RRHS Tennis

The Roanoke Rapids High School Lady Jackets’ tennis 
team entered the last week of the regular season with 
a 4-1 record in the Northern Carolina 2-A Conference. 

Wednesday they played host to a very talented and 
strong Durham School of the Arts. The ladies from 
Durham made short work of the Lady Jackets, defeating 
them 0-9. 

Although many of the games were tightly contested, 
RRHS #1 seed Jenny Sheley dropped her singles match 
to Rachael Rice, 1-6, 0-6. With RRHS #2 seed Addie Nixon 
out sick, Emily Burnette had to step up in her slot to take 
on the powerful Una Healey. Healey won the match 0-6, 
1-6. Mary Alice Clements slid up into the #3 slot to take 
on DSA’s Rachel Huang, in which Huang came out the 
victor, 0-6, 1-6. Playing in the #4 slot, Mary Carlson was 
defeated by Stacy Powell 1-6, 1-6. RRHS’s Emma Barber 
stepped up to take on DSA’s #5 seed Emma Brown, who 
defeated Barber 0-6, 0-6. In the #6 match, RRHS’s Joan 
Navarro was defeated by Lucy Sasser 0-6, 0-6. 

The doubles matchups were not much better. DSA’s #1 
pair of Rice and Brown defeated the Lady Jackets team 
of Sheley and Burnette, 1-8. The #2 team of Clements 
and Carlson dropped their match to DSA’s Huang and 
Powell 0-8. The RRHS #3 doubles team of Ashley Fennell 
and Abby Mederos fell to DSA’s Temple Walston and 
Hannah Yeuh, 2-8. 

The 4-2 Lady Jackets will take on South Granville Thursday 
afternoon at Emry Park. This will be the last match of the 
regular season. The match is scheduled to start at 4:30 PM.