The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team won two of three matches last week, while the Rockbridge County girls lost three Valley District matches.
The Fighting Blues (4-3) earned an 8-1 home win over Altavista (2-5) on Monday of last week before capturing a 5-4 home win over Nelson County (5-5) on Thursday at the Southern Virginia University courts in Buena Vista. With the victory over Nelson, PM avenged a 5-4 road loss eight days earlier.
The Blues ended the week with a 5-4 home loss to district rival Narrows on Friday, with the Blues falling to 1-1 in the district. When the teams met on April 3 at Narrows, PM won 5-4.
With its losses, RC fell to 0-9, both overall and in the district. The Wildcats lost 5-4 at Turner Ashby (3-9 overall, 3-5 district) on Monday of last week before suffering a 6-3 home loss to Broadway (4-7, 2-5) the next day. On Friday, the Wildcats lost 9-0 at home against Spotswood (9-2, 7-0).
The Wildcats were scheduled to play host to the Blues at the Lexington Country Club courts on Monday. RC will return to district action at East Rockingham on Thursday before playing host to district rival Harrisonburg on Friday for its last home match of the regular season, with both matches scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. The Blues were slated to play at district rival Bath County yesterday and will play host to Bath on Monday at 5 p.m.
PM 8, Altavista 1
SINGLES – Olive King (PM) d. Molly Scruggs (A) 8-2; Macy Shafer (PM) d. Caroline Payne (A) 8-1; Peira Conner (PM) d. Maleah Barnwell (A) 8-2; Keely Mahaffey (PM) d. Trinity Charlton (A) 8-2; Elizabeth Truslow (PM) d. Paris Irvin (A) 8-5; Chelsea Paredes (A) d. Phoebe Wood (PM) 8-0.
DOUBLES – Conner and Mahaffey (PM) d. Scruggs and Payne (A) 8-4; King and Shafer (PM) d. Irvin and Caroline Rosser (A) 8-2; Truslow and Peyton Chittum (PM) d. Bronwyn Smith and Trinity Charlton (A) 8-4.
PM 5, NC 4
SINGLES – King (PM) d. Emma Craig (NC) 8-6; Shafer (PM) d. Claire Price (NC) 8-5; Conner (PM) d. Olivia Harris (NC) 8-2; Mahaffey (PM) d. Cady Marrs (NC) 8-4; Iatziry Agustin-Gonzalez (NC) d. Truslow (NC) 8-1; Rebecca Marden (NC) d. Chittum (PM) 8-1.
DOUBLES – Craig and Price (NC) d. Conner and Mahaffey (PM) 8-5; King and Shafer (PM) d. Harris and Agustin-Gonzalez (NC) 8-0; Marrs and Marden (NC) d. Truslow and Chittum (PM) 8-6.
Narrows 5, PM 4
SINGLES – King (PM) d. Raigen Clark (N) 8-2; Caroline Edwards (N) d. Shafer (PM) 8-6; Conner (RC) d. Brooklyn McCroskey (N) 8-1; Mahaffey (PM) d. Reagan Freeman (N) 8-1; Jackie Kirby (N) d. Truslow (PM) 8-5; Summer McCroskey (N) d. Chittum (PM) 8-1.
DOUBLES – Clark and B. McCroskey (N) d. Mahaffey and Conner (PM) 8-5; King and Shafer (PM) d. Freeman and Kirby (N) 8-2; Edwards and S. MCroskey (N) d. Truslow and Chittum (PM) 8-1.
TA 5, RC 4
SINGLES – Cammie Rodes (TA) d. Corinna Allen (RC) 8-5; Julia Newhall (RC) d. Mayce Davidson (TA) 8-5; Sarah Jaff (TA) d. Eleanor Goodhart (RC) 8-6; Maggie Byler (TA) d. Ava Crocker (RC) 8-1; Meredith Hendricksen (TA) d. Campbell Bond (RC) 8-5; Diya Gandhi (RC) d. Sophie Sirenchenko (TA) 8-5.
DOUBLES –Allen and Newhall (RC) d. Rodes and Davidson (TA) 9-7; Jaff and Byler (TA) d. Goodhart and Crocker (RC) 8-4; Bond and Gandhi (RC) d. Hendrickson and Sirenchenko (TA) 8-1.
Broadway 6, RC 3
SINGLES – Allen (RC) d. Clara Denman (B) 8-2; Tessa Bacon (B) d. Newhall (RC) 8-6; Rose Cox (B) d. Goodhart (RC) 8-2; Crocker (RC) d. Braelyn Grandle (B) 8-4; Ella Yoder (B) d. Bond (RC) 8-2; Siv Chyin Ung (B) d. Gandhi (RC) 8-1.
DOUBLES – Allen and Newhall (RC) d. Denman and Bacon (B) 8-2; Cox and Grandle (B) d. Goodhart and Crocker (RC) 8-6; Yoder and Chyin Ung (B) d. Bond and Gandhi (RC) 8-0.
Spotswood 9, RC 0
SINGLES – Ella Li (S) d. Allen (RC) 8-0; Emerson Knight (S) d. Newhall (RC) 8-0; Olivia Davis (S) d. Goodhart (RC) 8-1; Hannah Liberace (S) d. Crocker (RC) 8-2; Claire Shaffer (S) d. Bond (RC) 8-0; Agustina Pascal Tobar Infante (S) d. Gandhi (RC) 8-0.
DOUBLES – Li and Knight (S) d. Allen and Newhall (RC) 8-0; Liberace and Charlie Jesteadt (S) d. Goodhart and Crocker (RC) 8-2; Davis and Shaffer (S) d. Bond and Gandhi (RC) 8-2.
