PARKERSBURG -The dynasty continues for the Jackson Middle School tennis program.
On the final day of the Wood County Middle School Championships at Erickson All-Sports Facility, the Generals' boys and girls tennis teams continued their assault after winning both titles.
Both divisions scored 20 points and won by a 12-point margin. For the Jackson girls, the streak of consecutive championships was extended to 17 straight, while the Generals now have accounted for 15 of the last 16 boys titles.
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Jackson’s No. 1 singles player Sheridan White returns a backhand in her finals match with Marietta’s Katie Kitchen during Tuesday’s Wood County Middle School Championships at the Erickson All-Sports Facility. White defeated Kitchen, 6-1, 6-2. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)
It was only fitting that the number of individual titles resembled a tennis score as the Generals won 6 and lost just one on both the boys and girls side for coaches Heidi Asbury and Jeff Olson.
Several Jackson individuals received first-place medals for championships in both singles and doubles. In the boys division, Landon Wells defeated Marietta's Cory Noel 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles then paired up with Noah Chidester for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory against Blennerhassett's Jesse Osborn and Nick Sanders at No. 2 doubles.
Earlier in the afternoon, Chidester defeated Marietta's Alex Perrucci 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.
Three Jackson girls also were double-winners. At No. 1 singles, Sheridan White handled Marietta's Katie Kitchen 6-1, 6-2 then joined Katie Stanley for a 6-2, 6-1 win against Edison's Allison Curry and Lily Wright at No. 1 doubles.
Stanley upheld her top-seed by dispatching Marietta's Bryce Macatol 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
Another No. 1 seed for Jackson, Alex Olson outlasted Edison's McKayla Lawson 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 at No. 4 singles then experienced another tiebreaker with partner Ashley Casto at No. 2 doubles before prevailing 7-6 (7-5) , 6-3 against Edison's Madison Matheny and Lawson.
The two biggest surprises of the day occurred in the boys No.2 doubles and girls No. 3 girls matches.
White and Ethan Powers of Edison lost to Jackson's Neema Saadevandi and Shayan Ghodsi 8-2 during the regular season but answered with a 6-4, 6-4 win against the same twosome at No. 1 doubles.
Another No. 2 seed pulling off a win against the top seed took place at the girls No. 3 singles when Blennerhassett's Ally Monroe defeated Jackson's Shae Woodburn 7-5, 6-2. During a regular season meeting, Woodburn won 9-8 (7-2).
Rounding out the champions in the girls division - Woodburn and Charity Farley of Jackson defeated Edison's Adeena Shears and Sophia Miller 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3.
As for the boys, the top seeds held true to form for Jackson at No. 1 singles where Saadevandi defeated Ben White 6-2, 6-1, and again at No. 2 singles where Ghodsi defeated Hamilton's Aaron White 6-2, 6-3. Same for No. 3 doubles where Jackson's Andrew Gnegy and Joel Larson ended an impressive run by Perrucci and Tyler Wise of Marietta 6-2, 6-1. The previous day, Perrucci and Wise kept their sixth seed alive into the finals with wins over a three and a two seed.
