Friday, April 30, 2004

McIntosh tennis captures region titles again

By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com

The road to another region tennis title for the McIntosh boys featured shutouts over Mundy’s Mill (3-0) and Newnan (4-0) before edging out Starr’s Mill in the region final (3-2). The Lady Chiefs captured their region crown by beating Carver (3-0), East Coweta (3-0) and their own tough match with Starr’s Mill (3-2). Last year, the McIntosh Lady Chiefs made the state finals while the McIntosh boys and the Starr’s Mill boys and girls made the state semifinals.

Phil Van Fossan, the number one singles for the boys, went 2-1, losing to Starr’s Mill’s Derrick Davison, 3-6. 4-6. Stefan James, the number two singles for the Chiefs went 2-0, defeating Starr’s Mill’s Adam Esterline, 6-0, 6-0. His match against Mundy’s Mill was pulled. Osman Farqui, the number three singles, lost to Erick Jackson, 4-6, 3-6. The number one doubles team of Joe Styaa and Francois Pienaar went 3-0 beating Keith Kowal and Evan Foster, 6-1, 6-4. The number two doubles team of Hoot Fisher and Patrick Thomas went 3-0 as well, defeating Starr’s Mill’s Ben Matlaga and Thomas Davisson in the finals, 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 4-6.

In the girls matches, Priscilla Roberts, the number one singles, went 2-0 before losing to Starr’s Mill’s Jenny Shular, 4-6, 2-6. Adriane Hodges went 3-0 and beat Gabby Acuna 6-4, 6-3 in the finals. Rebecca Timmis, the number three singles, went 2-0 and defeated Lindsay Dillon, 6-4, 6-0. The number one doubles team of Shelby Carlson and Kristin Cobb went 1-1, falling to Shayna Simmons and Kitty Ireland, 5-7, 5-7. The number two doubles team of Stephanie Daughenbaugh and Lyndsi Tufte got on the court once, with previous matches being pulled or unnecessary, and won 6-3, 6-2.

The Lady Chiefs and the Panther boys hosted Wayne County in the first round of the state playoffs yesterday after the paper went to press and the McIntosh boys and Starr’s Mill girls will host Camden County at 3 p.m. this afternoon at the Peachtree City Tennis Center.