The Region

4-AAAAA tennis finals, in both the boys' and girls' divisions, wound up

being an all-Fayette affair.

The McIntosh

boys team defeated Starr's Mill 4-0 and the Lady Chiefs won 3-1 over the

Lady Panthers in Friday's finals at Lovejoy High School. Both schools

will go on to the state playoffs, which begin next week.

The Chiefs

did not lose a match all week, with scores of 5-0 over Mundy's Mill and

4-0 over Lovejoy leading up to the finals. The Lady Chiefs recorded early-round

shutouts as well, 5-0 against Carver and 4-0 against Newnan.

The lineup

for the McIntosh boys squad was the same for all three rounds: Phil Van

Fossan, Stefan James and Osman Faruqi in singles, with Joe Styga/Hoot

Fisher and Patrick Thomas/Quan Li comprising the doubles pairings.

Singles players

for the Lady Chiefs in all three rounds were Priscilla Roberts, Rebecca

Timmis and Adriane Hodges. The doubles teams were Renae Clarke/Shelby

Carlson and Stephanie Daughenbaugh/Lauren Wilde (Kristin Cobb played in

Wilde's spot in the finals).

In the boys

finals, Starr's Mill was represented by John Esterline, Adam Esterline

and Eric Jackson in singles, with Brian O'Keefe/Keith Kowal and Ben Matlaga/Phil

Strickland making up the doubles pairings.

For the Lady

Panthers, Jenny Shular picked up the school's lone final-round win in

singles play, with Shayna Simmons and Gabby Acuna filling the other singles

slots. Doubles teams were Lauren Dillon/Kristen Thornton and JoAnna Tolsma/Kitty

Ireland.

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