Inaugural Friday Night Under the Lights Successful!

Awesome night!

By all accounts, the first Hixson regular season match to be played indoors was a rousing success.  The Racquet Club lobby was packed with fans from both Rhea County and the Home Team.  It was even kind of a homecoming, as many of the Universities in Tennessee are currently on Spring Break.  I saw no less than three former Hixson players: Whitney Clack & Lydia Lindsey from the class of 2013 and Myles Goforth, class of 2012.  The tennis was good too!  Our boys managed to prevail 8-1, and the girls had their chances in a 3-6 defeat.

We played doubles first and the Hixson Boys got off to a great start heading into singles, sweeping all three courts.  The Hixson Girls also did a great job in doubles, taking two out of three.  The boys continued their good run for the most part in singles.  One hiccup in the #5 position, but Ethan Gossett had his chances in a tough 7-9 loss.  Interestingly, his sister Haylee was the only girl to manage a win in singles for our girls.  She played a near perfect match in the #2 slot, to beat a very good Rhea County player.

Here are the the full results:

Hixson Boys def. Rhea County 8-1

Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. Jackson Gravitt 8-1

Richard Vuong (H) def. Tanner Holsomback 8-0

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Andrew Travis 8-3

Carl Phillips (H) def. Hunter Crook 8-3

Garrett Hall (RC) def. Ethan Gossett  9-7

Rivers DeFriese (H) def. Chase Esienmenger 8-5

Doubles:

Condra/Vuong (H) def. Gravitt/Travis 8-1

Nguyen/Phillips (H) def. Holsomback/Crook 8-6

Gossett/DeFriese (H) def. Hall/Gavin Jones 8-6

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

Rhea County Girls def. Hixson Girls 6-3

Singles:

Lexi Bowman (RC) def. Michelle Phillips 8-4

Haylee Gossett (H) def. Shayla Bradley 8-6

Mallory McWherter (RC) def. Emily Davis 8-2

Lindsay Smith (RC) def. Caylee Schannuth 8-2

Katelyn Travis (RC) def. Maggie Ozborn 8-2

Megan Millard (RC) def. Corynne Schannuth 9-8 (7-4)

Doubles:

Bowman/McWherter (RC) def. Gossett/Davis 8-3

Phillips/Cay.Schannuth (H) def. Bradley/Smith 8-6

Ozborn/Cor.Schannuth (H) def. Travis/Madeline Klee 8-2

Hixson Girls Record: 0-2 (Overall); 0-0 (District 6-A/AA)

UP NEXT:  Thursday, March 20 @ HOME Vs. Chattanooga Central.  From what I understand, the Purple Pounders are in serious rebuilding mode on both the girls and boys side.  I expect our first district match to be successful for both our teams.