Well, it wasn't very warm, but at least the Sun was beaming today at the Lakeside Youth Sports Complex. Today was officially the first day of Spring and our last match before Hixson goes on Spring Break.
Both our teams are heading into the break sitting on a nice 3-0 District record thanks to their performance against Chattanooga Central.
I guess the story of the day has to be our last three seeds on the the girls team. Heading into the match, I knew that I was going to be short two of my top six girls. Emily Gilreath (#4) and Maggie Ozborn (#5) are on a school sponsored trip to New York with Hixson's String Orchestra. What I didn't know, was that my #3, Haylee Gossett was going to wake up this morning with a stomache virus.
In years past, if I had to go into a match missing three of my top six, there was pretty much no chance we would win. In fact, in some years, I didn't even have three extra players to substitute and I would have had to forfeit a match or two. Well not today! Emily Davis, Lydia Lindsey and Caylee Schannuth (#7, 8 and 9 on the depth chart) all scored points for the Wildcats. Emily won her singles and doubles matches, and Lydia and Caylee each won their singles matches. In fact, every girl in the line up helped account for our 7 points-- to win the match easily.
The Boys also won 7-2, and just like the girls, every boy helped secure one of our team points. There were some fierce battles that Hixson came out on top, namely #1 Singles and Doubles. Alex Condra and Carl Phillips showed real composure over a pair of seniors in the doubles to prevail 9-7 after being down for most of the match. Alex also came out on top in a very close singles match that went back and forth before he closed the deal with the same 9-7 score.
Nice way to head into vacation. Here are the full results:
Hixson Girls def. Chattanooga Central Girls 7-2
Singles:
Whitney Clack (H) def. Alex Bonner 8-4
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christie Loden 8-2
Tiffany Murray (C) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-2
Emily Davis (H) def. Erin Jones 8-4
Lydia Lindsey (H) def. Taylor McKenzie 8-0
Caylee Schannuth (H) def. Abigail Bell 8-4
Doubles:
Clack/Phillips (H) def. Bonner/Murray 9-7 (7.2)
Cor. Schannuth/Davis (H) def. Loden/Jones 8-6
Alex Coulter/Lauren Belcher (C) def. Lindsey/Cay. Schannuth 8-6
Hixson Boys def. Chattanooga Central Boys 7-2
Singles:
Alex Condra (H) def. John Mitchell 9-7
Carl Phillips (H) def. Jeffrey Chastain 8-1
Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Walt Braley 8-5
Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-0
Richard Vuong (H) def. Kevin Chiang 8-4
Kylen Harrison (C) def. Rivers De'Friese 8-1
Doubles:
Condra/Phillips (H) def. Mitchell/Chastain 9-7
Braley/Chiang (C) def. Nguyen/Vuong 8-5
Lindsey/De'Friese (H) def. Ragsdale/Harrison (8-2)
Records:
Hixson Girls: 3-2 (Overall); 3-0 (District 6A/AA)
Hixson Boys: 4-1(Overall); 3-0 (District 6A/AA)
UP NEXT: Spring Break! Then on Monday, April 1 we will play our make up match with East Ridge at the Racquet Club.
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