The Union City High School girls’ tennis team took over sole possession of first place in District 14A Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over Obion Central in a battle of league unbeatens.
Union City improved to (10-3) overall, while Central dropped to (9-2). The two clubs will meet again on April 25.
Top singles seed Shelby Bondurant (8-2) and No. 2 Molly Kizer (8-5) won in individual play over Elizabeth Woody and Taylor Warren, then teamed to give the Lady Tornadoes another win in doubles with an 8-2 triumph over Hannah Taylor and Hannah Strauser.
Davey Frankum won her singles match against Strauser (8-4), then combined with sister Dani to beat Warren and Woody 8-2 in doubles.
Obion County won the boys’ match 6-1 to improve to (8-2), while Union City fell to (3-9).
Foster Rodgers accounted for the only Tornado victory in the match, winning 8-3 at the No. 5 singles spot over A.J. Gammons.
The Twisters were competitive in both doubles matches as the tandems of Bryce White and Lyndon Brown and Kobe Kirk and Grant Sinclair each fell 8-6 to Olin Johnson/Luis Rodriques and Braden Elam/Sam Cunningham, respectively.
Sinclair fought to the end in his singles match before dropping a 9-7 decision to Cunningham.
(photos: Mike Hutchens – School Communications Director)
