St. Al tennis defeats French Camp

Published 11:30 am Thursday, March 27, 2014

St. Aloysius started its tour of northeast Mississippi with a victory.

Aaron Mathis won his boys singles match 6-0, 6-0, and the Flashes swept all four doubles points to beat French Camp 5-2 on Tuesday.

Michael Foley and Austin Mathis won the No. 1 boys doubles point 6-2, 6-0, while Luke Eckstein and Grayson Parman won in No. 2 doubles 6-0, 6-3.

Kori Vessell and Allie Falls took the No. 1 girls doubles match 2-6, 6-3, 10-7, and Jackson Oakes and Madison Willis won 7-6, 6-3 in mixed doubles.

St. Al will head north again this weekend to play at Starkville High School on Friday and at Starkville Academy on Saturday.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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