Hixson Splits with Walker Valley

The boys got a good non-district win today, and the first against a Triple A school during my tenure at Hixson. Walker Valley, who are in a bit of a rebuilding phase, came in with very talented #1 and #2 seeds. Those two players, both seniors, accounted for all the scoring the Mustangs would accumulate on the day. They both won their singles matches and together they won at #1 doubles. Other than that, it was all Hixson. Myles Goforth, Eric Barr and Jae Yoo (our #4, #5 and #6 seeds) were all perfect on the day winning in singles and doubles, sealing the victory. Big congratulations to Eric Barr (pictured above), who was down 2-6, but ended up coming back to win his singles match in tiebreaker.

The Walker Valley girls came into today's match unbeaten, and they are a very formidable team. Perhaps not as dominating as the CCS squad we faced yesterday, but the Lady Mustangs did not allow any of our girls to get on the scoreboard. File this one under: Growing Pains.

Here are the results:

Walker Valley Girls def. Hixson Girls 9-0

Girls Singles:

Alyssa McAlister def. Candace Cline 8-1
Wendi Watson def. Whitney Clack 8-5
Reed Jones def. Michelle Phillips 8-3
Casey DeCook def. Haylee Gossett 8-0
Taryn Wilson def. Corynne Schannuth 8-2
Jami Gibson def. Kayla Morgan 8-1

Girls Doubles

DeCook/Gibson def. Cline/Clack 8-4
Watson/Kayla Beckler def. Gossett/Schannuth 8-0
Jones/Wilson def. Phillips/Morgan 8-3


Records:
Walker Valley 3-0 (1-0)
Hixson 1-3 (1-1)

Hixson Boys def. Walker Valley Boys 6-3

Boys Singles:

Ben Watson (WV) def. Dylan Millwood (H) 8-3
Jordan Willautt (WV) def. George Ozborn (H) 8-3
Cory Phillips (H) def. Chase Bynum (WV) 8-6
Myles Goforth (H) def. Jordan Glover (WV) 8-2
Eric Barr (H) def. Joel Childers (WV) 9-8 (7-2)
Jae Yoo (H) def. Trevor Harper (WV) 8-4

Boys Doubles:

Watson/Willautt (WV) def. Ozborn/Phillips (H) 8-4
Millwood/Goforth (H) def. Bynum/Harper (WV) 8-6
Barr/Yoo (H) def. Glover/Harper (WV) 8-4

Records:
Walker Valley 1-2 (1-0)
Hixson 3-1 (2-0)

Up Next: Thursday, March 31 @ East Hamilton. VERY IMPORTANT district match for the boys. The Hurricanes lost their top two seeds from last year, but they still have a solid team. Their girls are much improved from last year's squad, and may be the best girl's team in our district. We've got our work cut out for us!