Greyhounds rally to finish third in region

TENNIS HOUNDS
  • The Greyhounds will enter the postseason as a No. 3 seed after winning last week’s third-place match. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    The Greyhounds will enter the postseason as a No. 3 seed after winning last week’s third-place match. BRAD HARRISON/Staff

    After a fight to the finish, the Greyhounds will enter the state tennis tournament as its region’s third seed.

    Jones County rallied after a loss to Eagles Landing in last week’s region tournament in McDonough, beating Hampton 3-2 in the thirdplace match.

    Sid Giles got things going against Hampton with a 6-4, 7-5 win, and that was followed up by doubles victories by Landon Lagroon and Wesley Maynard on a 7-1 tiebreaker and 6-4. Evan Randall and Drew Holder also won 6-2, 6-3.

    JCHS opened the tournament with a 4-1 win against McDonough. In addition to 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 doubles wins by Lagroon and Maynard in addition to Randall and Holder, singles wins by came from Giles by a score of 6-4, 6-4 and Kalyb Durden’s 6-1, 6-1 win.