The Adair County High School tennis team had two doubles teams and one singles player advance to the second round of the Region 5 Tennis Tournament Monday at Freeman Park in Elizabethtown.
Colin Stephens and Brody Blair picked up a victory in their opening match over a team from Taylor County. The ACHS duo lost the first set 4-6; but rallied to win the second 6-3 and then won the tiebreaker 10-3. Unfortunately, they lost its next match in a straight set decision to a team from Elizabethtown, 0-6, 1-6.
Luke Rich, who represented Adair County in singles, knocked off a Campbellsville opponent in a 6-1, 6-2 decision. He battled a player from Taylor County in the second round, but came up short, losing 1-6, 0-6.
Kiara Collins and Caydee Burton were the only Lady Indians to move on past the opening round of play. The ACHS duo knocked off a team from Fort Knox 6-1, 6-3, but lost in the second round to a team from Hart County by a 2-6, 2-6 score.
In other first round matches: Laney Stotts lost 0-6, 0-6, Chloe Taylor lost 2-6, 0-6, and Kennedy Stephens and Mattie Willis were beaten 3-6, 6-3, 5-10 to a team out of Thomas Nelson.
