Sue Bartlett, GPS, TennisThe best days for coaches are those when they can’t find anything negative to say about their teams, which is why Sunday was a day of bliss for GPS tennis coach Sue Bartlett.
Her Bruisers placed all six players in the Division II-AA state tournament field for the upcoming Spring Fling with their performances in this weekend’s East/Middle region tournament at Baylor. Although not having any champions, they had third- and fifth-place finishes, which qualifies them for state.
Area champions in the event were Baylor’s Anderson Scarpa in boys’ singles and Harper Caswell and Mary Walker Mixon in girls’ doubles, and McCallie’s Bobby Brouner and Daniel Pare in boys’ doubles. Brouner was the 2011 state singles runner-up.
Scarpa continued his successful season by roaring through the regional field. The Mercer University signee dropped only 10 games in three matches over the weekend.
In addition to McCallie’s doubles title, the Blue Tornado’s Luke Orthner and Evan Watkins took fourth in the doubles bracket.