I have been given the opportunity to coach both the Boys and Girls Hixson High School Tennis Teams. Hixson Tennis has a rich tradition, and I am committed to getting both these teams competitive again. I run a no-cut program, and I will do my best to ensure that everyone learns the foundations of a sport they will likely play for a lifetime. More importantly, I will strive to teach these boys and girls about integrity, honesty and character.

Hixson Tennis Hall of Fame

Julie Downey - State Champion 1983

Audra Brannon - State Runner-Up 1990

Julie Mages - A/AA State Runner-Up 2003

Kim Brannon - State Semi-Finalist 1985

Whitney Clack & Michelle Phillips - Region 3-A/AA Champions 2013; District 6-A/AA Doubles Champions 2012 & 2013

Alex Condra - Region 3-A/AA Singles Runner-Up 2014; District 6-A/AA Champion 2014; District 6-A/AA Singles Runner-Up 2013

Kevin Nguyen & Carl Phillips - Region 3-A/AA Doubles Runner-Up 2014; District 6-A/AA Doubles Champions 2014

Michelle Phillips - District 6-A/AA Singles Runner-Up 2014

Kaitlyn Steele - Distict 6-A/AA Singles Runner-Up 2009

Kevin Nguyen & Richard Vuong - District 6-A/AA Doubles Runner-Up 2013

Dylan Millwood & Myles Goforth - District 6-A/AA Doubles Runner-Up 2011

Sectional Champions (Boy's Team): 2014

Region Champions (Girl's Team): 1986

Region Champions (Boy's Team): 2014

District Champions (Girl's Team): 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2014

District Champions (Boy's Team): 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2014

The 2014 Team

The 2014 Team
District Champs Once Again!
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

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.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

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!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Hixson Boys and Girls Win at Chattanooga Central.


Well, it wasn't very warm, but at least the Sun was beaming today at the Lakeside Youth Sports Complex.  Today was officially the first day of Spring and our last match before Hixson goes on Spring Break.

Both our teams are heading into the break sitting on a nice 3-0 District record thanks to their performance against Chattanooga Central.

I guess the story of the day has to be our last three seeds on the the girls team.  Heading into the match, I knew that I was going to be short two of my top six girls.  Emily Gilreath (#4) and Maggie Ozborn (#5) are on a school sponsored trip to New York with Hixson's String Orchestra.  What I didn't know, was that my #3, Haylee Gossett was going to wake up this morning with a stomache virus. 

In years past, if I had to go into a match missing three of my top six, there was pretty much no chance we would win.  In fact, in some years, I didn't even have three extra players to substitute and I would have had to forfeit a match or two.  Well not today!  Emily Davis, Lydia Lindsey and Caylee Schannuth (#7, 8 and 9 on the depth chart) all scored points for the Wildcats.  Emily won her singles and  doubles matches, and Lydia and Caylee each won their singles matches.  In fact, every girl in the line up helped account for our 7 points-- to win the match easily.

The Boys also won 7-2, and just like the girls, every boy helped secure one of our team points.  There were some fierce battles that Hixson came out on top, namely #1 Singles and Doubles.  Alex Condra and Carl Phillips showed real composure over a pair of seniors in the doubles to prevail 9-7 after being down for most of the match.  Alex also came out on top in a very close singles match that went back and forth before he closed the deal with the same 9-7 score.

Nice way to head into vacation.  Here are the full results:


Hixson Girls def. Chattanooga Central Girls 7-2

Singles:

Whitney Clack (H) def. Alex Bonner 8-4
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christie Loden 8-2
Tiffany Murray (C) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-2
Emily Davis (H) def. Erin Jones 8-4
Lydia Lindsey (H) def. Taylor McKenzie 8-0
Caylee Schannuth (H) def. Abigail Bell 8-4

Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Bonner/Murray 9-7 (7.2)
Cor. Schannuth/Davis (H) def. Loden/Jones 8-6
Alex Coulter/Lauren Belcher (C) def. Lindsey/Cay. Schannuth 8-6


Hixson Boys def. Chattanooga Central Boys 7-2

Singles:

Alex Condra (H) def. John Mitchell 9-7
Carl Phillips (H) def. Jeffrey Chastain 8-1
Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Walt Braley 8-5
Kevin Nguyen (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-0
Richard Vuong (H) def. Kevin Chiang 8-4
Kylen Harrison (C) def. Rivers De'Friese 8-1

Doubles:

Condra/Phillips (H) def. Mitchell/Chastain 9-7
Braley/Chiang (C) def. Nguyen/Vuong 8-5
Lindsey/De'Friese (H) def. Ragsdale/Harrison (8-2)

Records:

Hixson Girls: 3-2 (Overall); 3-0 (District 6A/AA)
Hixson Boys: 4-1(Overall); 3-0 (District 6A/AA)

UP NEXT: Spring Break!  Then on Monday, April 1 we will play our make up match with East Ridge at the Racquet Club.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Midway Day a Good One for the Wildcats!



Well folks, we've reached the midway point in our season. We have got 14 games on the schedule, and today we finished up #7 in fine fashion. Believe it or not, this was the first match of the season at the Racquet Club! It felt good to have a little home court advantage!

It was an absolute nail-biter for the Girls' team. We went in a little weaker than usual, because my #4 Seed, Corynne Schannuth, could not play due to soreness in her back. I wasn't too terribly concerned, because our girls won fairly easily the last time out, but I was forced to play some girls in doubles who had never really played together. Emily Gilreath filled in admirably for Coyrnne winning both her doubles (with Haylee Gossett) and her singles matches. While they didn't win, I thought Lydia Lindsey and Emily Davis did a terrific job in the #3 doubles slot-- they narrowly lost 7-9. Michelle Phillips also had a great day, winning her singles match and teaming up with Whitney Clack to win at #1 doubles. Big win for Emily Davis in the #6 slot, which ended up being the difference in the overall team match!

It was a little easier for the Boys. I think I may have found a solution for our doubles woes. Last time we played Central, we lost two out of three doubles matches, but this time we won two of three. That makes it a heck of a lot easier to get to five. George Ozborn turned in a great performance at #2 singles (winning 8-1), and he and Dylan Millwood managed to hold on to win at #1 doubles, 9-7. Corey Phillips and Rivers Defries both won their singles matches and teamed up together at #3 doubles to win as well. Also wanted to call your attention to Jacob Lindsey, who managed to beat the same player he lost to the first time we faced the Purple Pounders. Good job all around on the boys side!

Here are the full results:


Hixson Girls def. Central Girls 5-4

Girls' Singles:

Autumn Baker (C) def. Whitney Clack 8-5
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christy Loden 8-4
Alex Bonner (C) def. Haylee Gossett 8-1
Emily Gilreath (H) def. Erin Jones 8-5
Tiffany Murray (C) def. Lydia Lindsey 9-8 (7-2)
Emily Davis (H) def. Alex Cotter 8-6

Girls' Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Baker/Loden 8-4
Gossett/Gilreath (H) def. Bonner/Jones 8-5
Murray/Abigail Bell (C) def. Lindsey/Davis 9-7

Hixson Girls Record:
6-1 (Overall); 5-1 (District 6A/AA)

Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 6-3

Boys' Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. Dylan Millwood 8-1
George Ozborn (H) def. Jeff Chastain 8-1
Cory Phillips (H) def. Walt Braley 8-3
Blake Ragsdale (C) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-2
Jacob Lindsey (H) def. Andrew Vickers 8-5
Rivers DeFries (H) def. Kevin Chang 8-2

Boys' Doubles:

Ozborn/Millwood (H) def. Mitchell/Braley 9-7
Chastain/Vickers (C) def. Lindsey/Nguyen 8-6
Phillips/DeFries (H) def. Ragsdale/Chang 8-4

Hixson Boys Record:
3-4 (Overall); 3-3 (District 6-A/AA)


UP NEXT: Wednesday, April 11 @ Signal Mountain. This might be the best all around (Boys and Girls) team we've faced so far. Signal Mountain is well coached, and very experienced. Should be a good learning experience!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Boys and Girls Win At Chattanooga Central!



We could not have asked for a prettier day to kick off our High School Tennis season. It was unseasonably warm this afternoon at the Lakeside Sports Complex for our match against district rival, Chattanooga Central. Both teams were pretty well evenly matched. The Lady Wildcats won 6-3, while the Hixson boys edged out the Purple Pounders 5-4.

Lots of good stuff to talk about. First of all there were three matches on the girls' side that went to a tiebreaker. Unfortunately, Hixson came out on the wrong end of two of those. Lydia Lindsey (Junior), playing in her first varsity match at the #6 seed, won a nail-biter 10-8 in the tiebreak. She probably does not want me to remind her that she was actually up 6-3 in the tiebreaker and that she lost three consecutive points to let her opponent back in it! All water under the bridge though, as she did manage to prevail. Maggie Ozborn (Freshman) got her first varsity experience today as well, teaming up with fellow freshman, Emily Gilreath. They managed to take care of their opponents without needing a tiebreaker. Whitney Clack (Junior) and Michelle Phillips (Sophomore) won together in doubles and each won their singles matches. Corynne Schannuth (Sophomore) also took care of business at the #4 seed.

On the boys' side, it was touch and go there for awhile. My top three seeds all won their matches. Dylan Millwood (Senior) played exceptionally well and beat a player he was not able to beat last year. The only other boy to win in singles was Freshman Rivers DeFries, making his debut for the Varsity a sweet one. Heading into doubles, we only needed one win out of three. As a coach, I like my chances when that happens. Usually, I can relax at this point. Not this time. My #1 team was sent packing early, 1-8. Which meant I still had to win one match with two still on the court. When my first team came off the court, neither of my other two teams were in the lead. Thankfully, my #2 team, Dylan and Kevin Nguyen (Sophomore) were able to secure a victory, 8-6. Whew! I needed one win in doubles and that's all we got.

Here are the full results:



Hixson Girls def. Central Girls 6-3

Girls' Singles:

Whitney Clack (H) def. Autumn Baker 8-4
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Christy Loden 8-6
Alex Bonner (C) def. Haylee Gossett 8-5
Corynne Schannuth (H) def. Erin Jones 8-3
Tiffany Murray (C) def. Emily Gilreath 9-8 (8-6)
Lydia Lindsey (H) def. Dora Harper 9-8 (10-8)

Girls' Doubles:

Clack/Phillips (H) def. Baker/Bonner 8-6
Loden/Jones (C) def. Gossett/Schannuth 8-7 (7-1)
Gilreath/Ozborn (H) def. Murray/Lauren Belcher 8-5

Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 5-4

Boys' Singles:

Dylan Millwood (H) def. John Mitchell 8-2
George Ozborn (H) def. Jeff Chastain 8-1
Cory Phillips (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-6
Walt Braley (C) def. Kevin Nguyen 8-3
Andrew Vickers (C) def. Jacob Lindsey 8-4
Rivers DeFries (H) def. Kevin Chang 8-6

Boys' Doubles:

Mitchell/Chastain (C) def. Ozborn/Phillips 8-1
Millwood/Nguyen (H) def. Braley/Vickers 8-6
Ragsdale/Chang (C) def. Lindsey/DeFries 8-4

Up Next: At Red Bank on Friday, March 16. We just had a scrimmage against Red Bank last week and we know how tough this team is. In order for us to win on either to the boys' or girls' side we are going to all have to play our best tennis.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Taking Care of Business.



Our second match up with Chattanooga Central this season, and the scores ended up exactly the same. Both the Boys and Girls teams won 7-2 for a nice sweep. Lots of highlights on the day. I'd like to especially single out Dylan Millwood and Myles Goforth who have really started playing good doubles together over the last week or so, and won in the #1 doubles slot today. Really, all the boys are playing very good doubles. Just in case you haven't noticed, we've only lost one doubles match in our last three contests (8-1).

On the girls side, I hate to be a little negative on a day that the Lady Wildcats won seven of nine matches, but honestly, I think we could have beaten Central 9-0. Candace Cline got a good win today. She won 9-7 over a girl who beat her the first time we played the Purple Pounders this season.

In all we had eight players win both their singles and doubles matches, and since Mary Phillips (Cory & Michelle's Mom) took so many awesome pictures today, I thought I'd post pictures of all of my sweepers today. Here they are:


Candace Cline, #1 Singles & #1 Doubles



Michelle Phillips, #3 Singles & #3 Doubles



Haylee Gossett, #4 Singles & #2 Doubles


Kayla Morgan, #6 Singles & #3 Doubles


George Ozborn, #2 Singles & #2 Doubles


Cory Phillips, #3 Singles & #2 Doubles


Myles Goforth, #4 Singles & #1 Doubles


Eric Barr, #5 Singles & #3 Doubles


Jae Yoo, probably would have gotten a sweep today (he won at #3 doubles), but with the overall victory already secured, I asked him if I could sit him down to give some one else some varsity singles experience. True team player!


Here are the results:


Hixson Girls def. Central Girls 7-2

Girls Singles:

Candace Cline (H) def. Autumn Baker 9-7
Christie Loden (C) def. Whitney Clack 9-7
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Dora Harper 8-4
Haylee Gossett (H) def. Tiffany Murray 8-4
Erin Jones (C) def. Corynne Schannuth 8-6
Kayla Morgan (H) def. Lauren Belcher; 8-4

Girls Doubles:

Cline/Clack (H) def. Baker/Harper 9-7
Gossett/Schannuth (H) def. Loden/Murray 8-3
Phillips/Morgan (H) def. Jones/Belcher 8-1

Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 7-2

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. Dylan Millwood; 8-3
George Ozborn (H) def. Alex Henry 8-4
Cory Phillips (H) def. Jeff Chastain 8-4
Myles Goforth (H) def. Blake Ragsdale 8-3
Eric Barr (H) def. Dylan Cotter 8-6
Walt Baley (C) def. Nathan Terrell 8-6


Boys Doubles:

Millwood/Goforth (H) def. Mitchell/Henry 8-4
Ozborn/Phillips (H) def. Chastain/Baley 8-1
Barr/Jae Yoo (H) def. Ragsdale/Cotter 8-3

Records:
Hixson Girls: 2-5 (Overall); 2-2 (District)
Hixson Boys: 4-2 (Overall); 3-1 (District)

Up Next: Thursday, April 7 @ CSAS. There's good news and there's bad news. First the good news. The Lady Patriots seem to be in a rebuilding phase, and if our girls play their best, we should score another district win. The bad news: The defending boys, District 6-A/AA champions graduated one player from last year's lineup and he was their #5 seed. Our work is cut out for us!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Convincing Sweep Today!



Both the boys and girls teams took care of business today in District play, which means I get to use my favorite image (the one above with the moving broom)! It's nice to get a sweep, but it's even sweeter when it is against one of the schools in our District.

Lots of highlights today. First, let me just list all the players who won their Doubles and Singles matches: Whitney, Michelle, Haylee, Kayla, George, Cory, and Eric. Alex Shuford, subbing for Jae Yoo who had a hand injury, got a hard fought win at #6 singles, marking the first Varsity singles win of his career at Hixson. Nathan Terrell, a freshmen, also got his first action in a varsity match. He came in with Eric Barr and picked up a win at #3 doubles.

One of the best comebacks I've seen since taking the job at Hixson, was at #2 singles on the girls side. I did not see what happened at the start of the match, but by the time I got down there Whitney was down 1-5. After watching a few points, I could tell Whit was clearly the better player. She lost that game though-- now it was 1-6. Luckily, coaching is allowed during matches in High School tennis, so I got to speak with her on the change over. I told her that I thought she was the better player, and she agreed. I told her to take it one point at a time. She's a good listener, because she proceeded to win the next 7 games for the win, 8-6.

Very nice way to head into Spring Break. Which reminds me. There will be mandatory practice next week at the Racquet Club at our normal time for anyone not going out of town. If you are going out of town, I need a parent to let me know. We have got a ridiculous week coming up right after Spring Break with four matches in five days (who made this schedule?). We have a lot of work to do.

Here are the results:


Hixson Girls (1-1) def. Central Girls (0-2): 7-2

Girls Singles:

Autumn Baker (C) def. Candace Cline; 8-3
Whitney Clack (H) def. Christie Loden; 8-6
Michelle Phillips (H) def. Dora Harper; 8-4
Haylee Gossett (H) def. Tiffany Murray; 8-5
Erin Jones (C) def. Corynne Schannuth; 9-8 (10-8)
Kayla Morgan (H) def. Laura Belcher; 8-5

Girls Doubles:

Cline/Clack (H) def. Baker/Harper; 8-6
Gossett/Schannuth (H) def. Loden/Murray; 8-4
Phillips/Morgan (H) def. Belcher/Tyler McKenzie; 8-3

Hixson Boys (2-0) def. Central Boys (0-2): 7-2

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. Dylan Millwood; 8-5
George Ozborn (H) def. Jeff Chastain; 8-5
Cory Phillips (H) def. Dylan Cotter; 8-4
Myles Goforth (H) def. Walt Braley; 8-2
Eric Barr (H) def. Alex Henry; 8-2
Alex Shuford (H) def. Nick Santos; 9-8 (7-5)


Boys Doubles:

Mitchell/Jones (C) def. Millwood/Goforth; 8-2
Ozborn/Phillips (H) def. Chastain/Braley; 8-4
Barr/Nathan Terrell (H) def. Andrew Vickers/Jordan Mallett; 8-3


Up Next: Monday, March 28 @ Chattanooga Christian School. Perennial powerhouse CCS will be a very tough opponent. We did not play them last year, but look for them to be very strong 1-6 on the girls and boys side.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Boys Win, Girls Forfeit.

With four girls missing, including my top three, I decided to forfeit our district match today on the girls' side against Chattanooga Central. Apologies to the three who were ready to play, but I didn't think it was fair to the opposing team to have them show up and play a skeleton crew.

I warned the boys yesterday that Central would be eager to avenge their early season district loss against us, and that they should expect every match today to be tough. Although we ended up winning by the same score, 6-3, I thought the Purple Pounders played much better this time around, and with no seniors in their top six, should be quite a bit better next year.




Lots of bright spots on the day, but in particular I'd like to single out Corey Phillips (#3 seed singles, #2 Doubles-- pictured above) and Jae Yoo (#6 seed singles, #3 Doubles-- pictured below), who were both perfect on the day in singles and doubles.



Here are the results:

Hixson Boys Defeat Central Boys 6-3

Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. George Ozborn 8-1
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Ethan Hickman 8-2
Corey Phillips (H) def. Coalton Mulkey 8-4
Jeff Chastain (C) def. Eric Barr 8-5
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Aaron Sanchez 8-5
Jae Yoo (H) def. Tyler Cranford 8-4

Doubles:

Mitchell/Chastain (C) def. Ozborn/Millwood 8-3
Phillips/Barr (H) def. Hickman/Mulkey 8-4
Craft/Yoo (H) def. Sanchez/Cranford 8-4

Up Next: The Red Bank Lions come to the Racquet Club on Tuesday. I believe their girls are still undefeated in district play, so we'll have our hands full on that front. We narrowly lost on the boys side last time, and I really think we can beat them this time around, assuming we all show up ready to play!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Win One, Lose One

Well once again we've determined that the people running weather.com aren't very good at what they do. No rain today, and it actually felt like Spring for much of today's match. The clouds were looming there toward the end, but for the most part it was pleasant.

Congratulations to my Boys who earned their first district win. They won seven of the nine matches and lost another in a tough tiebreaker against the Purple Pounders of Chattanooga Central. Corey Phillips, Jae Yoo and Jonathan Craft (my 4, 5, and 6 seeds) really carried the load today by sweeping their singles and doubles matches. Very satisfying win.

The girls also played well, but were forced to forfeit two matches due to injury and illness. Still they almost pulled off the amazing upset. We had a chance with our last doubles match on the court. As a coach, I like my chances if that's the case. We'll see Central later in the year, and hopefully we'll have a full, healthy line-up.

Next week is another tough week with matches on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. With that in mind and the weather looking good for Saturday, I'm having a mandatory practice on Saturday 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Racquet Club on the Hard Courts. I say "mandatory" but if you've already made plans to go out of town, or have something else going on, just let me know.

Here are the results:

Central Girls def. Hixson Girls 5-4

Girls Singles:

Autumn Baker (C) def. Allison Cowart (H) 8-6
Candace Cline (H) def. Taylor Woods (C) 8-2
Christy Loden (C) def. Ashton Summers (H) 8-6
Whitney Clack (H) def. Erin Jones (C) 8-1
Torey Hart (H) def. Alex Cotter (C) 8-3
Kelsey Cagle (C) def. Caroline Daugherty (H) Forfeit

Girls Doubles:

Cowart/Summers (H) def. Baker/Jones (C) 8-3
Woods/Loden (C) def. Cline/Clack (H) 8-4
Cotter/Cagle (C) def. Hart/Daugherty (H) Forfeit

Hixson Boys def. Central Boys 6-3

Boys Singles:

John Mitchell (C) def. George Ozborn (H) 8-2
Dylan Millwood (H) def. Coalton Mulkey (C) 8-6
Ethan Hickman (C) def. Eric Barr (H) 8-4
Corey Phillips (H) def. Jeff Chastain (C) 8-5
Jae Yoo (H) def. Aaron Sanchez (C) 8-5
Jonathan Craft (H) def. Alex Henley 8-4

Boys Doubles:

Mitchell/Mulkey (C) def. Millwood/Barr (H) 9-8 (7-5)
Ozborn/Phillips (H) def. Hickman/Chastain (C) 8-6
Yoo/Craft (H) def. Sanchez/Henley (C) 8-1