PM Girls Net Three Wins

The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team won all three of its matches last week, while the Rockbridge County girls dropped three matches.

Improving to 5-1, the Fighting Blues started the week by earning a 5-4 home win over Alleghany (1-7) on Monday at the Southern Virginia University Courts.

“Great win today,” said PM head coach Alyssa Sewell.

The PM coach praised McKenna Hickman winning a tough battle at No. 4 singles, 8-4, before teaming up with Elizabeth Truslow to win 8-5 at No. 3 doubles.

The Blues then captured a 7-2 road win over Nelson County (3-5) on Tuesday of last week before earning a 7-2 home win over Pioneer District rival Narrows (1-5 overall, 0-2 district).

With the win over the Green Wave, the Blues improved to 3-0 in the district and completed a sweep of the regular-season series with Narrows. When the teams met at Narrows on March 27, PM won 6-3.

Playing three days in a row against Valley District rivals, RC (2-5 overall, 0-5 district) suffered an 8-1 road loss to East Rockingham (5-5, 2-4) last Wednesday before losing to Turner Ashby (7-2, 3-2) at home 7-2 on Thursday and falling 9-0 at Broadway (5-5, 2-4) on Friday when the Wildcats were missing three of their top eight players.

Stepping up for the Wildcats were Addie Wright and Ava Crocker, who teamed up to win doubles matches against ER and TA.

PM was scheduled to play host to Nelson County yesterday and will have a home match against Bland County today, Wednesday, at 5 p.m. before playing host to Mountain View on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The Blues will than play a district match at Bath County on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

The Wildcats were slated to play host to ER yesterday and will have a home match against Harrisonburg today, Wednesday, before playing at Harrisonburg on Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m. on both days.

PM 5, Alleghany 4

SINGLES – Addisen Roberts (PM) d. Jayden Ryan (A) 8-2; Macy Shafer (PM) d. Kara Nicely (A) 8-2; Lainie McCormick (A) d. Peira Conner (PM) 8-5; McKenna Hickman (PM) d. Haley Ryder (A) 8-4; Alayla Morgan (A) d. Keely Mahaffey (PM) 8-3; Mylee Dunbar (A) won by forfeit.

DOUBLES – Roberts and Shafer (PM) d. Ryan and Sophia Liu (A) 8-2; McCormick and Morgan (A) d. Conner and Mahaffey (PM) 8-3; Hickman and Elizabeth Truslow (PM) d. Dunbar and Lexy Wills (A) 8-5.

PM 7, NC 2

SINGLES – Roberts (PM) d. Cady Marrs (NC) 8-1; Emma Craig (NC) d. Shafer (PM) 8-1; Conner (PM) d. Rebecca Marden (NC) 8-0; Hickman (PM) d. Olivia Harris (NC) 8-6; Mahaffey (PM) d. Claire Price (NC) 8-3; Nadine Wilson (NC) d. Marley Convers (PM) 8-0.

DOUBLES – Roberts and Shafer (PM) d. Marrs and Craig (NC) 8-2; Conner and Mahaffey (PM) d Marden and Price (PM) 8-0; Hickman and Truslow (PM) d. Harris and Wilson (NC) 8-5.

PM 7, Narrows 2

SINGLES – Roberts (PM) d. Raigen Clark (N) 8-6; Shafer (PM) d. Abbie Brooks (N) 8-4; Conner (PM) d. Emma Helvey (N) 8-1; Hickman (PM) d. Caroline Edwards (N) 8-3; Mahaffey (PM) won by medical forfeit; Jackie Kirby (N) d. Truslow (PM) 8-4.

DOUBLES – Roberts and Shafer (PM) d. Clark and Brooks (N) 8-3; Conner and Mahaffey (PM) d. Helvey and Reagan Freeman (N) ; Edwards and Avery Smith (N) d. Hickman and Truslow (PM) 8-4.

ER 8, RC 1

SINGLES – Ellen Waag (ER) d. Corinna Allen (RC) 8-1; Loren Dinkel (ER) d. Sydney Remington (RC) 8-0; Kate Simpkins (ER) d. Katherine Lotts (RC) 8-0; Kaylee Hatton (ER) d. Eleanor Goodhart (RC) 8-0; Alliyah McNair (ER) d. Addie Wright (RC) 8-1; Nora Fox (ER) d. Ava Crocker (RC) 8-1.

DOUBLES – Waag and Dinkel (ER) d. Allen and Goodhart (RC) 8-1; Simpkins and McNair (ER) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 8-1; Wright and Crocker (RC) d. Trinity Gray and Mary Stephenson (ER) 9-7.

TA 7, RC 2

SINGLES – Kendra Gillette (TA) d. Allen (RC) 8-4; Harper Dodd (TA) d. Julia Newhall (RC) 8-1; Bianca Redding (TA) d. Remington (RC) 8-0; Devon Wichael (TA) d. Lotts (RC) 8-0; Sarah Jaff (TA) d. Goodhart (RC) 8-6; Wright (RC) d. Maycee Davidson (TA) 8-3.

DOUBLES – Gillette and Dodd (TA) d. Allen and Newhall (RC) 8-0; Redding and Wichael (TA) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 8-5; Wright and Crocker (RC) d. Jaff and Davidson (TA) 8-4.

Broadway 9, RC 0

SINGLES – Maya Bacon (B) d. Allen (RC) 8-1; Deanna Chapman (B) d. Remington (RC) 8-3; Maggie Roberts (B) d. Lotts (RC) 8-5; Rose Cox (B) d. Goodhart (RC) 8-6; Clara Denman (B) d. Wright (RC) 8-0; Tessa Bacon (B) d. Diya Gandhi (RC).

DOUBLES – M. Bacon and Roberts (B) d. Allen and Goodhart (RC) 8-1; Chapman and Denman (B) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 8-0; Cox and T. Bacon (B) d. Wright and Gandhi (RC) 9-7.