Convincing Sweep Today!

Both the boys and girls teams took care of business today in District play, which means I get to use my favorite image (the one above with the moving broom)! It's nice to get a sweep, but it's even sweeter when it is against one of the schools in our District.

Lots of highlights today. First, let me just list all the players who won their Doubles and Singles matches: Whitney, Michelle, Haylee, Kayla, George, Cory, and Eric. Alex Shuford, subbing for Jae Yoo who had a hand injury, got a hard fought win at #6 singles, marking the first Varsity singles win of his career at Hixson. Nathan Terrell, a freshmen, also got his first action in a varsity match. He came in with Eric Barr and picked up a win at #3 doubles.

One of the best comebacks I've seen since taking the job at Hixson, was at #2 singles on the girls side. I did not see what happened at the start of the match, but by the time I got down there Whitney was down 1-5. After watching a few points, I could tell Whit was clearly the better player. She lost that game though-- now it was 1-6. Luckily, coaching is allowed during matches in High School tennis, so I got to speak with her on the change over. I told her that I thought she was the better player, and she agreed. I told her to take it one point at a time. She's a good listener, because she proceeded to win the next 7 games for the win, 8-6.

Very nice way to head into Spring Break. Which reminds me. There will be mandatory practice next week at the Racquet Club at our normal time for anyone not going out of town. If you are going out of town, I need a parent to let me know. We have got a ridiculous week coming up right after Spring Break with four matches in five days (who made this schedule?). We have a lot of work to do.

Here are the results:


Hixson Girls (1-1) def. Central Girls (0-2): 7-2

Girls Singles:

Autumn Baker (C) def. Candace Cline; 8-3
Whitney Clack (H) def. Christie Loden; 8-6
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Dora Harper; 8-4
Haylee Gossett (H) def. Tiffany Murray; 8-5
Erin Jones (C) def. Corynne Schannuth; 9-8 (10-8)
Kayla Morgan (H) def. Laura Belcher; 8-5

Girls Doubles:

Cline/Clack (H) def. Baker/Harper; 8-6
Gossett/Schannuth (H) def. Loden/Murray; 8-4
Phillips/Morgan (H) def. Belcher/Tyler McKenzie; 8-3

Hixson Boys (2-0) def. Central Boys (0-2): 7-2

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. Dylan Millwood; 8-5
George Ozborn (H) def. Jeff Chastain; 8-5
Cory Phillips (H) def. Dylan Cotter; 8-4
Myles Goforth (H) def. Walt Braley; 8-2
Eric Barr (H) def. Alex Henry; 8-2
Alex Shuford (H) def. Nick Santos; 9-8 (7-5)


Boys Doubles:

Mitchell/Jones (C) def. Millwood/Goforth; 8-2
Ozborn/Phillips (H) def. Chastain/Braley; 8-4
Barr/Nathan Terrell (H) def. Andrew Vickers/Jordan Mallett; 8-3


Up Next: Monday, March 28 @ Chattanooga Christian School. Perennial powerhouse CCS will be a very tough opponent. We did not play them last year, but look for them to be very strong 1-6 on the girls and boys side.