Hixson Boys Charge Past Chattanooga Christian - Girls Come Up Short In Opener

Always fun to head out to the foot of Lookout Mountain to play Chattanooga Christian.  We always know that we will have a tough match on our hands, and today was no exception.  The Boys started off the season with their first win over the Chargers during my six year tenure at Hixson.  

I thought it might go a little more lopsided, but in the end, we got our five wins.  We started the day off with doubles and we took 2 out of 3 there.  We then got three more wins in the #1, 2 & 4 spots in singles and that was all we needed.  Ethan Gossett almost gave us a sixth "W", but ended up losing a close tiebreaker in the #5 spot.  Great job by Alex Condra, Richard Vuong and Carl Phillips for winning both their singles/doubles matches.

Going in, we knew we had our hands full on the Girls side, as the Lady Chargers are the Defending State Champs in A/AA.  Overall, I am quite pleased with the way our girls handled themselves.  We even got a nice win from Maggie Ozborn & Corynne Schannuth in the #3 doubles slot. 

Here are the full results:

Hixson Boys def. CCS Boys 5-4

Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. Joe Sliger 8-2

Richard Vuong (H) def. Baxendell 8-2

Will French (C) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-0

Carl Phillips (H) def. Rett Bryant 8-2

Tommy Howell (C) def. Ethan Gossett 9-8 (10-8)

A. Turner (C) def. Rivers DeFriese 8-5

Doubles:

Condra/Vuong (H) def. Sliger/Baxendell 8-4

Nguyen/Phillips (H) def. French/Howell 8-5

Bryant/Turner (C) def. Gossett/DeFriese 8-2

CCS Girls def. Hixson Girls 8-1

Singles:

Hannah Henry (C) def. Michelle Phillips 8-1

Caroline Redberg (C) def. Haylee Gossett 8-5

Emmie Cornell (C) def. Emily Davis 8-4

Roo Rogers (C) def. Caylee Schannuth 8-6

Sarah Smith (C) def. Maggie Ozborn 8-1

Lizzy Hoffecker (C) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-4

Doubles:

Henry/Redberg (C) def. Gossett/Davis 8-0

Cornell/Smith (C) def. Phillips/C. Schannuth 8-5

Ozborn/Schannuth (H) def. Rogers/Kadie Ann Smith 9-8 (7-4)

Hixson Records:

Boys 1-0 (Overall); 0-0 (District 6-A/AA)

Girls 0-1 (Overall); 0-0 (District 6-A/AA)

UP NEXT: "Friday Night Under the Lights I"  Friday, March 14, 6:00 PM indoors at the Racquet Club of Chattanooga versus Rhea County.  Another traditional out of district match.  The Rhea County Girls should be tough as usual.  They also have a very good #1 Seed on the Boys' side.  Should be fun!  Please come out and support us!