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State tennis finals have begun

As of 12:50, the state tennis finals for A and AA boys and A girls were under way at Radford University. The AA girls final was scheduled to start at 1:30.

Glenvar's Shari Thornton is playing Gate City's Tara Sheets in Group A girls, and Radford's Malik Mubeen is playing Page County's Logan Bricker in A boys. Bricker is the two-time defending champion.

The Timesland players in AA, Hidden Valley's Ed Arsura and Blacksburg's Lauren Billingsley, were defeated in the semifinals. The finals matchups are Yakov Diskin of Grafton vs. Alex Funkhouser of Handley, and Mary Kate James of Jamestown vs. Katelyn Doss of Virginia High.

Check in later to find out who wins.

Here are the full results from this morning.

A Girls Semis
Shari Thornton (Glenvar) def. Peyton Curdts (Middlesex), 6-0, 6-2 Tara Sheets (Gate City) def. Maryanne Thompson (Wilson Memorial), 6-1, 6-0

AA Girls Semis
Mary Kate James (Jamestown) def. Lauren Billingsley (Blacksburg), 6-0, 6-1 Katelyn Doss (Virginia High) def. Sabine Kronenberg (Heritage), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)

A Boys Semis
Malik Mubeen (Radford) def. Robert Gaudin (Windsor) 6-0, 6-3 Logan Bricker (Page County) def. Caleb Crowder (J.I. Burton) 6-0, 6-2

AA Boys Semis
Yakov Diskins (Grafton) def. Ed Arsura (Hidden Valley) 6-0, 6-1 Alex Funkhouser (Handley) def. Chad Brady (Abingdon) 7-6 (6), 6-4

4 Comments »

  1. Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

    Comment by Azzurra — November 4, 2006 @ 5:06 pm

  2. I did not loose Mubeen 6:0 6:1 , I lost 6:0 6:3 would be nice of you if you could change that- just for my record. :-) Thanks Robert

    Comment by Robert Gaudin — March 7, 2007 @ 5:22 am

  3. atta boy robbi

    Comment by pocke — April 19, 2007 @ 10:09 pm

  4. atta boy robbi

    Comment by pocke — April 19, 2007 @ 10:10 pm

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