JACKSON - For the second straight year, Gallia Academy clinched a share of the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League South Division title following Friday's 4-1 victory over host Jackson at the Y.M.C.A. courts in the Apple City.

The Blue Devils (13-4) finished the season with a 7-1 mark in the SEOAL South, which ties them with Chillicothe for the divisional championship. The Blue and White, however, will not play for the SEOAL championship - as the Cavaliers own the tiebreaker.

GAHS will play at Zanesville on Thursday in the third-place contest of the SEOAL Day of Champions at 4:30 p.m.

As for Friday, the Devils won both doubles competitions and went 2-for-3 in singles matches.

Senior Joan Sojka was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Luke Haynes in the No. 2 singles contest, while sophomore Josh Jackson was a 6-1, 6-2 victor over David Hahn in the third singles match.

Junior Kamal Dayal suffered his first SEOAL South loss in the No. 1 singles competition, falling 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 to Evan Stacy. The third set tiebreaker was won by Stacy on a 4-7 count.

The junior-sophomore duo of Quinton Nibert and Jordan Cornwell were 6-1, 6-0 winners over Josh Dearth and Jason Poetker in the No. 1 doubles contest, while the junior-sophomore duo of Tim Huffman and Mollie Blake needed three sets to beat Greg Desnert and Perry Difranco in No. 2 doubles by a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 margin.

Gallia Academy returns to action Monday when its hosts two-time defending SEOAL champion and this year's SEOAL North winner Athens on Senior Night at Memorial Field. The event will start at 4:30 p.m.