At No. 1 singles, AustinYork lost to Greg Tullos 0-6, 0-6. At No. 2, Blake Jenkins fell to Jamie Childree, 0-6, 4-6.

And at No. 3, Shaun Soderstrom lost to Parker Childree 2-6, 2-6.

At No. 1 doubles, Chris Harvin and Zach Owen lost in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 4-6.

At No. 2, Barclay Mitchell and Brian Berl fell to a pair of outstanding freshmen Tommy Cangelosi and Stephen Moore 1-6, 4-6.

“The effort was there,” Packers coach Grant Hammack said. “We just have to keep fighting.”

On Thursday, the Colquitt County junior varsity tennis teams played a match against Lowndes. The Packers won 6-2.

Brian Berl won a pair of singles matches, 8-6 and 8-3. Morgan Castellow won at 8-5. Stephen Tyus also took a singles victory, 8-2.

Christian Edwards fell at singles 6-8.

In doubles, Tyus and Castellow lost 8-7, 7-8, 5-7.

The team of Lee Veasey and Parker White won two doubles matches 8-6 and 8-3.

In the Tifton Rotary Club tournament today and Saturday, both the Packers and Lady Packers are each guaranteed four matches.

Also in the tournament are Bainbridge, Ware Magnet, Vidalia and Tift County.

Play will be held at the Red Hill Tennis Center at Abraham Baldwin College and at the Tift County High courts.

The first three rounds will be held today beginning at 3:30 p.m.

The final two rounds will be held Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.