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Tennis teams having early success
by Don Brown
News-Gazette Sports Reporter
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The Cougar tennis teams have found success in the early part of the season with both the boys’ and girls’ team moving out to winning records after matches last week.

On Friday, March 28, the Cougars hosted Frederick Fraize, of Cloverport. The boys won their match 9-0, while the girls took an 8-1 decision.

On Saturday, March 29, the Cougar teams traveled to London’s Asbury College courts for a pair of matches against West Jessamine and North Laurel. The girls picked up 9-0 wins against both teams, while the boys split their matches. The Cougars beat North Laurel 5-4, while they lost to the West Jessamine Colts 4-5.

On Tuesday, April 1, the Cougars traveled to Muhlenberg North for matches against the Stars. The girls won their match 9-0 while the boys won 8-1. The Lady Cougars now have a 5-1 record for the year while the Cougars stand at 4-2.

CLOVERPORT

Girls Singles

Candace Skaggs (GC) def. Beth King (C) 6-0, 6-0; Renae Mantooth (GC) def. Jayleigh Gatton (C), 6-0, 6-0; Cassidy White (GC) def. Laura Miley (C), 6-0, 6-0; Megan Wilkins (GC) win by forfeit; Shelby Elmore (GC) win by forfeit; Brittany Brooks (GC) win by forfeit. Exhibition match: Corrin Clemons (GC) def. Laura Miley (C), 8-1.

Girls Doubles

King & Gatton (C) def. Wilkins & Elmore (GC), 6-0, 6-2; GC wins last two by forfeit.

Boys Singles

Aaron Watkins (GC) def. Bryan Miley (C), 6-2, 6-0; Isaac Skaggs (GC) def. Jesse McCreesh (C), 6-1, 6-0; Bradley Johnson (GC) def. Cody Simmons (C), 6-0, 7-5; Devin Pence (GC) def. Alex Booty (C), 6-0, 6-0; Evan Wooden (GC) def. Jesse Nix (C), 6-0, 6-0; Jairus Zellars (GC) wins by forfeit.

Boys Doubles

Erich Haynes & Garrett Claypool (GC) def. Miley & McCreesh (C), 6-2, 6-3; Zellars & Dustin Hayes (GC) def. Simmons & Booty (C), 6-3, 6-3.

WEST JESSAMINE

Girls Singles

Candace Skaggs (GC) def. Izzy Howell (WJ), 8-1; Renae Mantooth (GC) def. Rachel Gunn (WJ), 8-1; Paige Higdon (GC) def. Rachel Hayes (WJ), 8-1; Shelby Elmore (GC) def. Hannah Warmoth (WJ), 8-3; Cassidy White (GC) def. Morgan Gunn (WJ), 8-4; Brittany Brooks (GC) def. Victoria Hulsing (WJ), 8-6.

Girls Doubles

Higdon & Mantooth (GC) def. Howell & Gunn (WJ), 8-1; Courtney Brooks & Megan Wilkins (GC) def. Hayes & Gunn (WJ), 8-1; Alisha Manion & Rachael Woosley (GC) def. Hulsing & Colliver (WJ), 8-4.

Boys Singles

Aaron Watkins (GC) def. Curran Howell (WJ), 8-3; Zach Meike (WJ) def. Isaac Skaggs (GC), 8-5; Nick Nozell (WJ) def. Garrett Claypool (GC), 8-3; Scott Layton (WJ) def. Erich Haynes (GC), 8-4; Devin Pence (GC) def. Scott Brabon (WJ), 8-2; Evan Wooden (GC) def. Scott Kulaga (WJ), 9-8.

Nozell & Layton (WJ) def. Haynes & Johnson (GC), 8-1; Howell & Meike (WJ), def. Claypool & Watkins (GC), 8-3; Pence & Haynes (GC) def. Brabon & Kulaga (WJ), 9-7.

NORTH LAUREL

Girls Singles

Candace Skaggs (GC) def. Mikaela Prichard (NL), 8-0; Renae Mantooth (GC) def. Rachael Lewis (NL), 8-4; Paige Higdon (GC) def. McKenzie Prichard (NL), 8-0; Courtney Brooks (GC) def. Erika MaMauag (NL), 8-0; Megan Wilkins (GC) def. Keely McWhorter (NL), 8-3; Shelby Elmore (GC) def. Pooja Kantawar (NL), 8-2.

Girls Doubles

Higdon & Mantooth (GC) def. Lewis & Mc. Prichard (NL), 8-3; Brooks & Wilkins (GC) def. Mi. Prichard & Kantawar (NL), 8-5; White & Clemons (GC) def. MaMauag & Doty (NL), 8-1.

Boys Singles

James Montgomery (NL) def. Aaron Watkins (GC), 8-1; Devin Pence (GC) def. Alex Douglas (NL), 8-5; Max Swartz (NL) def. Bradley Johnson (GC), 8-6; Garrett Claypool (GC) def. Brad Baker (NL), 8-2; Erich Haynes (GC) def. Nathan Eberhardt (NL), 8-5; Dustin Hayes (GC) def. Dustin Robinson (NL), 8-4. Exhibition match: Evan Wooden (GC) def. Austin Reed (NL), 8-3.

Boys Doubles

Montgomery & Douglas (NL) def. Watkins & Claypool (GC), 8-6; Johnson & Haynes (GC) def. Swartz & Baker (NL), 8-6; Eberhardt & Harris (NL) def. Flewallen & Zellars (GC), 8-1.

MUHLENBERG NORTH

Girls Singles

Candace Skaggs (GC) def. Katie Gardner (MN), 6-0, 6-0; Renae Mantooth (GC) def. Svenja Krueger (MN), 6-1, 6-2; Paige Higdon (GC) def. Katie Koper (MN), 8-1; Courtney Brooks (GC) def. Kaley Dearth (MN), 8-0; Shelby Elmore (GC) def. Callie Eaves (MN), 8-2; Sam Neptune (MN), 8-1.

Girls Doubles

Mantooth & Higdon (GC) def. Bryant & Bradford (MN), 8-0; Brooks & Wilkins (GC) def. Malley & Kenny (MN), 8-0; Clemons & White (GC) def. Smith & Amos (MN), 8-0. Exhibition match: Brooks & Woosley (GC) def. Gardner & Eaves (MN), 8-5.

Boys Singles

Tyler Smith (MN) def. Aaron Watkins (GC), 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Isaac Skaggs (GC) def. Rance Paxton (MN), 8-1; Devin Pence (GC) def. Haagen Klerulf (MN), 8-2; Erich Haynes (GC) def. Logan Brewer (MN), 8-3; Garrett Claypool (GC) def. Alex Braun (MN), 8-1; Bradley Johnson (GC) def. Seth Kline (MN), 8-2.

Boys Doubles

Johnson & Haynes (GC) def. Piper & Winters (MN), 8-1; Claypool & Pence (GC) def. Dukes & Lile (MN), 8-1; Hayes & Wooden (GC) def. Moore & Latham (MN), 8-1.

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