Meet The Leaf-Chronicle's All-Area boys and girls tennis teams for the 2024 season

Kirkwood High School only came into existence last summer, but it didn't have to wait long for its first Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Athlete of the Year.

Junior Kelton Cantrell is this season's Boys Tennis Player of the Year, earning the honor after a dominant run in which he went unbeaten in regular-season matches and represent the Cobras at the TSSAA state tournament.

While this season's boys team is headlined by a new school, the girls' All-Area team features a repeat player of the year, Clarksville Academy sophomore Anna Marie Adams.

Adams reached the Division II-A state tournament as an individual for a second straight season, but led the Cougars to their fourth consecutive district championship. CA fell in the sectionals to rival Middle Tennessee Christian.

Below is The Leaf-Chronicle's 2024 All-Area tennis team:

Boys Team

Kelton Cantrell

Kirkwood, Jr.

Why chosen: Cantrell, who was an All-Area selection at Rossview last season, went 11-0 in singles and 10-0 in doubles in the regular season. He won the District 13-AA and Region 7-AA singles championships, both without dropping a set. He fell in the quarterfinals at the Class AA state tournament, his only loss of the season.

Trevor Cherry

Rossview, Sr.

Why chosen: Cherry was the Hawks' No. 2 singles player, recording an 11-3 record. He teamed up with Cade Deterding at No. 1 doubles to go 12-1, helping Rossview go unbeaten during the regular season, win the District 13-AA title and finish second in Region 7-AA. This is Cherry's second season on the All-Area team.

Cade Deterding

Rossview, Jr.

Why chosen: Deterding went 6-7 at No. 1 singles but had more success with Cherry in doubles. The pair won district and region championships to qualify for the state tournament, where they fell to state runners-up Daniel Haddadin and Shreeyan Papireddy of Science Hill. This is Deterding's second All-Area appearance.

Jack Mullaney

Rossview, Jr.

Why chosen: Mullaney went 11-0 at No. 3 singles during the regular season and 13-1 overall. He went unbeaten at No. 2 doubles during the regular season with partner Michael Wall.

Cambridge Thayer

Clarksville, Jr.

Why chosen: Thayer, the Wildcats' No. 1 singles player, was 12-1 during the regular season and finished second to Cantrell at the District 13-AA tournament. He placed fourth at the region tournament. This is his second time on the All-Area team.

Michael Wall

Rossview

Why chosen: Wall won all 14 of his matches as the Hawks' No. 4 player and went 12-2 with Mullaney in doubles.

Girls Team

Anna Marie Adams

Clarksville Academy, So.

Why chosen: Adams went undefeated in district and region play during the regular season. She won the District 4 singles championship and was the Middle Region runner-up, both for a second season in a row. Adams fell in the quarterfinals of the state tournament.

Kennedy German

Clarksville Academy, Sr.

Why chosen: German, a two-time All-Area selection, reached the DII-A District 4 finals and Middle Region tournament with doubles partner Amarah Hill.

Amarah Hill

Clarksville Academy, Sr.

Why chosen: Hill finished as district runners-up with German in doubles. The pair dropped just two matches during the regular season. Hill was All-Area last season as well.

Jenna King

Northwest, Sr.

Why chosen: King, a first-year player, went 7-4 and reached the district semifinals with doubles partner Callie Weaver.

Kyleigh Koyama

Clarksville, Sr.

Why chosen: Koyama finished the regular season undefeated as the Wildcats' No. 3 singles player.

Callie Weaver

Northwest, Jr.

Why chosen: Weaver, the Vikings' captain, went 9-2 in singles play.