Wildcats March Past Patriots!

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Earlier today I posted the above picture on Facebook and billed today's match as "The Showdown at Warner Park".  I think it lived up to the billing.

I didn't post any details about yesterday's match.  I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've ever posted scores without saying anything about what happened.  Truth is the girls simply took care of business, and I was just too mad to post about the boys.  I thought they played Red Bank with no heart yesterday, and while they won, I was disappointed and frustrated.  

I challenged the boys today to show me they wanted to be serious contenders for the District Championship.  I was also abundantly clear that if they did not hustle and show me that they were willing to fight for every point, that I would forfeit their court.  Knowing full well the ramifications of forfeiting a court against a district rival such as CSAS.  Every single one of the boys responded positively to my challenge.  We met a slightly handicapped Patriot team (they were missing two of their top six), but the Hixson Boys took care of business with a decisive 7-2 victory and sole possession of first place in District 6-A/AA.  It very nearly was total domination as the the two courts we lost (#2 Singles and #1 Doubles) we lost 6-8.

I was so worried about my boys going in to today, I made a careless mistake.  I did not think the CSAS girls would pose a problem for our girls.  I was completely wrong!!  Those CSAS girls are young, but they are fighters.  We very nearly lost.  Big congratulations to Corynne Schannuth, who was the last girl still playing with the score tied at 4-4, and she came through with arguably the biggest win of her high school career: 8-6.  

Big day for Hixson Tennis, both our boys and girls are in first place in the district. Full results below:

Hixson Girls def. CSAS Girls 5-4

Kirstin Johnson (C) def. Whitney Clack 8-6

Michelle Phillips (H) def. Yasmine Foster 8-1

Sneha Mahesh (C) def. Haylee Gossett 8-6

Emily Gilreath (H) def. Cadence Camp 8-1

Allycia Lee (C) def. Maggie Ozborn 8-3

Corynne Schannuth (H) def. Katie Foster 8-6

Girls Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Johnson/Y. Foster 8-2

Gossett/Gilreath (H) def. Lee/K. Foster 9-7

Mahesh/Camp (C) def. Ozborn/Schannuth 8-6

Hixson Boys def. CSAS Boys 7-2

Alex Condra (H) def. Visaal Sivakumar 9-7

Raymond Kim (C) def. Carl Phillips 8-6

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Austin Azcona 8-2

Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Kevin Lee 8-3

Richard Vuong (H) def. Rupert Cong 8-1

Rivers De'Friese (H) def. Sean Kennon 8-2

Boys Doubles:

Sivakumar/Kim (C) def. Condra/Phillips 8-4

Nguyen/Vuong (H) def. Azcona/Lee 8-4

Lindsey/De'Friese (H) def. Cong/Kennon 8-2

Records:

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

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

UP NEXT: Thursday, April 11, East Hamilton @ Home.  Both our teams won in our first meeting, but you can bet the Hurricanes will be out for some revenge.  It will be an interesting match to be sure. Hixson has a giant bullseye on their back now that we are in first place.