On the Boys side Lawrence Co. walked away Doubles Champs as #1 seed Brock Kessinger and S.J. Lycans went 4-0 during the Tournament.
2019 15th Region Doubles Champs
In the first match against #16 seed Helton/Vallandingham from Magoffin Co. the LC Duo won 6-0 and 6-1, in the second match vs #9 seed Caudill/Street from Pikeville they won 6-0 and 6-0, in the semifinals vs #4 Daniel/Sofyan from Johnson Central they won 6-3 and 6-1, in the finals they beat #6 Varney/Mills from Belfry 6-2 and 6-0.
Also in the Boys doubles for Lawrence Co. it was #10 Seed Hunter Goble and Herbie Parks pulled a couple upsets before falling in the semifinals. In their first match they beat #7 seed Conley/McDaniel from Magoffin Co. 6-0 and 6-0, in their second match against #2 seed Brown/Bingham from Johnson Central 6-4, 1-6 and 10-8 to move on to the semifinals were they fell to #6 Varney/Mills from Belfry 2-6 and 0-6.
2019 15th Region Doubles Champs
On the Girls Doubles side it was Sisters #1 seed Adrian Webb and Eden Webb claiming the title going 4-0.
In the first match the duo beat #16 seed Hoskins/Whitaker from Magoffin Co. 6-2 and 6-0, in the second match vs #9 seed Fleniken/Lovern from Pikeville 6-0 and 6-1, in the semifinals they beat #4 seed Deskins/Lambert from Belfry 6-1 and 6-2 and in the championship match they beat the #2 seed the Hackworth sisters from Johnson Central 6-4 and 6-3.
#3 seed Maci Pollock and Sheree Hay also qualified for the state tourney by going 2-1 before falling in the semifinals. In their first match against #14 seed Fields/Caudill from Shelby Valley they won 6-0 and 6-3, in their next match against #6 seed Pennington/Mullins from Johnson Central they won 6-0 and 6-1, in the semifinal match they fell to #2 seed the Hackworth sisters from Johnson Central 3-6 and 3-6.
In the Boys Singles Tournament #3 seed Noah Fairchild and #13 seed Lincoln Rose both went 2-1 before falling in the semifinals. Both players will move on to the state tourney.
Fairchild beat #14 seed Caleb Porter from Magoffin Co. 6-0 and 6-1, in his second match he beat #11 Logan Varney from Pike Co. Central 6-0 and 6-0 before losing to #2 seed Ben McNamee of Belfry 3-6 and 2-6 in the semifinals.
Rose upset #4 seed Jared Blackburn of Belfry 7-5 and 6-2, beat #12 seed Brandon Richmond of Prestonsburg 6-1 and 6-2 before falling to #1 seed William Fleniken of Pikeville 3-6 and 3-6 in the semifinals.
In the Girls Singles Tournament #3 seed Katelyn Pauley and #5 seed Jessalyn Osborn both went 2-1 and both qualified for the state tournament.
Pauley beat #14 seed Riley Meadows from Magoffin Co. 6-0 and 6-0, took care of #11 seed Lexie Hensley of Sheldon Clark 6-0 and 6-0 before falling in the semifinals to #2 seed Emma Harris from Belfry 3-6 and 3-6 in the semifinals.
Osborn beat #12 seed Clare McNamee of Belfry 6-2 and 6-3 then she upset #4 seed Sarah McCoy of Pikeville 3-6, 6-3, and 10-2 before losing to #1 seed Allie Wells of Johnson Central 2-6 and 0-6 in the semifinals.
2019 15th Region Team Champs
The KHSAA Tennis State Tournament will be held In Lexington beginning May 30 until June 1st.
Lawrence Co. Boys Tennis Head Coach Cassandra Webb
“… Our boys have worked hard and the results show. Senior Noah Fairchild has played number one for us all year and done a tremendous job as a top singles player. Fairchild was semifinalist in the region and played great.”
Lawrence Co. Girls Tennis Head Coach Cindy Hay
“… Our girls have worked very hard and have not lost a team match this season while competing against strong competitors like Russell, Montgomery Co, Rowan Co, Morgan Co, Belfry, Johnson Central to name a few. I am very proud of all these kids they worked hard in and out of season this year and it has paid off!!”
“ Senior Katelyn Pauley has played number one singles the whole season and has competed strong! Katelyn never quits and gives 100%, she was seeded number 3 in Region this year and finished in top 4 losing in the semifinals.