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The Wildcat boys outpointed Valdosta, 4-1 in the final Tuesday to win the Region 1-7A tennis tournament. Camden had beaten Colquitt in a semifinal. (Submitted photo)

The Wildcat boys outpointed Valdosta, 4-1 in the final Tuesday to win the Region 1-7A tennis tournament. Camden had beaten Colquitt in a semifinal. (Submitted photo)

’Cats first, second at region tennis tourney

Camden County High tennis celebrated one Region 1-7A championship Tuesday and came tantalizingly close to another at the windy Kingsland courts.

Gymcats triumph at Westminster

Jennifer Tate won the all-around and Katie Tate and Kira Grady notched state qualifying scores April 5, part of the Camden County Gymcats’ first-place 103.05 team mark at Westminster in Atlanta. Comprising Tate’s 35.85 all-around score were wins on the balance beam (9.2), bars (9.

Boys golfers place second, fifth in tournaments

The Camden County High boys golfers followed up a fifth-place finish April 1 in Moultrie with a runner-up showing Monday at a Douglas tournament.  At Douglas Country Club, the Wildcats, led by Griffin Blount’s even-par 72, fired a 317 at the Neil Graham Invitational.

14 wins for Wildcats at Glynn track meet

Camden County track and field athletes rolled up 14 event wins, and three Wildcats won two events apiece March 29 at a meet in Brunswick. Rickey Williams and Deonte Cole triumphed twice each for the boys, and Marin Bograd won two for the girls.

Lowndes defeats CCHS twice in final 1-7A baseball series

Two losses to Lowndes last week closed the Diamond Wildcats’ Region 1-7A schedule. The results sent CCHS to 6-15 overall. Entering this week, Lowndes paced Region 1 at 8-0, followed by Valdosta (6-3), Colquitt (4-5), Richmond Hill (4-5) and Camden (1-10). The top four teams qualify for state.

Fernandina, Wildcat netters divide matches

A singles sweep fueled the Camden County girls netters’ win last Thursday at Fernandina Beach, but the Pirate boys scuttled the ’Cats in the next-to-last matches of the regular season. The format of five singles and two doubles matches meant several Wildcats seeing court action in both formats.