By WAYNE
PHILLIPS
Sports Editor
Chuckey-Doak
and South Greene still have tennis players competing for titles as the final day of the District
1-A/AA Tennis Tournament continued this morning at the Greene County Tennis
Center.
In girls' singles, South Greene's No. 2-seed Rachel Pulliam has
moved to the semifinals and was slated to take on Rachel Witt of Johnson County. The other half of
the girls' semis has top seed Kelby Marston of Unicoi County facing off against Elizabethton's
Brittni Thacker.
Greene County has two girls' doubles teams still alive.
No. 2-seed Corlette Murphy and Christy Johnson of Chuckey-Doak were scheduled to take on Unicoi's
Vanessa Bryant and Mary Beth Shults in one semifinal today. In the other bracket, South Greene's
Ashley Ferguson and Amanda Bowman, who entered the tourney as a No. 13 seed, scored two straight
upsets to move to the semis and they will play top seed Jessica Brumit and Janey Robinson of
Elizabethton.
In boys' singles, the top four seeds in the tournament made
it to the semifinals, including South Greene's Heath Smith, the No. 3 seed, who will play No. 2 seed
Caleb Pate of Unicoi County. Top seed Wade Tugman of Johnson County meets No. 4 seed Jonathan Kenney
of Unicoi County in the other half of the bracket.
Chuckey-Doak's doubles
duo of Corey Jenkins and James Durham remain alive in boys' doubles. Seeded at No. 3, Jenkins and
Durham will play Matt Goins and Mikey Hall of Sullivan North in a semifinal round, while the other
half of the bracket has top seed Chris Brumit and Ricky Jones of Elizabethton going against Unicoi's
Charlie Wu and Freddie Lyle, who came in as the No. 12 seed before pulling off two straight
upsets.
It's the second straight year that the Greene County Tennis
Center has hosted the tournament, which includes all four Greene County schools plus Elizabethton,
Johnson County, Unicoi County and Sullivan North.
Here is a complete
rundown of all of Thursday's results:
Girls
Singles
First Round
Kelby Marston (UC) d. Brittany Davis (JC), 8-2
Hannah Wilds (SG) d. Ashley Clinigan (SN), 8-3
Pavita Srirattana (CD) d. Brittany Bible (WG), 8-2
Brittni Thacker (E) d. Brittany Bolton (NG), 8-1
Lacey Harris (UC) d. Caitlin Miller (CD), 8-5
Rachel Witt (JC) d. Chloe Bremer (E), 8-1
Madison Smith (SN) d. Jessica Swatzell (WG), 8-1
Rachel Pulliam (SG) d. Renee Romanes (NG), 9-7
Second Round
Marston (UC) d. Wilds (SG), 6-0, 6-0
Thacker (E) d. Srirattana (CD), 6-1, 6-0
Witt (JC) d. Harris (UC), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
Pulliam (SG) d. Smith (SN), 6-0, 6-0
Today's Semifinals
Kelby Marston (UC)
vs. Brittni Thacker (E)
Rachel Witt (JC) vs.
Rachel Pulliam (SG)
Girls Doubles
First Round
Jessica Brumit-Janey
Robinson (E) d. Courtney Gosnell-Carolina Mosley (CD), 8-1
Stephanie Lee-C. Hood (SN) d. Kristine Wisecarver-Carly Shaw (WG), 8-3
Ali Schwenke-Tipton UC) d. Sannes-Hightower (JC), 8-2
Ashley Ferguson-Amanda Bowman (SG) d. Niki Weems-Sybrina
Medcalf (NG), 8-1
Caitlin Dean-Courtney Dean (WG)
d. Kayla Cushall-Cheyna Haas (NG), 8-3
Vanessa
Bryant-Mary Beth Shults (UC) d. Lindsey Dugger-Neikirk (E), 8-4
Kendra Dunn-Kara Carpenter (SG) d. Lindsey Shell-Lauren Yonce (SN), 8-1
Corlette Murphy-Christy Johnson (CD) d. Molly Henson-Nikki
McElyea (JC), 8-3
Second Round
Brumit-Robinson (E) d. Lee-Hood (SN), 6-1, 6-1
Ferguson-Bowman (SG) d. Schwenke-Tipton (UC), 6-2,
6-3
Bryant-Shults (UC) d. Dean-Dean (WG), 6-3,
6-4
Murphy-Johnson (CD) d. Dunn-Carpenter (SG),
6-1, 6-0
Today's Semifinals
Brumit-Robinson (E) vs. Ferguson-Bowman (SG)
Bryant-Shults (UC) vs. Murphy-Johnson (CD)
Boys
Singles
First Round
Wade Tugman (JC) d. Kenny Hamer (NG), 8-4
Tyler Broyles (SG) d. Dustin Holt (CD), 8-5
Andrew Carrier (E) d. Billy Rhea (SN), 8-3
Jonathan Kenney (UC) d. Luke Rogers (WG), 8-1
Heath Smith (SG) d. Jackson Johnson (JC), 8-1
Landon Honeycutt (E) d. Jacob Bible (CD), 8-1
Stephen Fillers (NG) d. Aaron Monroe (WG), 8-3
Caleb Pate (UC) by forfeit
Second Round
Tugman (JC) d. Broyles
(SG), 6-4, 6-2
Kenney (UC) d. Carrier (E), 6-2,
6-1
Smith (SG) d. Honeycutt (E), 6-1, 7-6
(9-7)
Pate (UC) d. Fillers (NG), 6-0,
6-0
Today's Semifinals
Tugman (JC) vs. Kenney (UC)
Smith (SG) vs. Pate (UC)
Boys Doubles
First Round
Chris Brumit-Ricky Jones (E)
d. Seth Greene-Allen Cremins (WG), 8-2
Justin
Beeler-Sam Fedrico (SN) d. Andrew Tucker-Josh Johnson (NG), 9-8 (7-5)
Charlie Wu-Freddie Lyle (UC) by forfeit
Matt Bowman-Corey Ottinger (CD) d. Brody Metcalf-Danny Wright (SG),
8-2
Corey Jenkins-James Durham (CD) d. Jacob
Albrecht-Korey Hardin (E), 8-3
Tyler Yeary-Eric
Dyer (WG) d. Oscar Hernandez-Andrew Freeman (JC), 8-3
Tyler Cole-Jonathan Sullins (UC) d. Jeff O'Neil-Jesse Haas (NG), 8-3
Matt Goins-Mikey Hall (SN) d. Spencer Feezell-Seth Bragdon (SG),
8-3
Second Round
Brumit-Jones (E) d. Beeler-Fedrico (SN), 6-0, 6-0
Wu-Lyle (UC) d. Bowman-Ottinger (CD), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Jenkins-Durham (CD) d. Yeary-Dyer (WG), 6-0, 6-0
Gins-Hall (SN) d. Cole-Sullins (UC), 6-0, 7-6
(7-4)
Today's Semifinals
Brumit-Jones (E) vs. Wu-Lyle (UC)
Jenkins-Durham (CD) vs. Goins-Hall (SN)