McIntosh High

School's boys and girls tennis teams will find themselves in a familiar

spot this Saturday. Both teams have advanced to the state semifinals at

Stone Mountain and they are hoping for better results than last year.

McIntosh wants the state tennis title.

The boys advanced

3-0. Singles winners against Houston County were B.J. James, 6-2,6-2;

James Dwyer, 6-0,6-1 and Marc Dwyer, 6-0,6-0. Doubles winners were Robert

Lochridge and Justin Hale, 6-0,6-0 and Phil Van Fossan and Stefan James,

6-1,6-1.

In the match

against Lowndes, James and the Dwyer brothers won again. James won 6-1,6-0,

while James Dwyer won 6-0,6-1 and Marc Dwyer won 6-1,6-3. Both doubles

matches were pulled but the McIntosh teams were winning at the time.

The girls opened

the state playoffs with a match against Hardaway. Singles winners for

the lady Chiefs were Priscilla Roberts, 6-0,6-0 and Rebecca Timmis, 6-0,6-1.

The doubles winners for McIntosh were Shelby Carlson and Sunya Sweeney,

6-1,6-3. Singles winners for the Lady Chiefs in the second round were

Rebecca Timmis and Denise Daughenbaugh who both won 6-0,6-0. Doubles winners

were Adriane Hodges and Lauren Wilde, 6-1,6-0 and Sunya Sweeney and Shelby

Carlson, 6-0,6-0.

The McIntosh

boys will open the semifinals against the winner of Harrison/Collins Hill,

while the girls will face Lassiter.

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