GHS tennis serves loss to Pickens

  • Pictured are Gilmer High’s No. 1 singles Lady Cat Hope Colwell (above) and Bobcat Brett Becker (below) last week. Both won their matches versus Pickens Tuesday before earning victories over their West Hall opponents Friday.
    Pictured are Gilmer High’s No. 1 singles Lady Cat Hope Colwell (above) and Bobcat Brett Becker (below) last week. Both won their matches versus Pickens Tuesday before earning victories over their West Hall opponents Friday.

    The Gilmer High Bobcats and Lady Cats rolled to rivalry and region tennis victories last week.

    GHS traveled to Pickens Tuesday and the Bobcats earned a 5-0 win while the Lady Cats came out on top, 4-1. At West Hall Friday, both Gilmer squads won without losing a set.

    Image removed.In similar fashion during Wednesday’s senior night match versus Murray County, both Indian squads won, 5-0.

    Versus Pickens, Bobcats Brett Becker and Kaden Reece won in straights sets in the top two singles spots 6-0, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-2, respectively. After he dropped the first set 6-1, No. 3 single Isaac Bradshaw won 6-3, 7-6 (11-9 tiebreaker).

    Doubles Bryson Sisson and Law Lykins won 6-3, 6-4, and Gavin Berger and Ethan Cole closed out the sweep by winning both sets, 6-2.

    Top Lady Cat single Hope Colwell cruised to victory 6-1, 6-2. No. 2 Beth Burnette and No. 3 Emma Callihan won without dropping a game.

    Gilmer’s Jessica Futch and Jenna Cole took their No. 2 doubles match 6-1, 6-0.  Pickens earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Morgan White and Ellie Teague in the No. 1 spot.

    All of Gilmer’s matches versus West Hall only needed two sets. Bobcats Becker (6-2, 6-2), Reece (6-0, 6-2) and Bradshaw (6-0, 6-1) won on the singles court, as did Sisson and Lykins (6-0, 6-3) and Berger and Cole (6-1, 6-2).

    Lady Cats Callihan, Burnette and doubles Cole and Teague all won 6-0, 6-0. Remaining wins belonged to Colwell (6-0, 6-1) and doubles White and Futch (6-1, 6-2).

    GHS faced a solid Murray County team in between victories. Becker (6-2, 6-2), Reece (6-3, 6-3) and Bradshaw (6-2, 6-4) lost. Cole and Berger fell 6-0, 6-1. While the tandem of Sisson and Lykins did earn an opening set victory of 6-2, they lost the next two 6-2, 6-1.

    Colwell put up the most resistance in the No. 1 singles spot in a 7-5, 6-1 loss. Both Burnette and Callihan fell without winning a game. White and Cole were defeated 7-5, 6-3, and Hannah Walker and Maria Gonzalez dropped their doubles match 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

    GHS hosted White County Monday. Dalton will come to town Wednesday, and Gilmer will travel to Lumpkin County Thursday.