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Lakeside Teams, Chamblee Girls Fall in State Tennis Elite 8
Lakeside No. 1 boys' singles Julian Santucci (top photo) was on his way to a win when match was stopped. Lakeside girls' No. 1 singles Johanna Goebel (bottom photo) [...]
Three DeKalb Tennis Teams Competing in State Playoffs Elite 8
The GHSA State Tennis Playoffs continue on Tuesday with three DeKalb teams hitting the court for a chance to reach state semifinals. The three-time defending Class 5A girls’ state champions [...]
Chamblee Sweeps Cartersville Out of the Class 5A State Playoffs
Chamblee's Isabelle Coursey rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles to start Chamblee off on a sweep of Cartersville in the Class 5A girls Sweet 16 [...]
Three DeKalb Teams Advance to Join Lakeside Teams in State Tennis Sweet 16
Dunwoody's Sophia Chiverton rallied from a set down to win her No. 1 singles match against Denmark's Masha Karch to propel her team into the Class 7A Sweet 16 [...]
Eight DeKalb Tennis Teams Reach State Tennis Playoffs
Chamblee No. 2 singles player Hap Howell and girls doubles player Kennedy Talbot are set to play Class 5A state playoffs first round matches today. (Photos by Mark Brock) [...]
Chamblee Sweeps Southwest in Region 5-5A Tennis Matchup
Chamblee's Isabelle Coursey (left) knocked of Southwest DeKalb's Lauren Johnson in No. 1 singles action in the Region 5-5A regular season match. (Photos by Mark Brock) Chamblee traveled [...]
Panther Tennis Duo Moves on to Next Level with Scholarship Offers
Southwest DeKalb 2019 graduated Khalil Moss signed with Fort Valley State to play tennis and further his academic career. (Photo courtesy of Lance Davenport) Two 2019 Southwest DeKalb [...]
Bulldogs Give Chamblee Sweep of Class 5A Tennis Titles
2019 Class 5A Tennis State Champions - Chamblee BulldogsFirst title since 1998 and second overall DeKalb Schools tennis history was made on Tuesday as the Chamblee Bulldogs knocked [...]
It’s a State Tennis Three-Peat for the Chamblee Lady Bulldogs
Three-peat!! Chamblee Lady Bulldogs tennis team made it three in a row at the Class 5A girls' tennis champoinships with a 3-0 win over Kell at the Rome Tennis [...]
Chamblee Tennis Teams Headed to State Championships
Chamblee's Hap Howell clinched the Bulldogs trip to the Class 5A state title match with his 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles over Buford's Luke Davidson. (Photo by [...]
Three DeKalb Tennis Teams One Win from State Finals
Chamblee's No. 1 doubles team of Madeline Meer and Madison Trinh lead the Lady Bulldogs into the Class 5A semifinals against Carrollton. (Photo by Mark Brock) The 2019 [...]
Chamblee Teams Knock Off McIntosh to Reach 5A Final Four
Chamblee's Andrew Pietkiewicz rallied to win the deciding match at No. 1 singles to put the Bulldogs into the Class 5A Final Four. (Photo by Mark Brock) Clutch [...]
Chamblee, Dunwoody Move into Tennis Elite 8 Round
Chamblee's Madeline Meer and doubles teammate Madison Trinh won 6-1, 6-0 to clinch their Class 5A girls' Sweet 16 victory over Decatur. (Photo by Mark Brock) The Chamblee [...]
Tucker, Chamblee Advance to State Tennis Playoffs Elite 8
Tucker's Trinyty Turner rallied from one set down to clinch a 3-2 Tucker win over Greenbrier in the Class 6A girls' state playoffs. (Photo by Mark Brock) A [...]
Chamblee Sweeps Past Johnson-Gainesville into Sweet 16
Chamblee junior Madison Trinh makes a return during the No. 1 doubles match win with Madeline Meer. (Photo by Mark Brock) The Chamblee tennis teams advanced to the [...]
Two-Time Champ Chamblee Leads 17 DCSD Teams into State Playoffs
Chamblee senior Grace Pietkiewicz returns to lead the two-time defending champions into the Class 5A state playoffs. (Photo by Mark Brock) Two-time defending champions Chamblee Lady Bulldogs begin [...]
Wildcats Battle Hard before Falling 3-0 to Johns Creek in 6A Title Match
2018 GHSA Class 6A Boys' Tennis State Runners-up - Dunwoody Wildcats A third match against Region 7-6A foe Johns Creek for the Dunwoody Wildcats was hard fought before [...]
Lady Bulldogs Win Thriller to Repeat as Class 5A State Champs!
The Two-Time Undefeated (47-0) GHSA Class 5A Girls' State Tennis Champions (2017, 2018) -- Chamblee Lady Bulldogs A four-hour singles match decided the Class 5A Girls’ State Championship [...]
Lady Bulldogs Return to Class 5A Tennis State Title Match
Chamblee freshman Neena Katauskas remains undefeated at 14-0 as won in straight sets against Buford on Monday. She and her Lady Bulldogs teammates return to defend their 2017 Class [...]
Wildcats Defeat Northview for Berth in Class 6A Boys Tennis Championship
The Dunwoody Wildcats are headed to the Class 6A state championship! A trip to the Class 6A Boys Tennis Championship was on the line Thursday as the Dunwoody [...]
History
Boys’ History
Chamblee’s Rodrigo Laub
Henderson High won the first tennis title in 1978 by capturing the Class AAA boys’ state championship to put DeKalb County Schools in the forefront.
Lakeside followed two years later with the 1980 state title and quickly snatched the 1981 and 1982 championships as DeKalb County Schools started its powerful run in the 1980s. The Vikings streak was just part of 15 state titles won in boys tennis action in the decade of the 1980s.
Dunwoody won all four of its state championships in the run by capturing the 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1989 titles.
Chamblee provided DeKalb with its 17th boys’ state tennis title with a Class 5A win in 2019.
Boys State Champions (17)
- Dunwoody (4) – 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989
- Lakeside (4) – 1980, 1981, 1982, 2001
- Tucker (3) – 1988, 1989, 1990
- Chamblee (2) – 1998, 2019
- Henderson (2) – 1978, 1981
- Peachtree (1) – 1983
- Redan (1) – 1985
Girls’ History
Lakeside’s Whitney Malina
Dunwoody heads up the girls state title winners with a pair of state championships to its credit.
Dunwoody opened the first girls sanctioned state championships in 1980 with a victory. The Lady Wildcats repeated in 1981 and were joined by Druid Hills in the winners circle.
Lakeside won the fourth girls state title in 1984.
Chamblee became just the fourth team to win a state title and ended a 33-year drought for the DeKalb girls’ with the 2017 Class 5A championship. It was the Lady Bulldogs, who finished 25-0, first state title and DeKalb’s fifth overall.
The Lady Bulldogs repeated for a back-to-back run with their 2018 state title to tie Dunwoody with 2 state titles and with the back-to-back titles. Chamblee finished 22 in 2018 to extend its consecutive match win streak to 47 over the two seasons.
The 2019 Chamblee team completed a three-peat with a 23-1 record and a second consecutive state title win over Kell to become the first DeKalb girls’ team to win three state titles.
The Three-Time GHSA Class 5A Girls’ State Tennis Champions (2017, 2018, 2019) — Chamblee Lady Bulldogs (70-1 over three seasons)
Chamblee’s Olina Bilukha finished her career at 53-0 in singles and 15-0 in doubles (2015-2018). (Photo by Mark Brock)
Girls State Championships (7)
- Chamblee (3) – 2017, 2018, 2019
- Dunwoody (2) – 1980, 1981
- Druid Hills (1) – 1981
- Lakeside (1) – 1984