Hixson Splits with the Golden Eagles.

Well, it wasn't that  cold, but it was certainly not a pleasant day either.  I complained about it being cold and windy for a scrimmage against Rhea County last week.  I'm pretty sure it was colder and windier today.  Some of our kids adapted and others did not.  In then end we managed a split.

The Girls lost a heart breaker, 5-4.  We only won two matches in Singles: Whitney Clack and Corynne Schannuth, which means we still had a chance heading into the doubles, but we needed to sweep all three courts.  Whitney and Michelle Phillips prevailed 9-8 (7-2) at #1, and Maggie Ozborn and Lydia Lindsey easily won at #3, 8-3.  Our #2 doubles team, however, did not have a good day.  I really thought this was the year my girls would finally catch up to Rhea County, but it was not to be.

On the Boys' side of things, this match was much closer than final score indicates.  Alex Condra had just about all he could handle on Court #1, winning in a close 8-6 match.  Rivers DeFries let his opponent win four games in a row, before he reeled off the final two games to win a nail biter, 9-7.   If Rhea County wins those two matches who knows what would have happened in the doubles.  As it turned out, our boys took care of business and swept all three courts of doubles.

Here are the full results:

Rhea County Girls def. Hixson Girls 5-4

Girls Singles:

Whitney Clack (H) def. Lexi Bowman 8-6
Shayla Bradley (RC) def. Michelle Phillips 8-4
Mallory McWerter (RC) def. Haylee Gossett 8-0
Lindsey Smith (RC) def. Maggie Ozborn 8-3
Corynne Schannuth (H) def. Megan Millard 8-2
Katelyn Travis (RC) def. Lydia Lindsey 8-4

Girls Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Bowman/McWerter 9-8 (7-2)
Bradley/Smith (RC) def. Gossett/Schannuth 8-1
Ozborn/Lindsey (H) def. Millard/Travis 8-3

Records:

Hixson: 1-1 (Overall), 1-0 (District 6A/AA)
Rhea County: 1-1 (Overall), 0-1 (District 5AAA)

Hixson Boys def. Rhea County Boys 7-2

Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. Kyle Runyan 8-6
Hunter Byrd (RC) def. Carl Phillips 8-3
Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Andrew Travis 8-3
Chase Sholl (RC) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-5
Richard Vuong (H) def. Gavin Jones 8-1
Rivers DeFries (H) def. Tanner Holsomback 9-7

Doubles:

Condra/Phillips (H) def. Runyan/Travis 8-2
Nguyen/Vuong (H) def. Byrd/Holsomback 8-5
Lindsey/DeFries (H) def. Sholl/Jones 8-1

Records:

Hixson: 2-0 (Overall), 1-0 (Distrct 6A/AA)
Rhea County: 1-1 (Overall), 1-0 (District 5AAA)

UP NEXT: Friday, March 15 @ East Hamilton.  You can always count on East Hamilton to field strong teams on the boys and girls side.  Last year, EH's girls won our district.  While they graduated 3 of 6 on that team, look for the Hurricanes to quickly reload and give us all we can handle.  Not sure what to expect on the boys' side.  I know that they have some experience on the team.  I suspect our boys will need to play their best to grab a win.