Tennis

Peachtree City Tennis Center’s Senior AA-3 ALTA Team won the City Championships. In the back row are Alli Mahler; Joanne Matlaga; Sue Piccinini, Captain; Trish Weisheit and Ann Pursley. In the front row are Donna Groover; Shona Schmidt; Lehua Graham Not pictured are Barbara Murray and Linda Bean. Photo/Special.

The Starr’s Mill varsity boys tennis team captured the AAAA state title on Saturday and, like any good champion, they had to deal with some adversity on the way.

Starr’s Mill’s boys won the state tennis title 3-1 over McIntosh at Clayton County International Park on Saturday.

Starr’s Mill’s girls are still alive in the Class AAAA tennis playoffs. The Lady Panthers are in the state quarterfinals against Heritage, Conyers after beating Loganville (4-0) and Cass (4-1). A win over Heritage puts Starr’s Mill, once again, into the Class AAAA final four. They would meet the winner of Bainbridge and Lakeside, Evans with a win. The Class AAAA semifinals and finals will take place Saturday at Clayton County International Park.

Southern Crescent Tennis Association (SCTA), in conjunction with USTA, participated in the USTA pilot program, “Adopt A Unit,” providing portable tennis equipment to troops deployed in Afghanistan.

Last Tuesday, the Starrs’ Mill varsity girls tennis team brought home the region trophy for the third time in a row under the direction of Coach Ron Mann, edging out arch-rivals McIntosh in the finals.

Starr’s Mill and McIntosh’s varsity tennis teams faced off on Tuesday and the teams from Starr’s Mill won against their rivals, 3-2.

McIntosh’s varsity girls tennis team defeated two Coweta teams in matches played March 4 and 8.

The McIntosh boys tennis team took top honors at the 2nd Annual Georgia State School Team Finals held Dec. 5-6 in Macon.

The Peachtree City Tennis Center's Team Martin represented the Southern Crescent at the state finals and won their division at the USTA Jr. Team Teannis Georgia State Championships, July 31 and Aug. 1 in Macon.  The coach was Craig Healy and the captain was Sharon Martin. From left are Catherine Chapman, Katie Port, Jake Kumro, Zach Martin, Logan Wilson, Caroline Dallas, and Frank Rogers. Photo/Special.