By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Lindley Oler of Williams lost in the singles quarterfinals of the Class 6-A state tournament Friday at the North Main Athletic Complex in Holly Springs.
Oler fell 6-7 (7-9), 6-0, 7-5 to Northern Guilford’s Johanna Vu, who went on to reach Saturday’s final vs. Ellie Alspaugh of South Caldwell. Alspaugh won the title.
Dual team state playoffs
The season ended for Western Alamance’s girls’ tennis team in the third round of the Class 5-A state playoffs.
The Warriors, who were the No. 2 seed in the East Region, lost 6-0 to visiting No. 10 seed Seaforth.
Previously, Western had a first-round bye before defeating No. 18 seed Roxboro Person 6-0. Roxboro Person had advanced with a 5-4 first-round decision against No. 15 Southeast Alamance.
No. 20 seed Eastern Alamance lost to No. 13 seed Wilson Hunt in the first round.
- In Class 6-A, No. 11 seed Southern Alamance defeated No. 22 seed Northern Durham in the first round before falling to No. 6 seed East Chapel Hill in the second round in the East Region.
- Clover Garden was seeded No. 5 in the Class 1-A West Region, beating No. 4 seed South Davidson 5-4 in the first round.
But the Grizzlies lost 9-0 to North Carolina School of Science and Math-Morganton in the second round.
- Following some rescheduled fourth-round matches and regional finals early this week, the state finals for all eight classifications are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Burlington Tennis Center.
Classes 1-A, 2-A, 3-A and 4-A will compete Friday, while Classes 5-A, 6-A, 7-A and 8-A will compete Saturday. For each day, the matchups are split between morning and afternoon sessions.
Boys’ soccer
Alamance Christian School’s bid for a North Carolina Christian School Association’s Class 2-A state championship was thwarted with Friday’s 3-1 loss to Cramerton Christian in the semifinals at Greenville.
Isaac Spurling scored two goals for Cramerton Christian.
ACS dropped to 18-3, with two of the losses to Cramerton Christian.
Volleyball
River Mill lost to host Revolution Academy in the third round of the Class 1-A state playoffs Thursday at Oak Ridge.
Fourth-seeded Revolution Academy won 25-12, 25-19, 25-15 in the West Region.
The fifth-seeded Jaguars finished with a 16-8 record.
