704100908

June 27-29 – Beaufort Summer Splash!! USTA-sanctioned rated divisions in Adults (ID# 704110608); age divisions in Juniors (ID# 704116008)

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