We could not have asked for a prettier day to kick off our High School Tennis season. It was unseasonably warm this afternoon at the Lakeside Sports Complex for our match against district rival, Chattanooga Central. Both teams were pretty well evenly matched. The Lady Wildcats won 6-3, while the Hixson boys edged out the Purple Pounders 5-4.
Lots of good stuff to talk about. First of all there were three matches on the girls' side that went to a tiebreaker. Unfortunately, Hixson came out on the wrong end of two of those. Lydia Lindsey (Junior), playing in her first varsity match at the #6 seed, won a nail-biter 10-8 in the tiebreak. She probably does not want me to remind her that she was actually up 6-3 in the tiebreaker and that she lost three consecutive points to let her opponent back in it! All water under the bridge though, as she did manage to prevail. Maggie Ozborn (Freshman) got her first varsity experience today as well, teaming up with fellow freshman, Emily Gilreath. They managed to take care of their opponents without needing a tiebreaker. Whitney Clack (Junior) and Michelle Phillips (Sophomore) won together in doubles and each won their singles matches. Corynne Schannuth (Sophomore) also took care of business at the #4 seed.
On the boys' side, it was touch and go there for awhile. My top three seeds all won their matches. Dylan Millwood (Senior) played exceptionally well and beat a player he was not able to beat last year. The only other boy to win in singles was Freshman Rivers DeFries, making his debut for the Varsity a sweet one. Heading into doubles, we only needed one win out of three. As a coach, I like my chances when that happens. Usually, I can relax at this point. Not this time. My #1 team was sent packing early, 1-8. Which meant I still had to win one match with two still on the court. When my first team came off the court, neither of my other two teams were in the lead. Thankfully, my #2 team, Dylan and Kevin Nguyen (Sophomore) were able to secure a victory, 8-6. Whew! I needed one win in doubles and that's all we got.
Here are the full results:
Hixson Girls def. Central Girls 6-3
Girls' Singles:
Whitney Clack (H) def. Autumn Baker 8-4
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christy Loden 8-6
Alex Bonner (C) def. Haylee Gossett 8-5
Corynne Schannuth (H) def. Erin Jones 8-3
Tiffany Murray (C) def. Emily Gilreath 9-8 (8-6)
Lydia Lindsey (H) def. Dora Harper 9-8 (10-8)
Girls' Doubles:
Clack/Phillips (H) def. Baker/Bonner 8-6
Loden/Jones (C) def. Gossett/Schannuth 8-7 (7-1)
Gilreath/Ozborn (H) def. Murray/Lauren Belcher 8-5
Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 5-4
Boys' Singles:
Dylan Millwood (H) def. John Mitchell 8-2
George Ozborn (H) def. Jeff Chastain 8-1
Cory Phillips (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-6
Walt Braley (C) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-3
Andrew Vickers (C) def. Jacob Lindsey 8-4
Rivers DeFries (H) def. Kevin Chang 8-6
Boys' Doubles:
Mitchell/Chastain (C) def. Ozborn/Phillips 8-1
Millwood/Nguyen (H) def. Braley/Vickers 8-6
Ragsdale/Chang (C) def. Lindsey/DeFries 8-4
Up Next: At Red Bank on Friday, March 16. We just had a scrimmage against Red Bank last week and we know how tough this team is. In order for us to win on either to the boys' or girls' side we are going to all have to play our best tennis.
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