Historic season ends for Stone Mountain
The Stone Mountain Pirates tennis team put together its best season in school history finishing 13-1-2 after falling 0-3 to Lumpkin County in the second round of the Class 3A high school state playoffs at Wade Walker Park on April 29.
Stone Mountain rolled to a 11-0-2 regular season that included the Region 5-3A title. In records dating back to 1981, the best season was an 11-2 mark in 1991 under coach Janet Beyer.
No other Pirates team is known to have won its region title or advanced past the first round of the state playoffs, according to district records.
Lumpkin County put an end to the record-breaking season for Stone Mountain with No. 3 singles player Bricen Popko defeating Reece Abdullah 6-0, 6-0 getting the first point.
Cal Saunders and Axel Tillery teamed up at No. 1 doubles for Lumpkin to knock off Stone Mountain’s Kham Tuang and Ni Aung with an identical 6-0, 6-0 win.
The match was clinched when Lumpkin’s Jack McKinney swept a 6-0, 6-0 match over Christ Lyn at No. 2 singles.
Stone Mountains No. 1 singles player Jadan Turner finished the season undefeated. Turner was up a set in his match with Lumpkin’s Xander Gaddiss when the match was stopped.
In other tennis results on Tuesday, the Lakeside Lady Vikings season ended in a 3-0 loss on the road at Milton.
The only DeKalb tennis team left standing is the Chamblee Bulldogs, which won its second-round match 3-0 over Pope returns to action May 1 in an Elite Eight match against Glynn Academy at noon at the Blackburn Tennis Center.
