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Home > Sports > This time LHS girls dominate FHS in tennis, 9-0
Liberty #4 Cat Combs hits a overhead smash winner at the net. -- FTD Staff Photo/Randy Litzinger

This time LHS girls dominate FHS in tennis, 9-0

As celebrations go, this was pretty tame.

It had the kind of hushed tone found amid church pews mid-sermon, altogether appropriate considering this celebration happened mid-match Wednesday in the Liberty Eagles' 9-0 sweep of Fauquier High.

The Eagles' Katie Sheaffer walked through the door of the chain-linked fence surrounding Liberty's tennis courts following her No. 1 singles victory and approached her coach, Ellen Allen.

"You won it," Allen said, referring not to Sheaffer's individual win, but Liberty's overall victory against Fauquier. Sheaffer's win gave Liberty an insurmountable 5-0 lead, making the remaining four matches a formality.

"Yeah," Liberty No. 2 singles player Mary Marks yelped upon hearing Allen's proclamation.

Marks then shared a high-five with Sheaffer and that was the extent of their celebration.

It was done with elated undertones, though. The Eagles were thrilled, especially having suffered a surprising 5-4 loss to Fauquier on April 2...

See the Wednesday print edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for the complete story.



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