Signal Mountain Tames Wildcats.

What a great visit to Signal Mountain today.  This is the kind of early season match that will pay dividends down the road.  The final scores may look lopsided, but I can say I am proud of the way our kids competed up and down the boys' and girls' lineups.  I asked my kids to fight for every point, and that's exactly what they did.

The girls only managed one win on the day, but it was an important one at #1 Doubles.  Whitney Clack and Michelle Phillips remained perfect on the season with a win over a doubles team that ended up as the Runner Up in Region 4 last year.

For the boys, Carl Phillips (#2) and Richard Vuong (#5) managed to score wins in singles.  Both played near flawless matches.  All of the boys played well in doubles, but this Signal Mountain team is well coached and they have a good bit more experience than our team.

As I said, I am quite pleased with the way we played.  Heading into tomorrow's district match against Central, we will need to keep this level of play going.

Here are the results:

Signal Mountain Girls def. Hixson Girls 8-1

Girls Singles:

Kylila Tucker (SM) def. Whitney Clack 8-4
Shelby O'Quinn (SM) def. Michelle Phillips 8-5
Natalie Palmer (SM) def. Haylee Gossett 8-0
Anna Cameron (SM) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-2
Allwyn Fisher (SM) def. Emily Davis 8-3
Colleen Conner (SM) def. Lydia Lindsey 8-6

Girls Doubls:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Tucker/Palmer 8-5
O'Quinn/Fisher (SM) def. Gossett/Schannuth 8-2
Cameron/Tess McCain (SM) def. Davis/Lindsey 8-2

Boys Singles:

Forrest Hooten (SM) def. Alex Condra 8-4
Carl Phillips (H) def. Adam Wolfe 9-7
Harrison Smith (SM) def. Jacob Lindsey 8-1
Jason Morris (SM) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-3
Richard Vuong (H) def. Zach Brown 8-5
Luke Blentlinger (SM) def. Rivers De'Friese 8-2

Boys Doubles:

Hooten/Wolfe (SM) def. Condra/Phillips 8-5
Smith/Brown (SM) def. Nguyen/Vuong 8-4
Blentlinger/Micajah Tucker (SM) def. Lindsey/De'Friese 8-4

UP NEXT:  Thursday, March 21 @ Chattanooga Central.  I cannot emphasize enough how important this match is for both the Girls and the Boys.  Both our teams would have a huge leg up in our regular season District race if they can take care of business at Lakeside Courts.  Central has some veteran players, hungry to beat Hixson.  We will need to play our best.