Boys Win, Girls Forfeit.

With four girls missing, including my top three, I decided to forfeit our district match today on the girls' side against Chattanooga Central. Apologies to the three who were ready to play, but I didn't think it was fair to the opposing team to have them show up and play a skeleton crew.

I warned the boys yesterday that Central would be eager to avenge their early season district loss against us, and that they should expect every match today to be tough. Although we ended up winning by the same score, 6-3, I thought the Purple Pounders played much better this time around, and with no seniors in their top six, should be quite a bit better next year.




Lots of bright spots on the day, but in particular I'd like to single out Corey Phillips (#3 seed singles, #2 Doubles-- pictured above) and Jae Yoo (#6 seed singles, #3 Doubles-- pictured below), who were both perfect on the day in singles and doubles.



Here are the results:

Hixson Boys Defeat Central Boys 6-3

Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. George Ozborn 8-1
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Ethan Hickman 8-2
Corey Phillips (H) def. Coalton Mulkey 8-4
Jeff Chastain (C) def. Eric Barr 8-5
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Aaron Sanchez 8-5
Jae Yoo (H) def. Tyler Cranford 8-4

Doubles:

Mitchell/Chastain (C) def. Ozborn/Millwood 8-3
Phillips/Barr (H) def. Hickman/Mulkey 8-4
Craft/Yoo (H) def. Sanchez/Cranford 8-4

Up Next: The Red Bank Lions come to the Racquet Club on Tuesday. I believe their girls are still undefeated in district play, so we'll have our hands full on that front. We narrowly lost on the boys side last time, and I really think we can beat them this time around, assuming we all show up ready to play!