Petersburg Racquet Club's senior 6.0 mixed doubles team recently won the Georgia State Mixed Doubles championship in Rome, Ga., and will go on to the sectional tournament in October.
The team, which calls itself "Claws and Paws," is made up of Don Murphree, Larry Bailey, Yvonne Harrison, Gregg Jennings, Donnalene Pullen, Richard Pullen, Mary Jane Rekito, Jim Spangler and Joan Steinberg.
The local group was undefeated in the Rome event and posted a 9-3 record in individual matches.
In the championship match, Murphree and Harrison won 6-2, 6-1. Bailey and Donnalene Pullen retired because of heat exhaustion, which left the deciding match up to Rekito and Jennings. The local duo split the first two sets but won the tiebreaker 11-9.
JUNIOR GOLF: Alex Boyd of Augusta recently posted a top-five finish in an American Junior Golf Association event in Rome, Ga.
Boyd shot rounds of 69-71-71 for a 211 total at Coosa Country Club in the Burgett H. Mooney Jr. Rome Classic. His performance gave him a tie for fourth, nine shots behind winner Benjamin Kishigian, of Warner Robins, Ga.
Augusta's Rob Bennett placed 10th, closing with a 215 total.
Other local competitors were Clark Palmer of Augusta (tie for 30th), Carter Newman of Evans (tie for 38th) and H.B. Chavous of Evans (tie for 57th).
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