Two Trojans Named to 2009 All Region 3-AAAA Team

The coaches of our region met on Thursday night at Clover high school with three tasks in front of us. We were to confirm playoff seedings, nominate 5 players for possible acceptance to the AAAA-AAA state singles tournament, and to select the 12 member all region team.

The Trojans were confirmed to be in 4th place of the overall standings which are below:

1) Clover (10-0)

2) Nation Ford (8-2)

3) Fort Mill (6-4)

4) Northwestern (4-6)

5) York (1-9)

6) Gaffney (1-9)

SC AAAA State Playoff Bracket: http://www.schsl.org/2009%20brackets/gte%20aaaa.pdf

Chandler Green & Maggie Orr were both selected to the 2009 All Region team in recognition of their athletic achievments on the courts this year as well as exemplifying good sportsmanshipp on and off the court. The two girls shared duties this year as the Trojans #1 & #2 singles players and teamed up to be the #1 doubles team when needed. Overall, the Trojan girls provided a strong presence at the top of our lineup as they combined for an overall 11-9 singles record against the other schools' top players. I feel that it is due to these two young women that we were able to qualify for the state playoffs and maintain our lead over both York and Gaffney. The All Region Team was as follows:

1) Kate Stewart - Clover*

2) Morgan Chumney - Fort Mill**

3) Ashley Trull - Nation Ford**

4) Chandler Green - Northwestern**

5) Molly Mieskiewicz - Clover**

6) Mady Katz - Fort Mill

7) Maggie Orr - Northwestern

8) Faith Daniel - Clover

9) Olivia Whitener - Nation Ford

10) Rylee Smith - Nation Ford

11) Sarah Tourville - Nation Ford

12) Jesse Cook - Gaffney

Coach of the Year: Phil Wingard - Clover

Co-Players of the Year : Kate Stewart - Clover, Morgan Chumney, Fort Mill

Rookie of the Year: Anna Mieskiewicz - Clover

*Automatic qualifier to state singles tournament

**Submitted for at-large consideration for state singles tournament

There are 8 regions in 4A & 8 Regions in 3A. Therefore, there will be 16 at-large spots handed out among those 16 regions. We feel that Chumney of Fort Mill has an excellent shot at getting one of those 16 slots. It has been a few years since our region has gotten 2 qualifiers in the state singles draw so we are quite excited about the level of tennis that is being played in this part of the state this year.

Go Trojans!

Trojans Sweep Cougars to Close Out Regular Season

York was a terrific host tonight to celebrate our last match of the region schedule and probably of the season. The 6 to 0 sweep of the Cougars gives us an overall record of 6-7 and we had a 4-6 record in our region. We finished in 4th place overall behind Clover, Nation Ford, and Fort Mill. York finished in a tie for 5th with Gaffney. We will very likely travel to Lancaster for the first round of the playoffs next Tuesday.

Courtney Cox was our first victory tonight with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Patrick of York at 4 singles. Sister Lauren Cox followed very shortly after with a 6-3, 6-2 win at 5 singles over Whitesides of York. Chandler Green took care of business at 2 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win at 2 singles over Neely. Maggie Orr clinched the match with the decisive 4th team win at 1 singles over Mi Goss.

Betey Creech kept the sweep alive at 3 singles with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Ma Goss. Our senior captains Hillary Tindall & MC Faulkner completed the sweep of the Cougars with a 6-2, 6-2 doubles victory.

I really enjoyed York having us stay after for a cookout. I like that idea and I think it is something we should do in return for them next season. I also had a blast playing doubles with Chandler against Coach Clark of York and Neely. I let Chandler down in the end and we were taken out 8-6.

The regular season has come to a close for our reserve players. They ended on a strong note as we had wins at nearly every line including Emily Edwards 8-1, Erin Brooks 8-2, Alexis Peddy 8-1, Caroline Herron 8-0, Karlee Fox 8-0, Randi Honeycutt 8-1, Emily Cramer 8-0, and Hannah Cramer 8-6. Reserve players are no longer required to attend practice the next couple weeks as we prepare for playoffs. However, feel free to come out and play if you can make it.

Tomorrow will be time to get down to business and prepare for the playoffs. A 4 seed has defeated a 1 seed three times since 2000 in the AAAA state playoffs. I would like to be the 4th team to do that and I believe that we can. If the girls believe it, it can and will happen.

Go Trojans!

Box Score:

Location: York Comprehensive HS

Result: Northwestern 6, York 0

1s: Maggie Orr (N) def Michelle Goss 6-1, 6-3

2s: Chandler Green (N) def Brandi Neely 6-3, 6-2

3s: Betsy Creech (N) def Mary Goss 6-3, 7-5

4s: Courtney Cox (N) def Katie Patrick 6-1, 6-2

5s: Lauren Cox (N) def Hannah Whitesides 6-3, 6-2

1d: DNP

2d: Hillary Tindall/MC Faulkner (N) def Allison Rogers/Kate Shirley 6-2, 6-2

Records: Northwestern 4-6 Region 3AAAA, York 1-9 Region 3AAAA