Hixson Splits with Boyd Buchanan

Well today was the first day in what should be a pretty tough week for the Wildcats. Due to a makeup match later this week with CSAS, we will play four matches in four days-- Monday through Thursday.  With that in mind, we had a mandatory practice on Saturday.  For the most part these kids are on their own this week, as I can't help them quite as much during a match as I can at practice, but this should be a great learning experience.

The girls were handed their biggest defeat of the season: 8-1.  Last week at Cleveland I alluded to the idea that I didn't think the girls were playing as well as they should.  For the most part, that was not the case today.  I thought most of our girls played tough today against a very good Boyd Buchanan team.  The Boyd Buchanan girls are the defending 5-A/AA Champions, and they played like it today.  Congrats to Whitney and Michelle for picking up a win at #1 doubles to prevent the shutout.

Our young Hixson boys rebounded from their loss against Cleveland quite nicely, beating an equally young Boyd Buchanan team 6-3.  There were close matches up and down the lineup, and this one could have gone either way.  Very proud of our boys for pulling it out.  Alex & Carl really solidified our win by winning their singles matches and teaming up to win at #1 doubles.

Here are the results:

Boyd buchanan Girls def. Hixson Girls 8-1

Girls Singles:

Makenna Thomas (BB) def. Whitney Clack 8-4

Katie Delay (BB) def. Michelle Phillips 8-3
Paige Zumbrun (BB) def. Haylee Gossett 8-4

Shelby Brown (BB) def. Emily Gilreath 8-0

Peyton Miller (BB) def. Maggie Ozborn 8-6

Courtney Ozborn (BB) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-6

Girls Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Delay/Zumbrun 8-5

Thomas/Jessica Kirk (BB) def. Gossett/Gilreath (8-6)

Miller/Ozborn (BB) def. Ozborn/Schannuth (8-3)

Hixson Boys def. Boyd Buchanan Boys 6-3

Boys Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. Joseph Fairchild 8-5

Carl Phillips (H) def. Jake Hardin 9-7

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Stephen Ingram 8-4

Grayson Hartness (BB) def. Jacob Lindsey 8-2

Richard Vuong (H) def. Nathan Commers 8-4

Charlie Driver (BB) def. Rivers De'Friese 9-7

Boys Doubles:

Condra/Phillips (H) def. Fairchild/Ingram 8-6

Hartness/Commers (BB) def. Nguyen/Vuong 8-3

Lindsey/De'Friese (H) def. Jake Perry/Grant Mathis 8-1

Records:

Hixson Girls: 4-4 (Overall); 4-0 (6-A/AA)
Hixson Boys: 6-2 (Overall); 4-0 (6-AAA)

UP NEXT: Tuesday, April 9 @ Red Bank.  We've met the Lions already this year.  They will be seeking to play us a little better.  Very important match for our boys and girls, as we need to keep our district winning streak alive!