Woodstock’s Wood showed her mettle
by Emily Horos
ehoros@cherokeetribune.com
01:09 AM, Thursday, May 23
WOODSTOCK — The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Wood family — and that looks like a good thing for Woodstock tennis.

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