Region 1B Tennis Pre-Regional Qualifier held in Petersburg
Published 4:30 pm Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Xavier Perry returns play at the net while Xavion watches. (Photo by Frank A. Davis)
The doubles winners, from left, Brian Moore, tournament director/ARGS tennis coach, first place, Xavier & Xavion Perry, FHS, second place, Knox Butler & Liam Gordon, ARGS and third place, Caleb Ernst & Will Hanger (Riverheads) (Photo by Frank A. Davis)
The singles winners, from left; first place, Caleb Ernsk, Riverheads; second place Knox Butler, ARGS; third place Xavier Perry, Franklin and Brian Moore, tournament director/ARGS tennis coach. (Photo by Frank A. Davis)
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PETERSBURG
On 26 & 27 May the Franklin High School boy’s tennis team returned to the Petersburg County Club to participate in the Region 1B Pre-Regional Qualifier Playoffs. The Broncos were joined by tennis teams from the Appomattox Regional Governors School (Petersburg) & Riverheads High School (Augusta County).
On May 26 the three teams played a round robin with each team playing each other in singles and doubles. The overall winner of the team playoffs was ARGS.
The No. 1 player(s) of each team for singles & doubles returned on May 27 to play again another round robin. The winners for the singles play were, first place, Caleb Ernsk (Riverheads), second place, Knox Butler (ARGS) and third place, Xavier Perry (Franklin). For doubles the winners were, first place, Xavion and Xavier Perry (Franklin), second place, Knox Butler and Liam Gordon, (ARGS) and third place, Caleb Ernst and Will Hanger (Riverheads)
All winners in the pre-regional qualifier will advance to the regional playoffs at Spotswood High School at Penn Laird.
