Hixson Cruises Past Silverdale

For pretty much the whole day, the skies in Hixson looked pretty much like the above picture.  Well, except for this morning when it was actually raining.  Oddly, we got our last drops of precipitation around 10 or 11 AM, and even though the sun did not come out till this evening, we were able to get our match against Silverdale finished.  It was a bit breezy and brisk, but not the worst weather to play tennis.

Probably due to the odd Friday night date, both our schools had problems fielding teams.  Silverdale only had five boys, and we ended up forfeiting the #3 doubles court for the girls.  I had two girls who could not make the match and three others that had to leave early.  Big THANKS to Whitney Clack, who stayed a half hour longer than she should have to complete both her singles and doubles match.  As a bonus, she won both, which helped us cruise to a 7-2 team victory.

The boys did great.  Our only loss was at #1 singles, where Alex Condra played a tough match, losing 7-9.  The Team win was especially sweet as we were without our #2, Carl Phillips, as he is nursing an ankle injury.  We need him healthy next week!

Full results below:

Hixson Girls def. Silverdale Girls 7-2

Girls Singles:

Whitney Clack (H) def. Hannah Mench 8-6

Kinsey Anderson (S) def. Michelle Phillips 8-6

Emily Gilreath (H) def. Lauren Sexton 8-3

Maggie Ozborn (H) def. Katrina Mauldin 8-2

Emily Davis (H) def. Lauren Buber 8-3

Caylee Schannuth (H) def. Katie Shadden 8-0

Girls Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Mench/Anderson 8-2

Gossett/Davis (H) def. Sexton/Maudlin 8-2

Buber/Shadden (S) win by forfeit

Hixson Boys def. Silverdale Boys 8-1

Boys Singles:

Ben Strawn (S) def. Alex Condra 9-7

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Mitch Mizzell 8-4

Richard Vuong (H) def. Austin Harkleroad 8-5

Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Riley Mattila 8-1

Rivers De'Friese (H) def. Hunter Hoskins 8-5

Landon Goforth (H) wins by forfeit

Boys Doubles:

Condra/Vuong (H) def. Strawn/Mizzell 8-6

Nguyen/Lindsey (H) def. Harkleroad/Mattila 8-1

Goforth/Ethan Gossett (H) win by forfeit

Records:

Hixson Girls: 9-4 (Overall); 8-0 (6-A/AA)

Hixson Boys: 11-2 (Overall); 8-0 (6-A/AA)

UP NEXT: Monday, April 22, CSAS at Home.  We know this is going to be tough for the girls and boys and a district championship on the line for both our boys and girls.  Should be fun!