Regional tennis seeds
Four Advocate-area players — two singles players and one doubles team — earned No. 1 seeds for the upcoming 12th Region Tournament.
Colin Hart of Lincoln County, who is the defending boys singles champion and who reached the quarterfinals of the boys state tournament last year, is the No. 1 boys singles seed for the first time. Tylyn Leigh of Casey County is the top seed in girls singles, and Christy Ingram and Erin Pigman of Mercer County are seeded No. 1 in girls doubles.
The defensive boys doubles champions, Tanner Barrett and Jonah Johnson of Garrard County, are seeded second behind a team from Wayne County. The seeds in all four regional brackets are below.
The regional begins Friday at Berea College and Madison Southern, with two of the five rounds of singles and doubles play scheduled to be completed by Saturday afternoon. The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, and the finals are scheduled for Monday afternoon.
The one wrinkle in the schedule this year is that moving the matches to indoor courts at Richmond in case of rain is not an option, so if it rains the tournament manager will have to decide whether to wait it out or call it a day and push the schedule back.
12th Region Tournament
Seeded Players
Friday-Monday
At Berea
Seeds
BOYS
Singles
1. Colin Hart, Lincoln County; 2. Sam Jackson, Berea; 3. Reza Katanbaf, Somerset; 4. Ryan Martin, Casey County; 5. Steven Gadd, Berea; 6. Ethan Smith, Garrard County; 7. Chris Fuller, Mercer County; 8. Brian Wray, Boyle County.
Doubles
1. Austin Kirksey-Corbin Kirksey, Wayne County; 2. Tanner Barrett-Jonah Johnson, Garrard County; 3. Dylan Jones-Steven King, McCreary Central; 4. Ben Akers-Ben Kendrick, Boyle County; 5. Jacob Crowell-Nathan Sheehan, Mercer County; 6. Cyrus Sadrinia-Ian Stuart, Pulaski County; 7. Morgan Gebert-Hunter Sheegog, Boyle County; 8. Clay Cannon-Skyler Wright, Casey County.
GIRLS
Singles
1. Tylyn Leigh, Casey County; 2. Caitlin Baer, Mercer County; 3. Emily Major, Garrard County; 4. Nicole Davis, Wayne County; 5. Haley White, Pulaski County; 6. Kathryn Miracle, Lincoln County; 7. Jodi Gay, Danville; 8. Kelby Cowan, Somerset.
Doubles
1. Christy Ingram-Erin Pigman, Mercer County; 2. Haley Owens-Allie Tinsley, Casey County; 3. Anna Duncan-Sarah Nolan, Boyle County; 4. Meredith Frankel-Hannah Frankel, Danville; 5. Emily Erwin-Ashley Erwin, Madison Southern; 6. Lynn Farner-Rheanna New, Southwestern; 7. Alana Perry-Jamie Peters, Somerset; 8. Haley Stockham-Katherine Stockham, Pulaski County.
