It seems like a year ago, but a week ago today, we traveled back to Warner Park to play two very good CSAS squads for the second time this season. This match was supposed to be held at the Racquet Club, but our courts were still not ready. Coach Pate, a truly class act in high school athletics, was gracious enough to let us play at his home courts in lieu of rescheduling the date. Whitney Clack and Jonathan Craft were the only bright spots for either team, as CSAS showed why they are one of the teams to beat in our upcoming District tournament. Here are the results:
CSAS Girls Def. Hixson Girls 7-2
Girls Singles:
Kayla Kelly (C) def. Allison Cowart 8-0
Ahmee Kelly (C) def. Candace Cline (H) 8-2
Erin Mournier (C) def. Ashton Summers (H) 8-1
Whitney Clack (H) def. Maria Alley (C) 8-4
Cindy Ormaza (C) def. Torey Hart (H) 8-0
Hannah Byrne (C) def. Kayla Morgan (H) 8-0
Girls Doubles:
Mournier/Alley (C) def. Cowart/Summers (H) 8-5
Cline/Clack (H) def. Ormaza/Byrne (C) 8-4
Kelsey Williams/Allie Emmett (C) def. Hart/Morgan (H) 8-2
CSAS Boys def. Hixson Boys 6-3
Boys Singles:
Jackson Lenoir (C) def. George Ozborn (H) 8-2
Brian Wright (C) def. Dylan Millwood (H) 8-5
Alex Evers (C) def. Eric Barr (H) 8-3
Raja Moughrabi (C) def. Corey Phillips 8-2
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Raymond Kim 8-1
Colby Kendrick (C)def. Jae Yoo 8-4
Boys Doubles:
Evers/Moughrabi (C) def. Ozborn/Millwood (H) 8-6
Barr/Phillips (H) def. Kim/Chandler Custer (C) 8-4
Yoo/Craft (H) def. Calvin Bibbs-Lee/Justin Botting 8-7 (7-4)
Two days, later we took a trip up Hwy 27 to Dayton to play our second match versus Rhea County. The Boys and Girls took their lumps, but I felt everyone played well. Most impressive was Russ Rebennack (pictured above), who got his first varsity start in singles. He nearly pulled off the upset, losing 7-2 in a tiebreaker. Dylan Millwood (pictured below) also played a fantastic match, albeit a losing one. He too lost in a tiebreaker. This was the second meeting of the year for these two, and last time Rhea county's Jake Ricketts beat Dylan soundly 8-1. Nice show of improvement!
Here are the results:
Rhea County Girls defeat Hixson Girls 9-0
Girls Singls:
Ashley Stewart def. Allison Cowart 8-2
Kelsey Fredricks def. Candace Cline 8-2
Kaylee Cochran def. Ashton Summers 8-1
Kaylee Argo def. Whitney Clack 8-1
Addison Edwards def. Torey Hart 8-1
Kara McClendon def. Kayla Morgan 9-0
Girls Doubles:
Stewart/McClendon def. Cowart/Summers 8-5
Fredricks/Cochran def. Cline/Clack 8-1
Argo/Edwards def. Hart/Morgan 8-0
Rhea County Boys Defeat Hixson Boys 7-2
Boys Singles:
Dylan Coulter (RC) def. George Ozborn 8-3
Jake Ricketts (RC) def. Dylan Millwood 9-8 (7-0)
Wesley Sanders (RC) def. Corey Phillips 8-2
Jacob Davis (RC) def. Eric Barr 8-6
Zach Madewell (RC) def. Jae Yoo 8-1
Evan Smith (RC) def. Russ Rebennack 9-8 (7-2)
Boys Doubles:
Ozborn/Millwood (H) def. Davis/Smith 8-4
Phillips/Barr (H) def. Kyle Runyon/Austin Patton 8-4
Mitchell Barry/Ben Ross (RC) def. Yoo/Rebennack 8-5
Bright and early the next day, on Friday, we all gathered for our first invitational tournament since I took the job here at Hixson. The Champions Club (pictured above) has been hosting this tournament for several years. It is my understanding that Hixson may have taken part in it before, but it has been several years since our last appearance.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the tournament, there are two draws: A & B. The eight teams in the A Divison play regular single elimination tournament for each seed with a consolation draw (with every player guaranteed three singles matches and every doubles team is guaranteed three matches as well). The level of play is generally higher in the A Division, and it is a goal of mine to get our teams to that level. The B Divison was comprised of four teams and used a round robin format for each seed. Our Girls team got to play three teams they'd never faced before in Walker Valley, McMinn and Grace Academy. Our Boys were not quite so lucky, as they got to play only one new team in Grace Academy, along with CSAS and Rhea County (can you believe that?).
Too many matches for me to post all the scores, so I'll just mention that the girls finished third out of the four teams in their group and the boys finished in the cellar. I don't like to make excuses, but I'm pretty sure both CSAS and Rhea County were better than a couple of the teams in the A Division, and I was missing one of my top six. All things considered, I'm pretty happy about the experience gained by both my teams. I saw some amazing play from just about everybody on the team. Next year they will know what to expect, and we'll certainly be better prepared for our District Tourney in a couple of weeks.
Also, I would like to publicly thank Richard Millwood (Dylan's dad) for treating everyone who played in the tourney to a post-tournament dinner at Ci-Ci's Pizza. After playing six matches in two days, the kids certainly deserved it!
Up Next: Central at Lakeside Park. Our second match versus this District opponent. Our boys need to be focused, they won the first time, but I'm sure the Pounders would like to get a little revenge. Our girls nearly won with only five girls in the line-up. A sweep is possible!
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