Win One, Lose One

Well once again we've determined that the people running weather.com aren't very good at what they do. No rain today, and it actually felt like Spring for much of today's match. The clouds were looming there toward the end, but for the most part it was pleasant.

Congratulations to my Boys who earned their first district win. They won seven of the nine matches and lost another in a tough tiebreaker against the Purple Pounders of Chattanooga Central. Corey Phillips, Jae Yoo and Jonathan Craft (my 4, 5, and 6 seeds) really carried the load today by sweeping their singles and doubles matches. Very satisfying win.

The girls also played well, but were forced to forfeit two matches due to injury and illness. Still they almost pulled off the amazing upset. We had a chance with our last doubles match on the court. As a coach, I like my chances if that's the case. We'll see Central later in the year, and hopefully we'll have a full, healthy line-up.

Next week is another tough week with matches on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. With that in mind and the weather looking good for Saturday, I'm having a mandatory practice on Saturday 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Racquet Club on the Hard Courts. I say "mandatory" but if you've already made plans to go out of town, or have something else going on, just let me know.

Here are the results:

Central Girls def. Hixson Girls 5-4

Girls Singles:

Autumn Baker (C) def. Allison Cowart (H) 8-6
Candace Cline (H) def. Taylor Woods (C) 8-2
Christy Loden (C) def. Ashton Summers (H) 8-6
Whitney Clack (H) def. Erin Jones (C) 8-1
Torey Hart (H) def. Alex Cotter (C) 8-3
Kelsey Cagle (C) def. Caroline Daugherty (H) Forfeit

Girls Doubles:

Cowart/Summers (H) def. Baker/Jones (C) 8-3
Woods/Loden (C) def. Cline/Clack (H) 8-4
Cotter/Cagle (C) def. Hart/Daugherty (H) Forfeit

Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 6-3

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. George Ozborn (H) 8-2
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Coalton Mulkey (C) 8-6
Ethan Hickman (C) def. Eric Barr (H) 8-4
Corey Phillips (H) def. Jeff Chastain (C) 8-5
Jae Yoo (H) def. Aaron Sanchez (C) 8-5
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Alex Henley 8-4

Boys Doubles:

Mitchell/Mulkey (C) def. Millwood/Barr (H) 9-8 (7-5)
Ozborn/Phillips (H) def. Hickman/Chastain (C) 8-6
Yoo/Craft (H) def. Sanchez/Henley (C) 8-1