BHS doubles team makes State
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The doubles team of Kevin Teeter and Will Johnston earned a berth in the Class AAAAA State Tennis Tournament by finishing fourth in the AAAAA-South Conference championship at Burns Park Thursday, April 19.
Teeter and Johnston defeated a team from Benton 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in the opening round then topped an El Dorado duo 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 to earn the State bid. The were knocked off in the quarterfinals by a Lake Hamilton team, 0-6, 3-6.
Bryant picked up first-round wins from Paul Blissit in boys singles, Shelly Cozart in girls singles and from the girls doubles team of Lisa Venis and Erin Garner, but each was denied a bid to State with second-round losses.
Blissit lost to Daniel Robinson of Pine Bluff 0-6, 3-6. Cozart lost after beating Rebecca Carlisle of Benton 6-5, 6-5. Venis and Garner beat a Benton doubles team 6-4, 6-3 in the first round before losing.
In other action, Bryant’s Dylan Meeker was edged by David Delassus of Benton 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round; the Lady Hornets’ April Hansen was defeated by Lake Hamilton’s Fallyn Crone 6-0, 6-0 in the first round; and Kendra Henderson and Denise Whitworth fell to a Sheridan team, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2.
