Lafayette claims two championships at state individual tournament
Published 2:44 pm Friday, April 29, 2022
Lafayette High’s Brett Cullen Lampton teams with Jenna Kate Lampton against Long Beach’s Sammie Wilson and Alex Hailes in a Class 5A finals mixed doubles match in the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Friday, April 29, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette High’s Finley Rico teams with Crosse Lindsey against Vancleave in a Class 5A finals doubles match in the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Friday, April 29, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette High’s Crosse Lindsey teams with Finley Rico against Vancleave in a Class 5A finals doubles match in the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Friday, April 29, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette High’s Presleigh Loper plays in the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, April 28, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette's Presley Thomas plays in the girls' doubles competition in the MHSAA State Tennis Individual Championships in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, April 28, 2022. Thomas and Loper fell to Brookhaven's Caroline Kilpatrick and Lucy Allen in the final. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette High’s Finley Rico, left, and Crosse Lindsey are state champions in boys doubles after winning in the Class 5A finals of the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Friday, April 29, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
Lafayette High’s Brett Cullen Lampton, left, and Jenna Kate Lampton are state champions in mixed doubles after winning in the Class 5A finals of the MHSAA State Tennis Championships in Oxford, Miss., Friday, April 29, 2022. (©Bruce Newman)
OXFORD, MISS — A week after winning the MHSAA Class 5A team title, the Lafayette tennis team claimed two more state championships in the state individual tournament at Stone Park on Friday.
The Commodores played in three championship matches, claiming victory in boys’ doubles and mixed doubles while coming up just short in girls’ doubles.
“It validates what we did as a team, two out of the five [win state titles], runner-up in the [girls’ doubles], and five of the six of them are coming back next year,” said head coach Debbie Swindoll.
Junior Crosse Lindsay and freshman Finn Rico defeated Vancleave’s Marshall Havard and Holden Mattison (4-6, 6-3, 10-6) in a tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets. It was their second victory in as many weeks against the Vancleave pairing after defeating them in the team final (6-4, 7-6) in Vicksburg last Thursday.
Brother and sister duo Brett and Jenna Lampton also claimed a state title for Lafayette, defeating Long Beach’s Samantha Wilson and Alexander Hailes (6-2, 6-2) in the mixed doubles final. The duo cruised their way through the tournament, as they did not drop a single set en route to the state title.
Swindoll commended the Oxford-Lafayette community for coming out to support their two schools, noting the large crowds and emphatic cheers that were omnipresent at Stone Park the last few days.
“It makes me so proud to be from this town where we’re all in this together, for me it’s just exciting for the community. The skill level of these tennis players is phenomenal for the age they’re at,” Swindoll said.
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