Wildcats Dash Past Purple Pounders!

Here we are: 8-0, and just two district matches left in our season.  I've never talked about district championships here on the blog, because, quite frankly, we've never been close.  Not sure if my players understand the magnitude of this, but it is keeping me awake at night.  The Hixson Girls have not won a District Championship since 2001 and the Boys have not won since 1996.  They haven't simultaneously won District Championships since 1990.  So pardon me if you happen to catch me pacing during our next two District matches.  This is a very BIG deal.

Although the final score looks like the Girls had things under control, I was not so sure until the bitter end.  The Girls won two out of three doubles matches to get us off to a good start-- but even there, we needed a come from behind win by our #1 team, Whitney and Michelle.  We put #1, 2 and 3 singles on next, and the pendulum started to swing in Central's favor, as they got wins at #1 and 3.  With #4, 5 and 6 on the court, both teams needed two wins to secure the overall team win.  Corynne, Emily Davis and Lydia Lindsey came through and swept those final three courts.  So yes, I can breathe again.

The Boys were pretty much in control from start to finish.  We swept Central in Doubles, so I was not worried about getting two wins out of six singles matches.  Jacob Lindsey won his singles easily at 8-1, so with four courts completed, I had four wins.  

Here are the full results:

Hixson Girls def. Chattanooga Central Girls 6-3

Girls Singles:

Alex Bonner (C) def. Whitney Clack 8-4

Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christie Loden 8-4

Tiffany Murray (C) def. Emily Gilreath 8-4

Corynne Schannuth (H) def. Lauren Belcher 9-7

Emily Davis (H) def. Erin Jones 8-3

Lydia Lindsey (H) def. Taylor McKenzie 8-2

Girls Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Bonner/Murray 8-4

Gilreath/Gossett (H) def. Loden/Jones 8-4

Belcher/McKenzie (C) def. Schannuth/Davis 8-6

Hixson Boys def. Chattanooga Central Boys 7-2

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. Alex Condra 8-2

Jeff Chastain (C) def. Carl Phillips 8-3

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Walt Braley 8-3

Richard Vuong (H) def. Kevin Chiang 8-2

Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-1

Rivers De'Friese (H) def. Kylan Harrison 8-3

Boys Doubles:

Condra/Phillips (H) def. Mitchell/Chastain 8-6

Nguyen/Vuong (H) def. Braley/Chiang 8-4

Lindsey/De'Friese (H) def. Ragsdale/Harrison 9-7

Records:

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

Hixson Boys: 10-2 (Overall); 8-0 (6-A/AA)

UP NEXT: Friday, April 19, Silverdale at Home.  The weather does not look promising for tomorrow afternoon.  Since Silverdale is not in our district, we will most likely not make this one up if we get rained out.  If we play, it should be a good match as nearly all the private Christian Academies put together competitive teams.  Hope we get it in!