By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Building on their season-opening victories from the day before, the Union City Middle School tennis programs won again on Tuesday – sweeping Obion County 7-0 in girls’ play and 4-0 in the boys’ matches.
First-year head coach Angie Conley praised her players’ calmness, focus, and energy in the two shutouts.
“After experiencing some first-day jitters on Monday, the team showed remarkable poise and skill, and they played with confidence,” Conley said. “It was a well-deserved win.”
Rylan Ali Bondurant, Averi Riley, Andi Walker, and Austyn Dilday each won in singles and doubles for the Lady Tornadoes. Walker’s individual match against Sy Campbell was easily the closest of the day, with Walker finally prevailing 7-5 in a tiebreaker.
Kipton Powers, the top singles seed for the UC boys, was impressive in a 6-0 triumph. William Tohn and Maddix Turner were also victorious in singles play, while Miloh Turner and Austin Powell claimed a 6-1 win in doubles.
Union City will play next on Thursday at home against Crockett County.
Girls Singles
Rylan Ali Bondurant (UC) defeated Jenna Kate Johnson (OC) 6-1
Averi Riley (UC) defeated Benson White (OC) 6-1
Andi Walker (UC) defeated Sy Campbell (OC) 7-6 *Tiebreaker 7-5
Austyn Dilday (UC) defeated Aubry McManus (OC) 6-2
Kenslie Taylor (UC) defeated Cambry Gurley (OC) 6-1
Girls Doubles
Bondurant/Riley (UC) defeated Johnson/White (OC) 6-2
Walker/Dilday (UC) defeated Campbell/Gurley (OC) 6-2
Boys Singles
Kipton Powers (UC) defeated Matthew Kendall (OC) 6-0
William Tohn (UC) defeated Jay Molands (OC) 6-2
Maddix Turner (UC) defeated Ryland Davis (OC) 6-1
Boys Doubles
Miloh Turner/Austin Powell (UC) defeated Molands/Davis (OC) 6-1
Girls Extra Play Doubles
Emmalyn McClanahan/ Reilly Mears (UC) defeated Tambrey Pergande/ Malaya Wilson (OC) 6-0
Molly Dean/Carsen Gray (UC) defeated Scout Storie/ Johnson (OC) 6-2
Emmaline Ogden/Peyton Kendall (UC) defeated Presley Pergande/ Faith Molands (OC) 6-3
Lili Ann Petty/McKindley Reed (UC) lost to Joyce Wills/ White (OC) 4-6
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
UC 3, Huntingdon 2
The Tornadoes opened their district season with a thrilling victory against the program that eliminated them from the postseason a year ago.
Marcos Landeros scored two goals – including the game-winner – to lift Union City to 2-3 overall.
Khazarion Scates had the Twisters’ other goal, while Carter Wilson, Rylan Robinson, and Jose Pastor recorded assists.
Head coach Lazzarus Scribner noted the stellar defensive play of Gavin Morgan in his postgame comments, also saying: “It’s great to start the district year 1-0, especially against the team that put us out last year.
“The guys played with a little extra edge tonight and it showed.”
UC plays at South Fulton on Friday, with the kickoff set for 5:30 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
UC 7, Greenfield 0 (G)
UC 1, Greenfield 0 (B)
The Lady Tornadoes stretched their win streak to four by cruising past Greenfield in moving to 4-1.
UC (4-1) surrendered just two games in five dominant singles victories. The doubles pairs of Davey and Dani Frankum and Bertie Jenkins and Josie Ross then posted 8-0 shutouts to cap the convincing victory.
Top singles seed Kobe Kirk won the only official boys’ match for Union City, 8-0.
The Tornado squads will play next at Paducah Tilghman on Monday.
Girls Singles
Davey Frankum (UC) defeated Avery High (G) 8-1
Dani Frankum (UC) defeated Caroline Warren (G) 8-0
Bertie Jenkins (UC) defeated Addison Cooper (G) 8-1
Allie Vincent (UC) defeated Addisyn Totty (G) 8-0
Lexi Petty (UC) defeated Ava Spikes (G) 8-0
Josie Ross (UC) defeated Rylan Christopher (G) 6-1
Girls Doubles
Frankum/Frankum (UC) defeated High/Warren (G) 8-0
Jenkins/Ross (UC) defeated Cooper/Totty (G) 8-0
Vincent/Petty (UC) defeated Christopher/Warren (G) 6-0
Boys Singles
Kobe Kirk (UC) defeated Deegan Arant (G) 8-0
Byron Abbott (UC) defeated Deegan Arant (G) 8-4
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASEBALL
UC 14, Greenfield 1
The Tornadoes erupted for 11 runs in the third to run their record to a perfect 10-0.
Jackson Huffstutter drove in three runs, while Mason St. Germain, Caden LeCornu, and Brody Fields each knocked in a pair for UC. Grady Gurley, Japheth Caldwell, and LeCornu all had two hits, and Preston Creswell doubled and scored three times.
Winning pitcher Brayden Marshall improved to 4-0 by fanning a half-dozen in 3 1/3 innings.
Union City will play at Gibson County on Friday.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Greenfield 6, UC 4
A late rally came up just short for the Twisters, who dropped their first District 14A contest in four games and dropped to 5-4 overall.
Union City scored three times in the seventh after entering the inning down 6-1 and had the tying run on base when the contest ended.
The Tornadoes outhit Greenfield 11-6. Troy Joslin and Ben Howell each went 3-for-4 with a run scored, while Sam Jones singled, doubled, and had two RBIs. Logan Vincent also had a ribbie.
Logan Dawkins whiffed 11 ‘Jacket batters in five frames but was saddled with the pitching loss to fall to 1-2 on the season. Ben Kail fanned the side in one inning of relief.
Union City will play at Ballard Memorial on Thursday, then return to L.H. Ladd Field to host Camden at 7:30 Friday night.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Westview 15, UC 0
The perennially tough Lady Chargers put up six runs in the second inning and tacked on another half-dozen in the fourth to mercy rule UC.
Kennedi Robinson had both of the Lady Tornadoes’ hits.
Four Twister errors led to nine unearned Martin runs.
Union City (2-3) will host South Fulton on Thursday at 5 p.m.