The Nation Ford Falcons edged out the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets on the tennis court handing them their first loss of the season.
Nation Ford beat Fort Mill 4-3 with three of the matches going to three set tiebreakers. The Falcons won two of the three tiebreakers.
At No. 1 singles, Nation Ford’s Colt Mohler beat Ethan Franklin 7-5, 6-2 and the Falcons’ Davis Glasco beat Jack Childs at No. 2 singles by scores of 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Nation Ford’s Owen McCullough won at No. 3 singles over Noah Mills 6-1, 7-6 (7-1), while at No. 4 singles Fort Mill’s Arnav Meshram won 6-2, 6-3 over the Falcons’ Zach Robinson. Patrick Wright also got a win at No. 5 singles for Fort Mill beating Nation Ford’s Jacob Brancato 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.
In doubles, Fort Mill won at No. 2 doubles with Xander Pak and Lucas Coelho 4-6, 6-1, 10-8 to tie the match at 3-3. In No.1 doubles, Nation Ford’s McCullough and Glasco teamed to win 6-3, 6-4 giving the Falcons the match.
March 25 Roundup
The Nation Ford girls’ soccer team won 2-0 over Catawba Ridge to improve to 10-2-1 overall and 4-0 in Region 3-5A. Catawba Ridge dropped to 9-3 and 3-1 in the region.
The Nation Ford girls’ lacrosse team fell 16-5 to AC Flora on the road and dropped to 1-8 on the season.
The Catawba Ridge softball team beat Nation Ford 7-0 to improve to 14-0 on the season and 4-0 in Region 3-5A. Nation Ford dropped to 8-5 overall and 2-2 in the region.
The Nation Ford boys’ golf team shot a two-day total of 618 at the Bengal Invitational to finish in ninth place. On March 25, the Falcons shot a 307 and was led by a 72 from Justin Wosje, followed by a 75 from Carter Smith and a 78 from Harrison LaPointe. Oliver LaPointe finished with an 82.
The Catawba Ridge boys’ golf team finished 21st at the Bengal Invitational with a second day score of 345.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
