The Baylor School girls’ tennis team won the A Division of the 61st annual Rotary High School Tennis Tournament held Friday and Saturday. The A matches were played at Baylor.
The Lady Red Raiders nearly doubled second-place Knoxville Webb despite finishing as runners-up in both singles and doubles in the top draw. The top draw consists of each team’s No. 2 player.
Baylor’s Drew Hawkins advanced to the A-1 singles final with straight-set wins Friday over Erin Allen from Knoxville Catholic and Catherine Owen from Hutchison. Michelle McKamey from McCracken (Paducah, Ky.) beat Hawkins in a tough three-set match 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 for the title – McKamey’s unparalleled fourth in a row.
The Baylor girls’ top doubles pair of Ashton Jenne and Presley Thomas won their first two matches in tiebreakers, 9-8 (7-3) and 9-8 (7-4), but lost 8-3 to Hutchison’s Owen and Grace Anne Dunavant in the A-1 final.
In the boys’ A Division, St. Xavier from Louisville, Ky., took home the team title, with Mountain Brook (Ala.) finishing second. Local schools Baylor and McCallie finished fourth and fifth, respectively.