Many coillegiate

tennis coaches were on hand at te Peachtree City Tennis Center this weekend

for the Peach State Junior Tennis Tournament. The tournament is on the

USTA schedule and 13 USTA sections are represented from Southern California

to New England. Many of our local players played in the tournament, facing

some of the best junior players in the nation.

The first age

division in the tournament featured players ages 12 and under. Natalie

Pluskota of Newnan lost to Pender Sessoms in the first round, 6-2, 6-1,

while Jennifer Betts of Peachtree City lost to Holly Johnson, 6-0, 6-0

in the second round after a bye in the first round. Sessoms and Johnson

faced off in the final. In the Boys 12 division, Michael Browder of Peachtree

City lost to Blaze Schwartz, 6-2, 6-1.

Peachtree City's

Marc Dwyer played in the Boys 14 division and defeated Ryan Sweeting,

6-2, 6-1 in the first round. In the second round, Dwyer faced Bobby Deye

and lost, 6-4, 6-0.

Dwyer's brother

James played in the Boys 16 division and lost in the first round to Jack

Komar in three sets. He won the first set, 6-4, but lost the next two,

6-4, 6-4. Brenton James won his first match in the Boys 16 division, defeating

David Sheng, 6-3, 6-0. James lost the match in the second round to Eric

Hodgman in three sets. he won the first set, 6-2, but lost the next two,

6-3, 6-4.

Jenny Shular

of Peachtree City lost her first round match in the Girls 16 division

to Bugsy Bauer in three sets. She won the first set, 6-3, but lost the

next two, 6-4, 6-2. Priscilla Roberts of Peachtree City defeated Elizabeth

Conyer in the first round, 6-3, 6-3, then defeated Jennifer Larson, the

third seed, 6-4, 6-1 in the second round. Roberts faced off against Carlin

Cochran in the third round and won, 6-2, 7-6(5). Her next opponent was

Kristi Miller, who won by a score of 6-0, 6-4.

Fayetteville

was well represented in the Girls 18 division. Nancy Peaden defeated Lara

Maurer in the first round, 6-4, 6-4 and then defeated Ashley Robards,

the fifth seed, in the second round 6-2, 7-5. In the third round, Peaden

faced the third seed, Staci Stevens, and lost 6-2, 6-1. Kacie Anson had

a similar experience. She defeated Katie Karhohs in the first round, 7-5,

6-3 and then beat Kendall Cline in the second round, 6-2, 6-0. The third

round was her last though as she fell to the fifth seed, Ashley Schellhas,

6-0, 6-1.

It was a successful

tournament for the Tennis Center because it continues to grow each year

and it was successful for our local players as they proved their mettle

against some of the top junior players in the nation.

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