Coahulla Creek remains perfect on hard courts

Published 11:36 pm Monday, March 9, 2015

Dodging rain, snow and cold temperatures has been a theme for most spring sports squads in Murray and Whitfield counties over the first month of the season.

Coahulla Creek High School’s boys and girls tennis teams have tried to get games in where they could along the way and so far the season has been perfect for both teams.

That trend continued on Monday against Adairsville at Edwards Park as both teams stayed undefeated through four games, with the boys winning 4-1 while the Lady Colts won 3-2.

“It’s real exciting for our teams to get off to such a good start,” Lady Colts coach Laura Jager said. “We’re trying to take it match by match so far this season.”

In the boys match, the Colts got singles wins from No. 2 Chase Lynch, 6-0, 6-2, and No. 3 Austin Lansing, 6-1, 6-4. In doubles, No. 1 Alex Fisher and Nathan Johnson won 6-2, 6-1 while No. 2 Drew Satterfield and Ryan Greene won 6-2, 6-3.

On the girls side, Coahulla Creek got wins at singles from No. 1 Erin Orem, 6-1, 6-1 and No. 2 Katelan Chasteen 6-2, 6-2. The Lady Colts’ No. 2 doubles team of Olivia Hughes and Madison Zerbe clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

• North Murray boys 3, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 1: The Mountaineers recorded their first victory of the season. Reese Thomas picked up a dominating win at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-1 and Colby Cochran also won convincingly at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-1. T.J. Jones and Chandler Keith secured the match victory with a win a No. 1 doubles, winning 6-1, 6-1. After their victory at No. 1 doubles, the final match of the day was pulled off the courts with inclement weather looming.

• Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe girls 3, North Murray 2: The Lady Mountaineers fell to 0-4 on the season with a loss. LFO won three matches on the court while the two North Murray wins each came by forfeits.

• A match between Murray County and Northwest Whitfield was canceled because of wet conditions on the courts. A makeup date was not set by The Daily Citizen’s deadline.

Boys golf

• Southeast Whitfield 194, North Murray 197: Playing a nine-hole competition at Spring Lakes Golf Club in Chatsworth, Matthew Cleary shot a 5-over-par 41 to lead the Raiders to the victory.

Along with Cleary, Ty Pendley (50), Joshua Magana (51) and Tristan Gentry (52) were the other Raiders’ scores that counted in the four-score event.

North Murray received scores from Jake Keener (48), Mason Pittman (49), Brady Tallent (50) and Spencer Alexander (50)

Girls golf

• Dalton shot a 153 to place third in the two-person scramble format at the 14-team Bronco Invitational at Summit Chase Golf Course in Snellville. The Lady Cats finished behind Lambert (138) and South Forsyth (149).

The team of Mable McKone and Baylee Mitchell shot a 5-over-par 77 while Carson Roberts and Katelyn Skiffen each shot a 76.

• North Murray’s Shelby Satterfield shot an 11-over-par 47 while Southeast Whitfield’s Hannah Dempsey shot a 53 in a head-to-head event at Spring Lakes Golf Club. North Murray’s Emily Brogdon fired a 61.

Weightlifting

• Northwest Whitfield hosted the Class 4A state meet on Saturday, with the Bruins placing second among the four teams in attendance.

West Laurens won with 162 points, ahead of Northwest (64), Pickens (40) and Southeast (34).

Northwest’s Cameron Heard placed first in the 151-160-pound weight class, while Kyle Fleming (141-150) and Kobe Hull (226-245) were runners-up in their respective weight classes.

Southeast’s Tyler Brown was second at 151-160.

Junior varsity soccer

• Dalton 4, Rome 0: Juan Olivera scored two goals and goalkeeper Aaron Fraire recorded a shutout to lead the Catamounts (2-0) to a win. Cristian Valladeras and Luis Hernandez also scored, while Randy Espinoza and Roberta Barajas added two assists.

• Northwest Whitfield 4, Murray County 0: Daniel Gomez scored two goals in the Bruins’ victory. Enzo Lavecchia and Carlos Martinez also scored, while Christian Joseph and Nicolas Infante each recorded an assist. Goalkeeper Andreas Rodriguez got the shutout with three saves.