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Oct. 27, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 118
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

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Super Senior Women’s 7.5

Indigo Run Hot Shots Give HHI Third SC Combo State Championship

CHARLESTON SC (TENNIS E-NEWS via TennisLink) – The Indigo Run Hot Shots wrapped up and put a bow on the Super Senior Women’s 7.5 title today, giving Hilton Head Island its third winner in the South Carolina Combo State Championships in Charleston. The Senior Women’s 6.5 PD Senior Net Jets and Super Senior Men’s 7.5 Port Royal won Sunday.

The Hot Shots, captained by Jean Freeman, strung together a trio of 2-1 team victories, while the other three teams in the division only managed 1-2 records. The IRs were lead by Ginny Carter/Marilyn Yates and Barbara Steiger/Freda Thomas, each of whom won two straight-set matches including today’s that put away the championship.

Here are the results from today, plus a few that were posted late on Sunday and the complete champions list:

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

Sunday the 26^th

2 p.m. – AM6.5 – Wexford 1, AATL/Odell Weeks Drop Shot 08 2

3:30 p.m. – SSM6.5 -- Spring Lake Miss Hits 2, LATA/Topspin Senior Partners 1

Monday the 27^th

8 a.m. – AW6.5 – Semifinal – CTL #1 2, LCTA #2 1

8 a.m. – AW6.5 – Semifinal – CTL #2 3, UPTA 0

8 a.m. – SSW6.5 -- Sun City ShoreBets 1, UPTA/Tryon Park Ageless Wonders 2

9:30 a.m. – AM6.5 – Semifinal – CTL 2, GSTL 1

9:30 a.m. – AM6.5 – Semifinal – LATA 2, MCTL 1

9:30 a.m. – SSM6.5 – Final – CTL/Southeast Park Senior Moments 3, UPTA #2/Greenville Sportsclub 0

11 a.m. – SSW7.5 -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 2, LCTA/Charleston TC Superlatives 1

Ct. 1 – Jann O’Toole/Sophia McAllister (LCTA) d. Jean Freeman/Rose Andreas 6-4, 6-4

Ct. 2 – Ginny Carter/Marilyn Yates (HHI) d. Margit Krings/Nancy Caulder 7-5, 6-4

Ct. 3 – Barbara Steiger/Freda Thomas (HHI) d. Elsie Jerozal/Rebecca Gilmore 6-2, 6-4

Noon – AW6.5 – Final – CTL #2/Parklane Get the Let Out Again 2, CTL #1/Greenview Park Match Point 1

1:30 p.m. – AM6.5 – Final – LATA/Lexington Back Handed Compliment 2, CTL/Rockbridge Rocksters 1

Other Championships:

AW5.0 – Winner of round robin: CTL #1/Greenview Park set point sisters

AM5.0 – Winner of round robin: CTL/Rockbridge Redux

AW5.5 – Final – LATA/Lexington High Strung 2, PD/Sumter Cunning Combos

AM5.5 – Final – CTL #2/Caughman Road Yin and Yang 2, CTL #1/Rockbridge Hit-It-Harder 1

AW7.5 – Final – MCTL/Rock Hill Combo’d Crusaders 3, LCTA/Crowfield Triple Threat 0

AM7.5 – Final – GATA/Greenwood Civic Center Coalition 2, UPTA/Simpsonville Nealy Farm 1

AM8.5 – Final – LCTA/Maybank 2, UPTA #2/Riverside 1

AW8.5 – Winner of round robin: LATA/Lexington Tennis Center

AW9.5 – Winner of round robin: LATA/Lexington Victorious Secret

AM9.5 – Final -- CTL/Long Creek Legends 2, SATA/Westside Spartans 1

AM10.5 – Winner of round robin: GSTL/Grand Strand

SW5.5 – Winner of round robin: UPTA/Brookstone

SW6.5 – Final – HHI/PD Senior Net Jets 2, FTA/Greenville Sportsclub 1

SW7.5 – Final – LATA #1/Lexington Return to Sender 2, LCTA/Family Circle Fit and Fifty(ish) 1

SM7.5 – Final -- GATA/Gatewood Misfits 2, HHI #1/Port Royal 1

SSW6.5 – Winner of round robin: CTL/Rockbridge We Rock

SSM7.5 – Winner of round robin: HHI/Port Royal

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Here’s how the HHI league teams did at Combo States:

AW5.5 – HHI #1/Bluffton Stray Cats, Diane Austin – 1-2

AW5.5 – HHI #2/Spanish Wells, Mike Caboy – 1-2

AM6.5 – Wexford, Patrick Mason – 1-2

AW6.5 –HHI #1/PD Net Jets, Trelle Stephens – 1-2

AW6.5 –HHI #2/Wexford Wild Side, Susan Minter – 1-2

AM7.5 – Beaufort, Matt Straut – 1-2

AW7.5 – Oldfield, Donna Wester -- 1-2

SW6.5 – PD Senior Net Jets, Patty Diggs – State Champions

SM7.5 – HHI #1/Port Royal, Dave Partington – State Finalist

SM7.5 – HHI #2/Long Cove, Ralph Huff – State Semifinalist

SW7.5 – Port Royal Raucous Racquets, Babs Hoesel -- 0-3

SM8.5 – Indigo Run Hogg Doggs, Wes Breinich – 3-2

SW8.5 – HHI #1/Long Cove, Debbie Hengemuhle – 0-5

SW8.5 – HHI #2/Indigo Run, Jean Freeman – 2-3

SSM6.5 – Spring Lake Miss Hits, Tom Larkin – 1-2

SSW6.5 – Sun City ShoreBets, Carol Sussman – 0-3

SSM7.5 – Port Royal, Dave Partington – State Champions

SSW7.5 – Indigo Run Hot Shots, Jean Freeman – State Champions

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Upcoming Tournaments:

Oct. 31-Nov. 2 -- The Island Championship. TAHHI's annual tournament for Islanders and visitors. Go to www.tahhi.org.

Nov. 3-7: Beaufort County Senior Games 2008 including men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

Nov. 7-9: South Carolina USTA League Super Senior Championships at Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms

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