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Demons blaze past CBA in Quad County showdown
By Paul Durham,
3 days ago
Fike senior Holland Ellis takes aim at the ball during her No. 1 singles match against C.B. Aycock on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Fike. Paul Durham | Times
Until further notice, Fike High is still the queen of 3-A Quad County Conference girls tennis.
The Golden Demons, who have won three straight regular-season titles, claimed their 46th straight conference match Wednesday when they stopped visiting C.B. Aycock 6-1 in a battle of unbeaten teams ranked in the top 10 of the North Carolina High School Tennis Coaches Association 3-A poll.
The match, which started at 5 p.m. in a effort to reduce the effect of high temperatures Wednesday afternoon, was halted at 9 p.m. by prior agreement between head coaches Donald Clark of CBA and Lee Matthews of Fike with the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles matches suspended.
Fike’s Emory Skinner hits a forehand shot during her singles match against C.B. Aycock on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Fike. Paul Durham | Times
The win was the seventh overall for No. 3 Fike, which assumed sole ownership of first place in the Quad County at 4-0 while the No. 7 Golden Falcons slipped to 8-1 and 3-1, respectively.
“This was a very good, competitive tennis match, as you would hope for in a battle for first place,” said Matthews, who celebrated his 400th victory as Fike girls tennis coach. “Even with the delayed start, and taking precautions with hydration and rest, the heat was a factor.”
Fike got a quick point from the heat at No. 2 singles when Aycock’s Madison Smith retired due to cramps while trailing Fike’s Kaden Biamby 1-0 in the second set after losing the first set 7-5. But that was about the only quick match played in the sizzling late summer heat. Senior Zoe Mitchell was the next to chalk up a point for the Demons when she stopped CBA’s Allie Gray 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 to match Biamby’s 7-0 singles mark.
Fike’s Sarah Garrett Lamm hits the ball during her No. 6 singles match against C.B. Aycock on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Fike. Paul Durham | Times
Junior Emory Skinner downed Laura Moore 6-1, 6-3 on court 4 for her sixth singles win without a loss, giving Fike a 3-0 lead.
On the far court by the water tower, Fike freshman Sarah Garrett Lamm worked her way past Aubrey Edmundson 6-3, 6-4 leaving only Nos. 1 and 5 still to be decided. Senior Holland Ellis outlasted CBA freshman Kannyn Fail 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 to clinch the match while Fike freshman Kensley Hill and Aycock senior Maya Pitt remained on court 5. Pitt eventually grinded to a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory for the Falcons’ lone point, handing Hill her first loss after five wins.
C.B. Aycock’s Maya Pitt walks on the court during her No. 5 singles match against Fike’s Kensley Hill on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Fike. Paul Durham | Times
In the only doubles match that was completed, Ellis-Biamby downed CBA’s Fail-Gray 8-4. Fike’s Mitchell-Skinner led Moore-Pitt of CBA 5-3 in the No. 2 doubles match while the Demons’s Hill-Lamm were a point from beating Edmundson-Katelynn McDermott at No. 3 with a 7-3 lead.
Aycock will host East Carteret in a nonconference match Thursday, Aug. 29, before welcoming West Johnston in a return to Quad County play on Tuesday, Sept. 3, when the Demons travel to East Wake.
Veteran C.B. Aycock head coach Donald Clark confers with Kannyn Fail during her No. 1 singles match against Fike’s Holland Ellis on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at Fike. Paul Durham | Times
FIKE 6, C.B. AYCOCK 1
Holland Ellis (F) def. Kannyn Fail 6-2, 6-4; Kaden Biamby (F) def. Madison Smith 7-5, 1-0, retired; Zoe Mitchell (F) def. Allie Gray 6-2, 6-3; Emory Skinner (F) def. Laura Moore 6-1, 6-3; Maya Pitt (CBA) def. Kensley Hill 6-4, 7-6(6); Sarah Garrett Lamm def. Aubrey Edmundson 6-3, 6-4.
Ellis-Biamby (F) def. Fail-Gray 8-4; Mitchell-Skinner (F) led Moore-Pitt 5-3, suspended; Hill-Lamm (F) led Edmundson-Katelynn McDermott 7-3, suspended.
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