18 HHI League Teams Set for Combo State Championships – Story below
TENNIS E-News
Oct. 20, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 113
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
Special thanks to our computer guru Randy Vitek and to teammate Paul Ricker in helping us over the hump of computer monitor burnout Sunday – Vitek for simply being willing to help on a Sunday and Ricker for loaning a hulking monitor to sub while our replacement monitor is on its way from Samsung. NO THANKS to Staples personnel who showed no interest in consumer service relating the monitor purchased there and BIG THANKS to the Samsung associate who was exceptionally helpful.
Next Month’s Adventure
National Eastern Championships Next for Southern Winners Wexford Dream Team
NEW ORLEANS LA (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Hilton Head Island’s Wexford Dream Team proved once again that every court counts in sweeping to the Adult 5.0 title of the Southern Sectional Mixed Doubles Championships that ended Sunday. The Dreamers finished on top of their category by virtue of a better courts win/loss record than the team that placed second.
Next stop for the Cal Navis-captained team will be Nationals – interestingly called the National Eastern Mixed Doubles Championships. Yes, there is a National Western Championships, but no playoff (to our knowledge) between the winners of those.
A further note on the PDTC Senior 8.0s, captained by Tim Arr: They won the South Carolina championship on a string of wins in third-set match tiebreaks, losing only one. Over the Southerns weekend, they lost one … the wrong one … that cost them the group #1 spot. They did finish off the weekend, however, with a 3-0 win over Savannah’s Southbridge, taking all three courts in third-set match tiebreaks.
Here are the weekend’s results of matches involving the HHI league teams:
Friday the 17th
8:30 a.m. – A5.0 – Wexford Dream Team 2, LA(b)/Pelican A.C., Mandeville 1
11:30 a.m. – S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 3, LA(b)/the crips, Natchitoches 0
12:30 p.m. – A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 3, AR/Hot Springs 0
2:30 p.m. – S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 2, NC/Crossdale CC Old Crows, Durham 1
4 p.m. – S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, GA/Macon 2
Saturday the 18th
8:30 a.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 1, SC(b)/Spartanburg Westside Blue 2
8:30 a.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 1, AL/Mobile Senior Party Animals 2
11:30 a.m. - S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, TN/Tyson Park, Knoxville 2
12:30 p.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 3, MS(b)/Roswell 0
1 p.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 3, KY(b)/Hopkinsville 0
4 p.m. - S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, KY/Mayfield 2
Sunday the 19th
10 a.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 3, LA(a)/Baton Rouge In Mixed Company 0
Ct. 1 – Cal Navis/Carrie Vormohr won 6-0, 6-4
Ct. 2 – Les Jones/Elisa Hall won 6-4, 2-6, 1-0
Ct. 3 – James Sewell/Lynsey Rini won 6-2, 6-2
11:30 a.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 3, GA/Southbridge, Savannah 0
Ct. 1 – Tim Arr/Jill Swanker won 3-6, 6-0, 1-0
Ct. 2 – Roscoe Chjambers/Sally Harvey won 6-2, 3-6, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Bobby Tillison/Kathy Jenson won 6-7, 6-1, 1-0
1 p.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 2, MS(a)/Beizoni 1
Ct. 1 – James Sewell/Lynsey Rini won 6-1, 6-4
Ct. 2 – Les Jones/Elisa Hall lost 5-7, 6-3, 1-0
Ct. 3 – Cal Navis/Carrie Vormohr won 3-6, 6-3, 1-0
2 p.m. - S7.0 - Final – TN/Knoxville 2, LA(a)/Lafayette 1
3:30 p.m. - S8.0 - Final – LA/Shreveport 2, AL/Mobile 1
250 Players Compete
HHI’s Laskutova Wins Girls’ 12s Singles in Sea Pines/Rosie Gwynn Junior Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – The HHI corps of juniors came up with one singles championship and three finalist spots in the Sea Pines/Rosie Gwynn Junior Championships that ended today at Sea Pines Racquet Club. What started as a very wet opening morning Saturday turned into a long weekend of beautiful sunshine for the 250 boys and girls competing for the singles-only titles.
In Girls’ 12s, Ksenia Laskutova took her #5 seeding to best effect in the finals, defeating #4 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer 6-0, 6-1.
In Boys’ 14s, Islander Jared Woodson, seeded #5, lost in the finals to #3 Brent Lett 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
In Girls’ 18s, #2 seed Michelle Green of HHI lost to top-seeded Whitney Kay 6-1, 6-1.
In Girls’ 16s, #5 Ashley Kitchen of HHI lost to #1 Samantha Light 6-3, 6-3.
Here are the semifinal and final results, most of which were played today:
Boys' 18 Singles – Semifinals: (3) Anderson Walls d. (5) Jake Bowling 6-1; 5-7; 6-2; (1); Ronald Powell d. Randall Heffron 6-1; 6-2; Final: Powell d. Walls 6-7(6); 6-4; 6-4; Place: Bowling d. Heffron 2-0Ret (inj); Consolation: Semifinals: Wesley Barrett d. John Karle 2-6; 6-2; 1-0(10); (5) Casey Kay d. John Schubel 6-1; 6-0; Final: Barrett d. Kay 6-1; 6-7(3); 1-0(5)
Boys' 16 Singles – Semifinals: (5) Benjamin Barnette d. (2) Joel Cook 6-4; 6-0; (5) Michael Reilly d. (5) Carson Jones 6-4; 0-6; 7-6(3); Final: Barnette d. Reilly 6-1; 6-1; Place: Cook d. Jones 2-6; 6-4; 6-2; Consolation: Semifinals: (5) James Daly d. Connor Evins 6-3; 2-6; 1-0(5); Dana Parziale d. (1) Becker O'Shaughnessey 3-6; 6-4; 1-0(4) ; Final: Daly d. Parziale 6-4; 6-4
Boys' 14 Singles – Semifinals: (3) Brent Lett d. Matt Kirk 6-3; 6-1; (5) Jared Woodson d. (1) Christian Harris 7-6(5); 6-2; Final: Lett d. Woodson 6-3; 1-6; 6-2; Place: Kirk d. Harris 6-3; 6-2; Consolation: Semifinals::Andrew Waddell d. (2) Ben Horst 7-5; 1-6; 1-0(4); Tyler Pyle d. Christopher Mahan 6-2; 6-2; Final: Pyle d. Waddell 0-6; 6-4; 1-0(9)
Boys' 12 Singles – Semifinals: (2) Korey Lovett d. (4) Christian Hess 6-1; 6-4; (1) Hampton Drake d. Grayson Lowenthal 6-2; 6-1; Final: Drake d. Lovett 7-5; 7-6(5); Place: Lowenthal d. Hess 3-6; 6-0; 6-1; Consolation: Semifinals: Alexander Miller d. (3) Alex Phillips 1-6; 7-6(7); 1-0(3); William Liam Wiggins d. (5) Bennett Crane 7-5; 6-3; Final: Miller d. Wiggins 7-5; 6-3
Girls' 18 Singles – Semifinals: (2) Michelle Green d. Bethany Dyar 7-6(6); 7-5; (1) Whitney Kay d. (5) Hayley Carter 6-3; 6-2; Final: Kay d. Green 6-1; 6-1; Place: Carter d. Dyar 6-4; 6-3; Consolation: Semifinals: Sarah Witkowski d. (5) Misha Testerman 6-3; 6-2; (5) Leyla Erkan d. (4) Dylan Windom 6-2; 6-2; Final: Erkan d. Witkowski 6-3; 4-6; 1-0(6)
Girls' 16 Singles – Semifinals: (5) Ashley Kitchen d. (2) Jessica Swan 6-4; 3-6; 6-4; (1) Samantha Light d. (4) Lindsey Burke 6-1; 6-1; Final: Light d. Kitchen 6-3; 6-3; Place: Burke d. Swan 7-6(3); 6-2; Consolation: Semifinals: (3) Katie Fosnacht d. (5) Madison Walters 6-3; 6-0; Amryn Soldier-Mukadam d. Alrissa Tobe 7-6(3); 6-4; Final: Fosnacht d.Soldier-Mukadam 6-2; 6-0
Girls' 14 Singles – Semifinals: Victoria Laskutova d. (3) Ivey Welborn 6-1; 6-2; (1) Umarah Mughnee d. (5) Evangeline Crist 6-0; 6-0; Final: Laskutova d. Mughnee 6-1; 5-7; 6-2; Place: Crist d. Welborn 6-2; 7-6(3); Consolation: Semifinals: (5) Brooke Busby d. Annie Hay Def (ref); (5) Katherine Lee d. (4) Jamie Rogers 7-6(6); 4-6; 1-0(7); Final: Busby d. Lee 2-6; 7-5; 1-0(8).
Girls' 12 Singles – Semifinals: (4) Chloe Ouellet-Pizer d. (2) Katie Williams 0-6; 6-3; 6-3; (5) Ksenia Laskutova d. (1) Ellie Halbauer 6-2; 6-0; Final: Laskutova d. Ouellet-Pizer 6-0; 6-1; Place: Halbauer d. Williams 6-4; 6-3; Consolation: Semifinals: Kayla Calvert d. Claudia Wiktorin 7-5; 7-6(5); (5) Kaitlyn McCarthy d. (3) Terri Fleming Wo (inj); Final: Calvert d. McCarthy 4-6; 6-2; 1-0(2)
Last Year Only 10 Teams Went
18 HHI League Teams Set for Combo State Championships This Weekend in Charleston
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-NEWS) – You shouldn’t have much trouble finding an empty tennis court on HHI this weekend. Well, except at Van Der Meer Shipyard where the Vacation Company Adult Championships will be played. Otherwise, lots of courts will open up as 18 Hilton Head Island league teams head for Charleston for the South Carolina Combo State Championships.
Adult, Senior and Super Senior divisions will face off in the first-ever States to include the latter group. The schedule is up online at www.sctennis.com. We’ll catch up with that a bit later. Local Combo Coordinator Kathy Foulke received several wildcard opportunities from States and had local teams very willing to pick up the chance to compete on that level. A 19th team – Senior Men’s 6.5 Spring Lake – was also eligible, but turned down the spot because the team is going in the Super Senior Division. Only 10 teams from the HHI leagues went to Combo States in 2007.
Here is lineup of HHI teams as finalized for Combo State:
AM 6.5 – Wexford-
AM 7.5 - Beaufort
AW 5.5 - Bluffton
AW 5.5 - Spanish Wells
AW 6.5 - PD
AW 6.5 - Wexford
AW 7.5 - Oldfield
SM 7.5 Port Royal
SM 7.5 Long Cove
SM 8.5 Indigo Run
SW 6.5 PD
SW 7.5 Port Royal
SW 8.5 Long Cove
SW 8.5 Indigo Run
SSM 6.5 Spring Lake
SSM 7.5 Port Royal
SSW 6.5 Sun City
SSW 7.5 Indigo Run
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