Hurricanes Wash Away Wildcats.

First of all, I'd like to say that our boys played very well today. I was fully expecting for the East Hamilton boys to push us around, and that did not happen. In the end the Wildcats lost a tough one, 6-3. There were two close matches that maybe we should have closed out, at #2 doubles and #3 singles. We were ahead 6-3 in one of those matches, but we could not seal the deal. Sometimes these close ones are even harder to swallow, because this could have just as easily gone 5-4, in Hixson's favor.

The Girls matches on the other hand, were almost all blowouts in favor of the defending district champion, Lady Hurricanes. Our top five seeds only managed to win 10 games in singles. That's right: East Hamilton 40; Hixson 10. As you know, all you need is five wins to win a team match. East Hamilton got to five with relative ease. We have got to do better about fighting for games. I would like to point out that Haylee Gossett and Corynne Schannuth did keep us from suffering a shutout. They played a great doubles match against the same two girls who beat them in singles, proving that we have the talent to match up with East Hamilton, maybe we just need to find the heart.

Here are the full results.


East Hamilton Girls def. Hixson Girls 8-1

Singles:

Taylor Johnson (EH) def. Whitney Clack, 8-2
Hilleary Chandler (EH) def. Michelle Phillips, 8-0
Abigail Ware (EH) def. Haylee Gossett, 8-4
Katie Loftin (EH) def. Corynne Schannuth, 8-2
Sanna Peters (EH) def. Emily Gilreath, 8-2
Jessica Peters (EH) def. Lydia Lindsey, 8-6

Doubles:

Johnson/Chandler (EH) def. Clack/Phillips, 8-2
Gossett/Schannuth (H) def. Ware/Loftin, 8-4
Jordan Kaset/Carly Jones (EH) def. Gilreath/Maggie Ozborn, 8-2

Hixson Girls Record:
Overall 5-1; District 6A/AA 4-1


East Hamilton Boys def. Hixson Boys 6-3

Singles:

Dylan Millwood (H) def. Daniel Jung, 8-2
George Ozborn (H) def. Clark Templeton, 8-5
Bailey Lenoir (EH) def. Cory Phillips, 8-6
Ryan Williamson (EH) def. Kevin Nguyen, 8-3
David Templeton (EH) def. Jacob Lindsey, 8-2
Matthew Sayne (EH) def. Rivers DeFries, 8-1

Doubles:

Millwood/Ozborn (H) def. Jung/C. Templeton, 9-8 (7-4)
Lenoir/Sayne (EH) def. Phillips/Nguyen, 8-6
Williamson/D. Templeton (EH) def. Lindsey/DeFries, 8-0

Hixson Boys Record:
Overall 2-4; District 6A/AA 2-3