Wildcats Sweep the Purple Pounders!

The first day of Spring coincided with our first District match, and I must say it was an unqualified success on both counts.  After some not so great weather early this week, the Sun finally came out just in time for our match with Chattanooga Central.  I mused earlier on Facebook, that this was the first time in five years that I would be facing someone other than Jack Mitchell as the opposing Central coach.  Jack coached the Purple Pounders for four years, while his son John was a student-athlete there.  It was a bit strange, but Coach Robin Moore seems to have things under control over there in her first season as the Boys & Girls tennis coach.

Unfortunately, the Pounders are definitely in a rebuilding mode, as they lost nearly everyone on both the Boys and Girls side from last year's senior heavy team. Our Wildcats took care of business, and got their first true "Sweep" of the year (Boys and Girls did not lose a set on the day).  Here are the full results:

Hixson Boys def. Chattanooga Central Boys 9-0

Singles:

Richard Vuong (H) def. Brett Kranske 8-0

Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Riley Hicks 8-0

Rivers DeFriese (H) def. Kylan Harrison 8-4

Ethan Gossett (H) def. Phillip Bonnington 8-2

Angel Salinas (H) def. Aaron Garrison 8-0

Landon Goforth (H) def. Corey Little 8-0

Hixson Boys Record:  3-0 (Overall); 1-0 (District 6-A/AA)

Doubles:

DeFriese/Gossett (H) def. Kranske/Harrison 8-2

Vuong/Salinas (H) def. Hicks/Bonnington 8-1

Nguyen/Goforth (H) def. Garrison/Little 8-0

Hixson Girls def. Chattanooga Central Girls 9-0

Singles:

Michelle Phillips (H) def. Alex Bonner 8-4

Caylee Gossett (H) def. Emily Lyles 8-1

Maggie Ozborn (H) def. Casey Jennings 6-0, Retired

Kinsey Woods (H) def. Alexia Barnes 8-0

Aimee Hebert (H) def. Caitlyn Clark 8-1

Corynne Schannuth (H)  won by default

Doubles:

Haylee Gossett/Woods (H) def. Bonner/Clark 8-1

Emily Davis/Hebert (H) def. Lyles/Barnes 8-3

Phillips/Ozborn (H) won by default

Hixson Girls Record:  1-2 (Overall); 1-0 (District 6-A/AA)

UP NEXT: "Friday Night Under the Lights II" At Home versus Signal Mountain indoors at the Racquet Club of Chattanooga.  This one should be a good one folks.  A tough out of district foe, the Eagles will come in well coached and ready to play. I normally have a pretty good idea about how our teams will fare, but I seriously think this one could go either way, depending on who wants it more for both the girls and the boys.  We'll see.