Sports

Local teams

made a strong showing as the Peachtree City Tennis Center

hosted the Peach State Junior Classic over the Memorial

Day weekend.

The

tournament featured top-ranked adolescents from all over

the country showcasing their talents and playing for the

crystal peach.

The

tournament featured many players from the area. In the

girls' 18 singles division Nicole Timmis and Cheryl

Graham, both from Peachtree City, competed against some

formidable competition. Timmis lost to Elissa Kinard from

South Carolina 6-1, 6-1, while Graham dropped to

fifth-seeded Jessica Rush of Texas, 6-1, 6-3.

The girls'

16 division featured Nancy Peaden and second-seeded Kacie

N. Anson from Fayetteville. Peaden and Anson both won in

the first round and then faced each other in the second

round. Peaden emerged triumphant from the match, winning

6-0, 6-3. Peaden lost in the third round to Douglas E.

Wink from North Carolina 6-1, 6-2.

The girls'

14 singles division had Priscilla Roberts of Peachtree

City facing Jessica Robinson from Delaware. Roberts

eventually lost 6-2, 6-4. In the girls' 12 singles

division, Adriane Hodges lost to Ha Young Choi of Florida

6-0, 6-0.

There were

fewer local boys competing but they made a strong showing

as well. Brenton James of Peachtree City defeated Justin

Alpert of New Jersey in the first round of the boys' 16

singles division 6-2, 6-3. He then lost to Jeffey

Groslimond of Atlanta 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3.

In the

boys' 12 singles division, Marc B. Dwyer of Peachtree

City had a bye in the first round and then lost to the

eventual champion, George Navas, 6-0, 6-2. Eric Jackson

of Fayetteville had a bye in the first round as well. He

then went on to beat Brian Gauss of Kentucky 6-1, 6-3.

Jackson lost to Brian Wong of Florida in the third round

6-1, 6-3.

The Peach

State Junior Classic continues to grow each year. It is

played at an increasingly popular facility and the level

of play continues to improve as well.

<!--##############