Douglas High’s Kolten Brown approaches to hit a forehand during a Tiger tennis match earlier this season. Brown was selected to the Class 5A North all-region tennis team as an honorable mention for his play this fall.
Photo by Ron Harpin.
Douglas and Carson High Schools combined for nine tennis players on the Class 5A all-region teams released last week.
All nine selections came on the honorable mention list.
On the girls side, Carson’s Meryl Johnson picked up an all-region nod for her play this season.
Per MaxPreps, Johnson – a sophomore – was 8-1 in singles matches this season while posting a 10-4 clip on the doubles court for an 18-5 overall record.
For Douglas, senior Joscelyn Turner also earned all-region honors in singles.
Turner, who placed sixth in the year-end regional singles tournament, went 19-6 in singles matches this season.
At the No. 1 singles spot, Turner was 15-3 with two of her losses coming to players on the first and second team all-region spots.
In girls doubles, Carson’s pairing of Dahlia Keating-McEllistrem and Ava Schofield were the Senators’ lone all-region selection.
They were the best pairing all season for the Senators, going 21-6 in 27 doubles matches.
McKenna Chappel and Abby Hutchings went 16-5 in matches they played together this season, earning the Douglas pairing an all-region selection.
Boys all-region teams
Douglas’ Kolten Brown was the lone singles player between either boys team to pick up an all-region nod.
Brown, who was selected to the honorable mention team, went 14-10 in singles competition this fall.
In doubles, Douglas’ Wade Kuhlmann and Wyatt Frisby secured an all-region bid as well, picking up honorable mention status.
The duo went 15-9 this season when playing together, including a perfect 8-0 in No. 3 doubles matches.
