BOYS FIRST TEAM (Class is for 2021-22 school year) John Macon, junior, William Blount: Macon played No. 1 singles as the Governors reached the Class AA state sectionals (quarterfinals) and teamed with Bayler Cupp to reach the state doubles … [Read more...]
Knoxville Catholic Lady Irish sweep tennis awards; CAK’s Faulkner, Farragut’s Cassity win singles titles
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO - What a week for the Knoxville Catholic high school tennis program. Not only did the Lady Irish repeat as Division II-AA state champions on Wednesday, but they made it a clean sweep of the awards on … [Read more...]
Knoxville Catholic girls’ tennis repeats as Division II-AA state champ; G-P Boys runner up in Class A tennis
BY DAVE LINK MURFREESBORO – There’s a new sheriff in town. Catholic’s girls clinched their second consecutive Division II-AA state tennis championship Wednesday afternoon by defeating Chattanooga Baylor 4-0 on the indoor courts at the Adams … [Read more...]
TENNIS GLANCE: Catholic girls secure chance at repeat; Gatlinburg-Pittman boys reach Class A final
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Consider the Knoxville Catholic girls tennis team a quick study. The Lady Irish were supposed to have played Ensworth towards the end of the regular season. That match got scrubbed, though. So the … [Read more...]
2021 5Star Preps GIRLS Tennis Player of the Year: Maeve Thornton, Knoxville Catholic
By DAVE LINK Catholic’s Maeve Thornton seems born to be a tennis player, and she couldn’t be happier about it. Her parents, David and Michelle (Wilson) Thornton, met when they were playing tennis for Middle Tennessee State University. Maeve, … [Read more...]