Cats claim county courts Panthers take first in Shelby County tennis tournament

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Pelham and Indian Springs dominated the Shelby County boys tennis tournament last weekend, combining to win seven championships in the 10 seeds of singles competition and three championships in five seeds of doubles play.

It was the Panthers, coached by Betty Shivers, who took home the team championship with 48 points, while Indian Springs finished second with 39 points. Rounding out team play were Briarwood Christian, 19 points; Oak Mountain, 17 points; Thompson, 11 points; Shelby County, 3 points; and Montevallo, 0 points.

Ari Heffer and Bryan Song, both of Indian Springs, took first place in the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, in singles play.

Pelham had five players to win county championships in singles play. John McKay, No. 3 seed; John Flaniken, No. 4 seed; Patrick Owens, No. 5 seed; Andrew Stone, No. 6 seed; and Tyler Burger, No. 8 seed; all finished first for the Panthers.

Briarwood’s Scott Adair finished first as the No. 7 seed while Tyler Miller and Mark Swain won championships for Oak Mountain in the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds, respectively.

Bryan Song and Vinay Yarlagudda won the No. 1 seed championship for Indian Springs while Ari Heffer and Brett Yansch placed first in the No. 2 seed.

Pelham’s John Flaniken and Andrew Stone won the No. 3 seed as Briarwood’s Scott Adair and John McIntosh won the No. 4 seed. Tyler Miller and Patrick Markham won the No. 5 seed for Oak Mountain.

Singles scoring

No. 1 seed: Ryan Noel, Oak Mountain, defeated Kevin Hale, Briarwood, 6-3, 6-5; Ari Heffer, Indian Springs, defeated Sam Wheeler, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-0; Brent Bozeman, Pelham, defeated John Lawley, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-0; Noel defeated Russ Rainey, Thompson, 6-1, 6-0; Heffer defeated Bozeman 6-0, 6-0; Heffer defeated Noel 7-5, 6-3.

No. 2 seed: Ian Flaniken, Pelham, defeated Abe Maddox, Thompson, 6-2, 6-2; Bryan Song, Indian Springs, defeated Keegan Jett, Briarwood, 6-2, 6-0; Bryant Gardner, Oak Mountain, defeated Mac Thomas, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-0; Flaniken defeated Josh Gibson, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-0; Song defeated Gardner, 6-1, 6-2; Song defeated Flaniken, 6-1, 6-2.

No. 3 seed: Price Mason, Briarwood, defeated Jeremy Smitherman, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-1; John McKay, Pelham, defeated Matthew Boykin, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-0; Vinney Yartagadda, Indian Springs, defeated Brad Davis, Thompson, 6-0, 6-3; Mason defeated Dalton Walsh, Oak Mountain, 6-2, 7-5; McKay defeated Yartagadda, 6-0, 3-6, 7-5; McKay defeated Mason, 6-3, 6-0.

No. 4 seed: John Flaniken, Pelham, defeated Brett Jansch, Indian Springs, 7-5, 5-7, 7-1; Grayson Parker, Oak Mountain, defeated Cassidy Goggins, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-0; Brook Acton, Briarwood, defeated Ryne McClendon, Thompson, 7-6, 6-1; Flaniken defeated Jakob Layman, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-0; Acton defeated Parker 6-2, 6-4; Flaniken defeated Acton, 7-5, 6-3.

No. 5 seed: Patrick Owens, Pelham, defeated Dan Sledge, Thompson, 6-2, 6-1; Patrick McGowen, Indian Springs, defeated Jon Grosser, Shelby County, 6-1, 6-0; Weldon Pless, Briarwood, defeated Charlie Juarez, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-3; Owens defeated Joseph Bohba, Oak Mountain, 6-1, 7-5; Pless defeated McGowen, 6-4, 6-1; Owens defeated Pless, 6-3, 6-2.

No. 6 seed: Chad Bickerton, Indian Springs, defeated Cody Wiley, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-0; Kevan Johnson, Thompson, defeated Jonathan Young, Montevallo, 6-1, 6-2; Tanner Gell, Briarwood, defeated Bret Walsh, Oak Mountain, 7-6, 6-1; Andrew Stone, Pelham, defeated Bickerton, 6-0, 6-0; Gell defeated Johnson, 6-0, 6-1; Stone defeated Gell, 1-6, 6-1, 7-2.

No. 7 seed: C.J. Adams, Indian Springs, defeated Austin Weathers, Shelby County, 6-1, 6-0; Scott Adair, Briarwood, defeated Matt Bullard, Pelham, 6-1, 6-1; Adams defeated Austin Jones, Thompson, 6-2, 7-6; Adair defeated Patrick Markham, Oak Mountain, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6; Adair defeated Adams, 6-1, 6-3.

No. 8 seed: Nathan Renneboog, Indian Springs, defeated John McIntosh, Briarwood, 6-4, 3-6, 7-1; Joey Auttman, Oak Mountain, defeated Evan Weathers, Shelby County, 6-0, 6-3; Tyler Burger, Pelham, defeated Josh Ethridge, Thompson, 6-0, 6-0; Burger defeated Auttman, 6-1, 6-2; Burger defeated Renneboog, 7-6, 6-2.

No. 9 seed: Tyler Miller, Oak Mountain, defeated Brandon Gordon, Pelham, 6-3, 6-2; Miller defeated John Delucas, Indian Springs, 6-2, 6-1; Delucas defeated Gordon, 7-5, 6-2.

No. 10 seed: Marc Swain, Oak Mountain, defeated Ham Fancher, Pelham, 6-0, 6-0; Swain defeated Charles Guo, Indian Springs, 6-1, 6-0; Guo defeated Fancher, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6.

Doubles scoring

No. 1 seed: Hale/Jett, Briarwood, defeated Rainey/Maddox, Thompson, 7-6, 6-0; McKay/Bozeman, Pelham, defeated Lawley/Thomas, Montevallo, 6-1, 6-0; Walsh/Gardner, Oak Mountain, defeated Wheeler/Gibson, Shelby County, 6-1, 6-0; Song/Yarlagudda, Indian Springs, defeated Hale/Jett, 6-3, 6-3; McKay/Bozeman defeated Walsh/Gardner, 6-0, 6-4; Song/Yarlagudda defeated McKay/Bozeman, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5.

No. 2 seed: Boykin/Grossner, Shelby County, defeated Smitherman/Layman, Montevallo, 6-2, 7-5; Heffer/Jansch, Indian Springs, defeated Acton/Pless, Briarwood, 3-6, 6-2, 7-1; Owens/Flaniken, Pelham, defeated Noel/Parker, Oak Mountain, 6-3, 6-3; Davis/Jones, Thompson, defeated Boykin/Grossner, 6-3, 6-3; Heffer/Jansch defeated Owens/Flaniken, 6-3, 6-3; Heffer/Jansch defeated Davis/Jones, 6-1, 6-0.

No. 3 seed: McClendon/Sledge, Thompson, defeated Wiley/Weathers, Shelby County, 6-2, 6-0; McGowan/Bickerton, Indian Springs, defeated Juarez/Young, Montevallo, 6-0, 6-3; Stone/Flaniken, Pelham, defeated Mason/Gell, Briarwood, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Wood/Walsh, Oak Mountain, defeated McClendon/Sledge, 6-2, 6-0; Stone/Flaniken defeated McGowan/Bickerton, 6-7, 6-1, 7-2; Stone/Flaniken defeated Wood/Walsh, 7-5, 6-0.

No. 4 seed: Johnson/Ethridge, Thompson, defeated Goggins/Weathers, Shelby County, 6-2, 6-1; Miller/Swain, Oak Mountain, defeated Adams/Renneboog, Indian Springs, 4-6, 6-3, 7-4; Adair/McIntosh, Briarwood, defeated Johnson/Ethridge, 6-1, 6-2; Bullard/Burger, Pelham, defeated Miller/Swain, 7-5, 6-1; Adair/McIntosh defeated Bullard/Burger, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

No. 5 seed: Gordon/Fancher, Pelham, defeated Delucas/Guo, Indian Springs, 6-4, 1-6, 7-3; Miller/Markham, Oak Mountain, defeated Gordon/Fancher, Pelham, 6-2, 6-1