1A State Championship Raleigh Charter (15-0) def. East Surry (18-4) 5-2 MVP: Camryn McClure Singles #1 Camryn McClure (RC) def. #1 Haley Jennelle (ES) 6-2, 6-0 #2 Abigail Martin (ES) def. #2 Blair King (RC) 6-2, 6-1 #3 Sarah Mann (ES) def. #3 Emma Rowe (RC) 6-1, 6-3 #4 Vedika Birla (RC) def. #4 Carson Payne (ES) 6-0, 6-1 #5 Claire White (RC) def. #5 Haley Gilley (ES) 6-4, 6-0 #6 Addison Furr (RC) def. #6 Daphne Dotson (ES) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 Doubles #2 Camryn McClure & Claire White (RC) def. #1 Haley Jennelle & Sarah Mann (ES) 10-0 #1…

Updated brackets are available on the tennis page. 1A Tennis Singles at Cary Tennis Park Friday, October 27, 2017 Quarterfinal Round Emma Bost (Gray Stone Day) def. Lindsey Batten (Chatham Central) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Camryn McClure (Raleigh Charter) def. Leah Nance (East Wilkes) 6-2, 6-3 Brenna Bryant (Tarboro) def. Kristen Husen (Thomas Jefferson) 6-1, 6-1 Emerson Crichton (Lincoln Charter) def. Morgan Blount (Voyager Academy) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-3 Semifinal Round Emma Bost (Gray Stone Day) def. Camryn McClure (Raleigh Charter) 6-2, 6-3 Brenna Bryant (Tarboro) def. Emerson Crichton (Lincoln Charter) 6-2, 6-2 Finals Emma Bost (Gray Stone Day) vs. Brenna Bryant…

CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has finalized the 2017 Women’s Tennis Dual-Team Championship brackets for each of the four classifications. The field will consist of 32 teams for each classification, with the exception of the 1A bracket which will feature 24. The format of the tournament includes dual matches consisting of six seeded singles matches in a best of three set format. Singles play will be followed by three seeded doubles matches in a pro-set format (First pair to win 10 games). Once a team reaches the necessary five match victories for advancement, all…

BURLINGTON – The NCHSAA Women’s Tennis Dual Team finals concluded today with one first time championship, two repeat winners and a school finishing off a championship after two consecutive runner up finishes. Lake Norman Charter claimed its third straight 2A Championship by defeating North Carolina School of Science and Math 5-3. Olivia Archer, the 2A Individual Singles Champion, powered her team to the title without dropping a game in her singles or doubles match. Lauren Bush from Lake Norman Charter was named the match M.V.P. Raleigh Charter secured their first dual team title in their third appearance in the finals…

Day one of the NCHSAA Women’s Tennis Individual State Championships has concluded. Please be advised that play will resume tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. at the three respective sites. As a reminder, 1A Singles and Doubles Championships will start at 9 a.m., other classifications will begin with their semifinals at 9, followed by a short break and then the Championship Finals. 2016 NCHSAA Women’s Tennis Individual State Championship Results 1A Tennis Singles at Cary Tennis Park Friday, October 28, 2016 First Round Diana Alexandrov (Atkins) def. Camryn McClure (Raleigh Charter) 6-3, 6-2 Emerson Crichton (Lincoln Charter) def. Christina Lee (Raleigh…

CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Women’s Dual Team Tennis Championships field has been set and first round pairings announced for the tournament that will begin first round play on Tuesday, October 25th at the higher seed. The 27th annual dual team tournament is played across four classifications and consists of 32 teams in the 2A, 3A and 4A brackets while the 1A field will be comprised of 24 teams. This is the first NCHSAA Championship Bracket that was seeded with the one-year Pilot Seeding Program approved by the Board of Directors in May. For more…

LAKE NORMAN CHARTER TAKES 2-A DUAL TEAM TENNIS TITLE AGAIN BURLINGTON — The long-delayed North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s 2-A dual team tennis championship was finally decided on Wednesday afternoon at the Burlington Tennis Center. Lake Norman Charter, the defending 2-A champion, defeated Salisbury on Tuesday to advance and then wound up winning the state title the following day by a 5-1 count over Durham’s North Carolina School of Science and Math. Olivia Archer, the number-one singles player for the winners who won her match easily by 6-0, 6-1, was named the Most Valuable Player of the championship.…

NCHSAA WOMEN’S DUAL TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS PANTHER CREEK, BISHOP MCGUINNESS, MARVIN RIDGE WIN Two of the most successful tennis players in North Carolina High School Athletic Association history finished their high school careers on a high note on Sunday afternoon at the Burlington Tennis Center. Sammi Smith and Jordan Strickland of Cary Panther Creek teamed to win the last four 4-A state doubles championships, only the second time in NCHSAA history that has occurred, and on Sunday afternoon they led their team to the NCHSAA 4-A women’s dual team tennis championship as Panther Creek defeated Charlotte Myers Park by a…

BURLINGTON – The 26th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in women’s dual team tennis will be held this weekend, but not on the originally scheduled day in a tournament which has been hampered by rain. Because of the forecast for inclement weather all day on Saturday, the four finals are being moved to Sunday afternoon. The 1-A and 3-A finals will be played at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center at Elon University, while the 2-A and 4-A championships are set for the Burlington Tennis Center. The NCHSAA Board of Directors has given the Association authority to…

PANTHER CREEK PAIR WINS 4TH STRAIGHT DOUBLES 4-A STATE TITLE, WAKEFIELD’S BOYDEN EARNS 3rd STRAIGHT SINGLES CROWN RALEIGH – Two championship streaks were extended on Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A women’s tennis championships on Friday at the Millbrook Exchange Park. Sammi Smith and Jordan Strickland of Cary Panther Creek captured their fourth consecutive doubles state championship, and Raleigh Wakefield’s Suzanne Boyden won the singles crown for the third year in a row. Smith and Strickland clinched their fourth and final state title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Lizzie Galush and Jenna Knors of…

HAYNES OF ASHEVILLE WINS 3-A SINGLES TITLE AGAIN; UNION PINES DUO TAKES DOUBLES TITLE BURLINGTON – Defending singles champion Adrienne Haynes of Asheville made it two in a row by winning another title Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s tennis championships at the Burlington Tennis Center. Both Haynes, a junior, and Sarah Jiang of Concord Cox Mill won their Saturday morning semifinals in easy straight set victories that lasted only 50 minutes. Then in the championship, Haynes defeated Jiang by 6-2, 6-4. Haynes has been in the state tournament in each of her three…

MAIDEN’S HUFFMAN TAKES SINGLES CROWN, LAKE NORMAN CHARTER TEAM WINS DOUBLES CARY — Zoe Huffman of Maiden claimed the singles championship in convincing fashion on Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A women’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center. Huffman took the state title with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Lauren Bush of Lake Norman Charter, after winning an earlier semifinal match Saturday morning of Rachel Rice of Durham School of the Arts 6-0, 6-4. Olivia Archer and Hannah Archer of Lake Norman Charter made it two state championships in a row, as the Archers…

DEININGER WINS NCHSAA 1-A WOMEN’S SINGLES CROWN, BISHOP MCGUINNESS DUO TAKES DOUBLES TITLE CARY — Marisa Deininger of Community School of Davidson rolled to the state singles title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A women’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center on Saturday morning. Deininger, the runner-up in the 2013 state tournament, defeated Morgan Blount of Durham’s Voyager Academy 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match. The doubles final was a very competitive match as Morgan Auger and Anna Petrangeli of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness prevailed, beating the Elkin team of Miracle Walters and Morgan Randleman 6-4,…

PANTHER CREEK PAIR CLOSER TO 4TH STRAIGHT DOUBLES STATE TITLE RALEIGH – Sammi Smith and Jordan Strickland of Cary Panther Creek took a couple of steps toward a fourth consecutive doubles championship in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A women’s tennis championships on Friday at the Millbrook Exchange Park. The Panther Creek pair won both of their Friday matches in straight sets to set up a Saturday morning semifinal against Caroline Igo and Summer Jacobs of Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons. The only time that feat of four straight titles was accomplished in doubles was by Lisa and Margit…

DEFENDING SINGLES CHAMP HAYNES OF ASHEVILLE MOVES CLOSER TO 3-A CHAMPIONSHIP BURLINGTON – Defending singles champion Adrienne Haynes of Asheville had two convincing victories on Friday and moved closer to another title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s tennis championships at the Burlington Tennis Center. Haynes dropped only one game in four sets to move into a Saturday morning semifinal against Lauren Scism of Shelby Crest. In the other semifinal, Sarah Jiang of Cox Mill, the state singles runner-up in both 2012 and ’13, faces West Henderson’s Savannah Smith. Asheville also advanced the doubles team…