Spartans hold 1-point lead over Vikings at Mobile Tennis Center
The defending state tennis champion Mountain Brook High School boys held a slim one-point lead over Jasper after the first day of the AHSAA Class 6A State Tennis Championships concluded at Mobile Tennis Center on Monday.
The Spartans managed 41 points and the Jasper Vikings totaled 40 heading into the final day on Tuesday. Homewood and Northridge were tied for third with 28 points each.
In Class 6A girls’ competition, Mountain Brook totaled 40 points Monday to take an eight-point lead into Tuesday’s action over Muscle Shoals (32). UMS-Wright is in third place with 29 points while Hartselle and Pike Road was tied for fourth place with 21 points each.
The Class 1A/3A boys’ and girls’ state championship will also conclude on Tuesday. The smaller class opened play Monday in the early session.
Advancing to the Class 6A boys’ No. 1 singles semifinals were three ninth graders and one senior. Trinity Presbyterian’s James Treadwell, who won the 6A No. 2 singles championship last season, advanced to the No. 1 finals with a 38-1 record on the season and more than 100 match wins for his career. He faces Northridge freshman Will Thorn (13-2) in the semifinals Tuesday morning.
Mountain Brook senior Thomas Austin (22-9), who was runner-up to Treadwell in last year’s No. 2 singles, will face Pelham eighth-grader Sipho Mashego (21-8) in the other semifinal match.
Advancing to the Class 6A girls’ semifinals Tuesday morning are Pelham junior Allyson Pieper (26-8) and UMS-Wright senior Sarah Ladd (15-3) in one semifinal, and McGill-Toolen Catholic freshman Clare LeCour (8-6) versus Mountain Brook senior Ann Royal Goodson (21-11). Goodson won the state title at No. 3 singles in 2024.
Compete first-day AHSAA Class 6A boys’ tennis results can be found at the AHSAA website link:
https://tennisreporting.com/event/brackets/604?division=974&host=2910&matchType=Singles&flight=1
The Class 6A girls’ results can be found at: https://tennisreporting.com/event/brackets/605?division=978&host=2914&matchType=Singles&flight=1
AHSAA STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mobile Tennis Center
Monday’s Results
CLASS 6A GIRLS
Mountain Brook 40; Muscle Shoals 32; UMS-Wright 29; Hartselle 21; Pike Road 21; Pell City 16; Houston Academy 15; Homewood 13; Decatur 12; Northridge 12; Helena 11; Pelham 8; Gadsden City 0; Hazel Green 0; McAdory 0.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Tuesday’s Singles Semifinal Pairings
No. 1: Allyson Pieper, Pelham vs. Sarah Ladd, UMS-Wright
No. 1: Clare LeCour, McGill-Toolen vs. Ann Royal Goodson, Mountain Brook
No. 2: Olivia Roberts, Mountain Brook vs. Ava Kirchner, Muscle Shoals
No. 2: Mary Parker Williams, Houston Academy vs. Vivi Evans, Homewood
No. 3: Maggie Thorn, Northridge vs. Nancy Notestone, Muscle Shoals
No. 3: Naya Bilbeisi, Houston Academy vs. Leslie Mitchell, Mountain Brook
No. 4: Mimi Lee, Muscle Shoals vs. Ann-Dyas Thompson, UMS-Wright
No. 4: Anna Beth Adams, Pell City vs. Kelcie Dowling, Mountain Brook
No. 5: Eva Stokes, Helena vs. Mary Margaret Malatesta, Mountain Brook
No. 5: Audrey Southern, Muscle Shoals vs. Victoria Rizk, UMS-Wright
No. 6: Rylee Collins, Muscle Shoals vs. Kylee Hester, Pelham
No. 6: Sarah Still, Mountain Brook vs. Kate Bender, McGill-Toolen
Tuesday’s Doubles Semifinal Pairings
No. 1: Naye Neo/Riley Love, Pike Road vs. Olivia Roberts/Ann Royal Goodson, Mountain Brook
No. 1: Ava Kirchner/Rylee Collins, Muscle Shoals vs. Sarah Ladd/Kate Huddle, UMS-Wright
No. 2: Kelcie Dowling/Mary Margaret Malatesta, Mountain Brook vs. Rhea Mostellar/Ann-Dyas Thompson, UMS-Wright
No. 2: Ella Waldrop/Lizzie Jones, Pell City vs. Caroline Sparks/Lily Reese, Hartselle
No. 3: Katie Sloan/Brooklyn Engle, Hartselle vs. Esther Lee/Daye Yeo, Pike Road
No. 3: Leslie Mitchell/Sarah Still/Mountain Brook vs. Audrey Southern/Nancy Notestone/Muscle Shoals
CLASS 6A BOYS
Mountain Brook 41, Jasper 40, Homewood 28, Northridge 28, Houston Academy 24, Hartselle 24, McGill-Toolen Catholic 22, Trinity Presbyterian 15, Muscle Shoals 13, Pelham 12, Helena 10, UMS-Wright 6, Pell City 5, Gadsden City 4, Hazel Green 0, Oxford 0, Paul Bryant 0.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Tuesday’s Singles Semifinal Pairings
No. 1: Will Thorn, Northridge vs. James Treadwell, Trinity Presbyterian
No. 1: Thomas Austin, Mountain Brook vs. Sipho Mashego, Pelham
No. 2: Nolan Sparks, Hartselle vs. Quint Freeman, Mountain Brook
No. 2: Charlie Kidder, McGill-Toolen vs. Finian Walther, Jasper
No. 3: Sam Stone, Hartselle vs. Hews Goodson, Mountain Brook
No. 3: Hayes Hopkins, Jasper vs. Thomas Buntin, Houston Academy
No. 4: Ethan Thorne, Jasper vs. Ford Haines, Homewood
No. 4: Landon King, Houston Academy vs. Max Gayden, Mountain Brook
No. 5: Heath Hartley, Jasper vs. Tony Sciara, Mountain Brook
No. 5: Joshua Dean, UMS-Wright vs. Jack O’Neil, McGill-Toolen
No. 6: Daniel Amini, Northridge vs. Karna Palaniappan, Mountain Brook
No. 6: Still undecided
Tuesday’s Doubles Semifinal Pairings
No. 1: Still undecided
No. 1: Still undecided
No. 2: Tony Sciara/Thomas Austin, Mountain Brook vs. Winston Jones/Ford Haines, Homewood
No. 2: Hayes Hopkins/Heath Hartley, Jasper vs. Thomas Buntin/Landon King, Houston Academy
No. 3: Ethan Thorne/Zeke Tuggle, Jasper vs. Cade Simmons/Wilder Reese, Hartselle
No. 3: Fairley Nunnelley/Quint Freeman, Mountain Brook vs. Cason Cox/Knox Chapman, Homewood. TG
Cover photo: Jasper’s Heath Hartley. Photo by Ron Harris.
