MURFEESBORO – The Beech doubles team of Joseph Daniels and Seth Carelli are on to the TSSAA Class AAA semifinals.

The duo advanced to Thursday’s 2 p.m. semifinals after their quarterfinal win this morning at Old Fort Park.

The juniors were 6-1, 6-3 winners over Houston’s duo of Billy Fickle and Michael Hoff.

They will play Tennessee High’s Matt Henson and Seth Buckmaster in the semifinals. The Bristol duo were 6-0, 6-0 winners over Arlington’s senior team of Austin Talley and Andrew Butler in their quarterfinals matchup Thursday morning.

Hendersonville’s Matthew Heinrich and Sarah Hall were knocked out of the Class AAA singles tournament in their opening match.

Heinrich, a senior and three-time state qualifier, fell to Science Hill senior Michael Chen (6-7 (5), 4-6).

Chen, who fell in last year’s finals to Ravenwood’s Sean Karl, will get a rematch in Thursday afternoon’s semifinal round. Karl was a 6-0, 6-1 winner against Cleveland senior Alex Klibisz in Thursday morning’s quarterfinals.

Karl defeated Heinrich in the quarterfinals last season.

Hall, a freshman, fell to Siegel’s Ashlee Boles (1-6, 0-6) in their Thursday quarterfinals. Boles moves on to play Cumberland County senior Nithya Kanagasegar, a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Munford’s Taylor Patterson.

TRACK

Hendersonville’s Duncan Bennett (100-meter dash) and Gallatin’s Jason Griffin (300-meter hurdles) will run their preliminary races at 3:40 and 4:25 p.m. today at MTSU. 

The Station Camp girls’ 3,200-meter relay team will run in its final tonight. The meet begins at 6 p.m. and their event is the fourth one scheduled. 

Check back later tonight for a complete recap.

— Corby A. Yarbrough, Sports Editor
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Photo by Phil Stauder l THE STANDARD
The Beech doubles team of Seth Carelli, left, and Joseph Daniels compete in their TSSAA Class AAA quarterfinal match Thursday morning at Old Fort Park in Murfreesboro.