The Region

4-AAAAA tennis tournament was held at Clayton College and State University

last Thursday and Friday, though it was as if it were played in McIntosh

High School's backyard. The boys and girls teams only lost one game in

all of their matches in the tournament, as Priscilla Roberts fell to Fayette

County's Kacie Anson, 10-7.

McIntosh's

boys faced Evans and Lovejoy in the first and second round and Jonesboro

and Fayette County in the semi-finals and finals. B.J. James, Robert Lochridge

and James Dwyer were the 1-3 singles players for the Chiefs, while Mike

Saheim and Sundeep Sood and Justin hale and Phil Van Fossan were the 1-2

doubles teams. The 1-3 singles players for the girls were Priscilla Roberts,

Rebecca Timmis and Denise Daughenbaugh, while Adriane Hodges and Sunya

Sweeney and Shelby Carlson, Stacey Brundrette and Renae Clarke shared

duties as the 1-2 doubles teams.

With the ultimate

goal of capturing the state championship on may 12 at Stone Mountain,

Coach kelly Baker continually stresses the importance of developing a

cohesive team. Lochridge adds, "We have to play like a team, eeryone

working together towards one goal." When asked what secret weapon

McIntosh might use to get to and win the state finals, Lochridge said,

"We're just going to win more sets than our competition."

The first round

of the state playoffs will be held at the Peachtree City Tennis Center

at a date to be announced later this week.

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