Tennis: Johns Creek, Harrison boys win Buckhead Rotary titles

The boys from Johns Creek and Harrison came away with championships at the 35th Rotary Club of Buckhead's Tennis Championship.

Johns Creek won the Boys A Division and Harrison won the Boys B Division. The girls championship were claimed by Tennessee teams: Baylor in the A Division and Girls Preparatory in the B Division.

Here are the results in each division:

Boys A: Johns Creek, Westminster, St. Pius, Norcross, Roswell, Chattahoochee

Girls A: Baylor, Westminster, Johns Creek, Lovett, Chattahoochee, McIntosh

Boys B: Harrison, McIntosh, Christ Episcopal (S.C.), Athens Academy, Pace Academy, Lovett

Girls B: Girls Preparatory, Norcross, Woodward Academy, Athens Academy, Pace Academy, St. Pius

Each team had one match on Friday and played a round-robin against three other teams on Saturday.

The matches were played at Westminster, Lovett, Bitsy Grant and HIT Academy. Although the weather was chilly, the matches were quite competitive and completed on time.

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