Despite a record of 1-10 overall and 0-5 in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference, Amelia’s varsity girls tennis team displayed quality play to earn runner-up in their flight of the Coaches’ Classic.
“I am very pleased and very proud,” said coach Jan Peach. “We’re in a league with pretty tough teams. In the tournament we played teams of our own caliber and speed and we showed we can play well with them. The two doubles teams were in it to the end. . .
“We’ve had to adjust to fill in a lot of spotsthis year. Three girls moved up from the JV,” said Peach.
“I think the future is good. With this year’s experience under our belt we should be better. We are going to have to restaff the doubles, though.”
Coaches’ Classic
Bethel-Tate’s Cindy Galea and Kristin Longworth and Batavia’s Beth Turner were champions of their respective flights in the Coaches Classic Tennis Tournament.
Following are the Clermont County placers and winners.
Flight D: Milford was sixth among the seven teams with 60 points; Fairfield won with 275. Tracy Li of Milford (first singles) over Oak Hills 7-5, 6-3. Erin O’Bernier and Laura Roessner (second doubles) of Milford over Fairfield 6-3, 6-1. Laura Marsh of Milford (third singles) placed fourth.
Flight F: Bethel-Tate was sixth with 90 points and Glen Este seventh with 60 in the seven-team flight won by Wilmington with 310. Barb Petty of Glen Este (second singles) over Roger Bacon 7-6 (7-5), 6-0. Galea and Longworth of Bethel-Tate (first doubles) over Finneytown 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 and Ross 6-4, 7-5. The Tiger tandem won the flight crown with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ross. Petty was third and GE’s Rachel Shepler and Courtney Toler (second doubles) was fourth.
Flight G: Amelia was runner-up with 195 points and Batavia was third with 185 in the seven-team flight won by Madeira with 350. Ana Hegele of Amelia (first singles) over Cincinnati Christian 6-0, 6-1 and Nikki Staton of Batavia (first singles) over Reading 6-0, 6-0. Turner of Batavia (second singles) over over Pierce of Amelia 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and Madeira 6-1, 6-2. Jill Fronk and Lauren Owens of Amelia (second doubles) over Norwood 6-1, 6-0. Meredith Melvin of Amelia (third singles) by default. Alexis Trubee and Lauren Vogel of Amelia (first doubles) over Norwood 6-0, 6-1 and Reading 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). The Barons’ Trubee and Vogel and Fronk and Owens garnered second places, Hegele and Pierce were third and Melvin was fourth. The Bulldogs’ Turner was champion, Staton was second, and Kiana Kaelin and Kim Berry and Shannon Jewell were third.
Bethel-Tate 3 Batavia 2
Tiger winners: Laura Eaton (third singles) 6-3, 6-2; Galea and Longworth (first doubles) 6-0, 6-1; and Evans and Jessica Jones (second doubles) 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.
Bulldog winners: Staton (first singles) 6-1, 6-3 and Turner (second singles) 7-5, 6-3.
Bethel-Tate 5 Felicity 0
Tiger winners: Erinn Ballein (first singles) 6-0, 6-1; Katie Shouse (second singles) 6-3, 6-2; Eaton (third singles) 6-1, 6-2; Galea and Longworth (first doubles) 6-0, 6-1; and Megan Fancher and Jones (second doubles) 6-0, 6-0.
Bethel-Tate 5 Reading 0
Tiger winners: Ballein 6-0, 6-2; Shouse 6-1, 6-1; Eaton 6-2, 6-3; Evans and Galea 6-11, 6-0; and Fancher and Jones 6-2, 6-3.
Western Brown 5 Bethel-Tate 0
New Richmond 4 Blanchester 1
Lion winners: Alana Burns (first singles) 6-1, 6-1; Kaitlyn Reid (second singles) 6-2, 6-0; Katie Bird (third singles) 6-0, 6-1; and Sarah Haun and Tiffany Sturgill (second doubles) 6-3, 6-2.
New Richmond 5 Batavia 0
Lion winners: Burns (first singles) 6-2, 6-2; Reid (second singles) 6-2, 6-1; Bird (third singles) 6-3, 1-6, 6-0; Jamie Clements and Tasha Liegel (first doubles) 6-1, 6-1; and Haun and Sturgill (second doubles) 6-1, 6-0.
Wilmington 3 New Richmond 2
Lion winners: Reid (second singles) 6-0, 6-0 and Bird (third singles) by forfeit.
New Richmond 4 East Clinton 1
Lion winners: Burns (first singles) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Burns (third singles) by forfeit; Clements and Liegel (first doubles) 7-5, 6-7, 6-3; and Haun and Sturgill (second doubles) 6-0, 7-5
Goshen 3 Blanchester 2
Warrior winners: Sierra Billow (first singles) 6-0, 6-1; Celia Lally (second singles) 6-3, 6-2; and Westendorf (third singles) 6-2, 6-3.
Goshen 5 Norwood 0
Warrior winners: Billow 6-0, 6-0; Emily Wininger 6-0, 6-1; Westendorf 6-2, 6-0; Tasha Blevins and Lally 6-0, 6-0; and Christina Cornell and Heather Giltz by default.
Milford 5 Madeira 0
E-Gal winners: Li (first singles) 6-3, 6-0; Andrea Fish (second singles) 6-1, 6-0; Tracey Mechlin (third singles) 6-2, 7-6; Marsh and Laura Roessner (first doubles) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; and Samantha Ciambro and Erin O’Bernier (second doubles) 6-3, 6-2.
Milford 3 Oak Hills 2
E-Gal winners: Li (first singles) 6-1, 7-5; Mechlin (third singles) 6-4, 6-1; and Ciambro and O’Bernier (second doubles) 6-3, 6-1.
Milford 5 Hamilton 0
E-Gal winners: Li (first singles) 6-1, 6-2; Fish (second singles) 6-0, 6-0; Mechlin (third singles) 6-0, 6-1; Marsh and Roessner (first doubles) 6-1, 6-4; Ciambro and O’Bernier (second doubles) 7-5, 6-4.
Lakota East 5 Milford 0
Amelia 3 Northwest 2
Baron winners: Hegele (first singles) 6-3, 6-1; Melvin (second singles) 6-4, 7-5; and Fronk and Owens (second doubles) 6-0, 6-4.
Walnut Hills 5 Amelia 0
Anderson 5 Amelia 0
Little Miami 5 Amelia 0
Anderson 5 Glen Este 0
Ross 3 Glen Este 2
Trojan winners: Petty (second singles) 7-5, 6-1 and Shepler and Toler (second doubles) 6-3, 5-7, 7-4.
McNicholas 3 Glen Este 2
Trojan winners: Emily Wilder (second singles) 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 and Petty (third singles) 6-2, 6-4.
Western Brown 4 Batavia 1
Bulldog winner: Staton (first singles) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.