Prep tennis: Shady Spring, Liberty to battle for state tournament berths

Two area teams will lock up their berths in the state tennis tournament on Saturday.

Shady Spring’s and Liberty’s boys and girls will meet at 2 p.m. at Shady Spring in the Class AA/A Region 3 Team Tournament. Shady is the No. 2 seed and Liberty No. 3.

Charleston Catholic is the No. 1 seed in the boys and girls brackets. The boys will meet No. 4 Bluefield in Shady Spring, while the Irish girls are scheduled to host No. 4 Herbert Hoover.

All winners will qualify for the state tournament May 14-16 at the Kanawha City Community Center and Charleston Catholic High School.

Shady Spring will also host the Region 3 singles and doubles tournaments Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. Monday will see predominantly singles matches, with as many doubles matches as possible.

The four singles semifinalists and doubles finalists will advance to the state tournament.

Region 3 is comprised of Independence, Greenbrier West, Midland Trail, River View, Westside, Wyoming East, Mount View and Braxton County, in addition to Shady Spring, Liberty, Bluefield, Charleston Catholic and Herbert Hoover.