The region

tennis tournament began last week and the local teams are on a collision

course to face each other.

Starr's Mill's

boys won their first match against Henry County 5-0. Singles winners were

John Esterline, Eric Jackson and Brian O'Keefe and doubles winners were

Drew Evans and Chad Newton and Patrick Davis and Adam Esterline. The Panthers

faced Fayette County yesterday afternoon and the winner will play at South

Cedar Park in Henry County tomorrow.

The McIntosh

boys won their match against Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 5-0 while the Lady Chiefs

won their match by forfeit. Singles winners for the boys were B.J. James,

James Dwyer and Marc Dwyer while doubles winners were Robert Lochridge

and Justin Hale and Phil Van Fossan and Stefan James.

Things were

tougher for McIntosh in the Buckhead Rotary Tournament. The girls lost

to Westminster 3-1 after the doubles match between Adrian Hodges and Lauren

Wilde was pulled in the second set at 6-6. The only winners for the Lady

Chiefs were Sunya Sweeney and Shelby Carlson who won their match 6-2,

6-2. The Lady Chiefs then faced Marist and won 3-1. Priscilla Roberts

and Denise Daughenbaugh were winners in singles, while Sweeney and Carlson

won their doubles match and Hodges and Wilde's match was pulled in the

second set.

McIntosh's

girls lost in the third round in the consolation final to Lassiter, 3-2.

Rebecca Timmis won her singles match, 6-2, 6-2 and Hodges and Wilde won

their doubles match, 6-0, 6-4.

As for the

boys, they lost to Milton, 3-1. James Dwyer won his singles match, 6-0

and 6-3, while Marc Dwyer's match was pulled in the second set. In the

second round, the Chiefs lost to Walton, 3-2 as James and Marc Dwyer both

won their singles matches.

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