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By Derek J. LaRiviere, Times Correspondent Derek J. LaRiviereTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Junior Circuit Tennis Series Tournament of Champions was held at the end of April.

After a six-event series throughout the winter and spring months, the top players from the series were invited to compete in this final tournament to crown an overall champion. The JCT Series is orchestrated by three area USTA professionals: Rick Scholl, Lou Giglio and Judy Jeanette.

Three divisions were held in the tournament: the boys' high school, boys' middle school, and girls' high school.

The boys' high school division was decided in bracket format. Each match was best of three sets with Spring Hill's Chris Rosser placing first over Spring Hill's Connor Schwefringhaus. Rosser won the title match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. His performance was enough to clinch the overall division title with 34 points over runnerup Jesse DeWitt (17).

Lecanto's Amber Gamble won the girls' high school division with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hernando's Mahima Tatumbotola. Despite winning the past two tournament titles, Gamble came up just short of Tatumbotola for the series title. The Hernando resident's 28 points beat out Gamble's 24.

Spring Hill's Coty Willey won a straight-set title match to claim the boys' middle school crown over Inverness' Brody Summer, 6-2, 6-2. Summer, who was a perennial finals participant throughout the series, won the overall points title with 27 points over Willey (26).

The JCT Series will return for the 2012-13 season on Sept. 15-16 at Sugarmill Woods in Homosassa. Forty-eight players participated in the series of tournaments this past season. For information, email Jeanette at jjeanette3saj@aol.com.

JUST FOR KICKS KARATE: Just for Kicks Karate in Spring Hill competed at the Summer Samurai Martial Arts Tournament in Ridge Manor. Every competitor from the youth class placed in their division.

Dominic Parisan took first place in weapons, second in kata, and second in sparring. Ryan Parisan got first in kata, third in weapons, and first in sparring. Christian Parisan earned fourth in sparring and second in kata. Austyn Payne continued the Just for Kicks success with first in weapons, third in sparring, and fourth in kata.

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