Briarwood boys win the Shelby County Tennis Championship

Published 7:03 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2016

By Baker Ellis

The Briarwood Christian Lions boys tennis team won the Shelby County Championship, narrowly edging Thompson. Front row: Hunter Bussey, Alex Felts, Griffin Oaks, Bennett Davis. Back row, left to right: Head Coach Jeremy Mears, Cote Shaffers, Reid Hodges, Thomas Collier, Christian Ragsdale, Tyler Guerra, Coach Bill “Bubba” Bussey, Coach Brandon Snipes. (Contributed)

The Briarwood Christian Lions boys tennis team won the Shelby County Championship, narrowly edging Thompson. Front row: Hunter Bussey, Alex Felts, Griffin Oaks, Bennett Davis. Back row, left to right: Head Coach Jeremy Mears, Cote Shaffers, Reid Hodges, Thomas Collier, Christian Ragsdale, Tyler Guerra, Coach Bill “Bubba” Bussey, Coach Brandon Snipes. (Contributed)

FROM STAFF REPORTS

PELHAM- It’s been at least 10 years since the last time the Briarwood boys tennis team walked away as Shelby County Champions in Tennis, but the drought ended this week.  The Lions used a true team effort, with a strong push from the middle of their lineup to out last Oak Mountain by three points.

It came down to the last two doubles matches.  Briarwood needed to win just one court to take the championship. Juniors Christian Ragsdale and Bennett Davis won the second court championship, defeating Thompson  6-1, 6-1 to push the Lions over the top for the team championship.

Ragsdale added a fourth court championship in singles, and senior Reed Hodges added a fifth court championship in singles to lead the team.

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