Lions tennis teams sweep section, advance to state

The Briarwood Christian School tennis teams took care of business earlier this week, dominating the Class 4A-5A, Section 4 tournaments.

The Lions hosted both tournaments, with the boys playing on Tuesday and the girls on Wednesday. In each tournament, the top two teams advanced to the state tournament, which will be held at the Mobile Tennis Center next Monday and Tuesday, April 23-24. 

Briarwood's boys and girls swept through the brackets, winning all six singles slots and all three doubles competitions.

For the boys, John Wolf, Parker Bradbary, Connor Coleman, Ethan Carr, Alex Felts and Tyler Guerra won singles titles. Bradbary and John Wolf, Coleman and Luke Wolf, and Carr and Guerra won doubles titles as tandems. 

On the girls side, Kara Coleman, Callie Ware, Laura Herren, Grayson Emerson, Katelyn Bussey and Holly Hancock all won in singles. The doubles pairs of Coleman and Herren, Ware and Bussey, and Emerson and Hancock won as well.

The Briarwood boys tennis team won its first state title last season. The girls last won state in 2016.