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Oxford’s Maniscalco, Donoho’s Barnett co-players of the year for Calhoun County girls’ tennis, and Donoho’s Reddy takes top honor for boys.

Calhoun County tennis players of the year

Editor’s note: Choices for East Alabama Sports Today players of the year in tennis factor in regular-season and postseason accomplishments.

Cover photo: Donoho’s Avery Barnett (left) and Oxford’s Claire Maniscalco (center) are East Alabama Sports Today co-players of the year for Calhoun County girls’ tennis, and Donoho’s Rishi Reddy is boys’ player of the year. (Submitted photos)

GIRLS
Co-Players of the year
Avery Barnett (Donoho) and Claire Maniscalco (Oxford),

–Barnett and Maniscalco split two matches, with Barnett winning at the Red Wilder Invitational when Maniscalco forfeited with a foot injury.

–Barnett won No. 1 singles at the Muscle Shoals Trojan Classic, was sectional runner up and qualified for the Class 4A-5A state tournament, reaching the quarterfinals. She finished 19-5 in singles and 16-4 in doubles.

–Maniscalco won No. 1 singles at sectional and reached the 6A semifinals, finishing 16-2 in singles matches and 17-3 doubles. She was selected as an Alabama North All-Star.

BOYS
Player of the year
Rishi Reddy (Donoho).

–Reddy won the Red Wilder on the way to finishing 16-3 on the year. He finished third at sectional, behind players from Briarwood Christian and Altamont.

Coach of the year

Kristie Alderman (Donoho)

Donoho coach Kristie Alderman poses with Donoho’s girls’ team after sectional play. Alderman once again coached Donoho’s boys and girls to victory in the Red Wilder Invitational, the de facto Calhoun County championship, and once again coached a school that’s Class 1A in average daily enrollment to the girls’ Class 4A-5A state tournament. She is East Alabama Sports Today’s Calhoun County coach of the year for tennis. (Submitted photo)

Red Wilder winners

Editor’s note: The Red Wilder Invitational serves as the Calhoun County championship for the county’s two boys’ teams and three girls’ teams. Listed below are this year’s Red Wilder court winners.

GIRLS
No. 1 singles: Avery Barnett (Donoho)
No. 2 singles: Natalie Rodgers (Donoho)
No. 3 singles: Claire Tollison (Donoho)
No. 4 singles: Elizabeth Downey (Donoho)
No. 5 singles: Bentlee Pahman (Donoho)
No. 6 singles: Harper Barnett (Donoho)
No. 1 doubles: Rodgers/Barnett (Donoho)
No. 2 doubles: Tollison/Downey (Donoho)
No. 3 doubles: Barnett/Pahman (Donoho)

BOYS
No. 1 singles: Rishi Reddy (Donoho)
No. 2 singles: Ethan Crawford (Donoho)
No. 3 singles: Payton Butterworth (Oxford)
No. 4 singles: Chris Perkins (Donoho)
No. 5 singles: Aiden Thompson (Donoho)
No. 6 singles: J.R. Sobers (Donoho)
No. 1 doubles: Foster Payton/Crawford (Donoho)
No. 2 doubles: Reddy/Thompson (Donoho)
No. ? doubles: Butterworth/Cullen Noyola (Oxford)

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