The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team concluded the team portion of its season with a 5-3 home loss to Bland County in the Region 1C quarterfinals on Wednesday evening at the Southern Virginia University courts in Buena Vista.
The Fighting Blues finished 7-4 overall and 3-1 in the Pioneer District, defeating Narrows for the district title. Last year, the Blues went 9-5 overall and 4-2 in the district, finishing second to Bath County in the district.
In the regional quarterfinals, Bland County won two of three doubles matches and three singles contests, with the No. 3 singles match stopped after the team result had been decided.
PM’s singles winners were Olive King at No. 1 and Keely Mahaffey at No. 4. King and Macy Shafer teamed up at No. 2 doubles to earn a 7-5, 6-4 win.
Before the match, the Blues honored their three seniors: King, Shafer and Peira Conner.
King, the Pioneer District singles champion, will play in the Region 1C singles tournament on Monday. Conner and Mahaffey, who were the runner-up team in the district doubles tournament, will team up for the Region 1C doubles tournament on Tuesday. Both tournaments will be at George Wythe and will start at 9 a.m.
For the full story and photos from the regional quarterfinals, with comments from PM head coach Alyssa Sewell, please see our June 4 newspaper.
BC 5, PM 3
SINGLES – Olive King (PM) d. Tinley Worley (BC) 6-4, 6-1; Addison Myers (BC) d. Macy Shafer (PM) 7-6, 6-0; Peira Conner (PM) vs. Kendall Worley (BC) did not finish; Keely Mahaffey (PM) d. Alysia Lopez (BC) 6-4, 6-0; Annabelle Rasnake (BC) d. Elizabeth Truslow (PM) 6-3, 6-3; Raine Mutter (BC) d. Peyton Chittum (PM) 6-0, 6-2.
DOUBLES – Worley and Myers (BC) d. Conner and Mahaffey (PM) 6-1, 6-1; King and Shafer (PM) d. Worley and Lopez (BC) 7-5, 6-4; Rasnake and Mutter (BC) d. Truslow and Chittum (PM).
