Mohawk senior Josh Small split his singles matches in Monday afternoon's win over Corning. (Times photo/Tim Blair) [Click to enlarge]

The Piggott Mohawk tennis squad hosted Corning in conference play Monday afternoon, with both the boy's and girl's teams seeing action and posting victories over the Bobcats.

In girls' singles play it was Piggott's Hillary French over Brittany Burns 6-2, Mercedes Arnold downed Ashley Bowers 6-3, Sierra Owens beat Alyssa Settlemoir 6-2 and Alex Scheffler completed the Mohawk sweep with a 6-4 win over Amanda Rouse.

In girls' doubles play it was Felicia Woodard and Brooke Grissom of Corning beating Owen and Scheffler of Piggott 7-5, while Whitney Woodard and Erica Rouse beat Piggott's Hallie Vannada and Elizabeth Ermert 6-0. In other double's play it was Piggott's Chelsea Covarrubia and Latrisha Reed over Cortney Moser and Caitlin Larue 6-0 and Emily Graddy and Kelli Wierzbicki beat Sarah Storms and Haley Turner 6-0. Vannada and Casey Grissom of Piggott combined for the final doubles win over Julie Lane and Stacy Roberts 6-3.

In boys singles action Piggott's Josh Small fell to Reagan Martin 6-3, and then turned around and beat Brandon Finley 6-1. Meanwhile, Zac Smart of Piggott fell to Logan Bateman 6-0 while Mohawk Spencer Coomer downed Nick Rice 6-1 in the other boy's singles match.

In boys doubles it was the team of Coomer and Trent Edwards of Piggott over Kyle Harvey and Jonathan McMasters of Corning 6-3… while Smart and Mark Greaney combined to post a 6-1 win over Brandon Harvey and Logan Carpenter. Completing the sweep for the Piggott doubles teams Coomer and Edwards then beat Colton Ladyman and Chris Fitzgerald 6-2 and Smart and Greaney downed Ethan Williams and Aaron Green of the Bobcats 6-1.

The Mohawk tennis teams, which are under the direction of long-time coach Paul Seegraves, are scheduled to visit Pocahontas next Monday, Sept. 15 and will travel to Corning on Sept. 23 as the regular season continues.