Hixson and Walker Valley boys, Chattanooga Christian and Soddy Daisy girls and McCallie were among the tennis winners Thursday.
Playing at CCS, the defending state champion Charger girls (2-1) stopped the Wildcats, 8-1, while the Hixson boys (1-0) won, 5-4. Both Hixson teams won district titles in 2013.
McCallie improved to 2-0 with a 7-0 triumph against Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Academy.
Hixson Boys 5, CCS 4
Alex Conda, Richard Voung and Carl Phillips posted singles and doubles wins to pace the victorious Wildcats.
Next Match: "Friday Night Under the Lights": Both Hixson teams host Rhea County in an indoor match at the Hixson Racquet Club at 6 p.m.
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
Records:
CCS: (0-3, 0-0) Hixson (1-0,0-0)
CCS Girls 8, Hixson 1
At No.1 singles, Hannah Henry defeated Michelle Phillips, 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)
Records:
CCS (2-1, 0-0), Hixson (0-1,0-0)
Next Matches: Mar. 18 - Signal Mtn at CCS (boys and girls)
Soddy Daisy vs. Walker Valley in AAA
The defending district champion Soddy Daisy girls defeated district foe Walker Valley, 8-1, while the Mustang boys returned the favor, also 8-1.
Soddy Daisy Girls 8 Walker Valley, 1
Singles
Olivia
Crawley (SD) def. Taryn Wilson, 8-0
Chloe
Mitchell (SD) def. Kayla Beckler, 8-3
Abigail
Ellis (SD) def. Rachel Tarver, 8-3
Reed Jones (WV) def. Katelynn Coyner, 8-5
Kacey
Stephens (SD) def. Mikayla Lumpkin, 8-3
Shelby
Noe (SD) def. Kate Essenburg, 8-3
Doubles
Mitchell/Ellis
(SD) def. Wilson/Beckler, 8-1
Crawley/Stephens
(SD) def. Tarver/Jones, 8-3
Coyner/Noe
(SD) def. Lumpkin/Essenburg, 8-1
Record:
SD (2-0), WV (0-2)
Walker Valley Boys 8, Soddy Daisy 1
Singles
Andrew McAllister (WV) def. Seth Stewart, 8-1
C.J. Jones (WV) def. Ben Bates, 8-6
Hunter Carroll (WV) def. Micha Climer, 8-1
Logan Rader (WV) def. Andrew Halladay, 9-7
Daniell Lumpkin (WV) def. Robert Sneed, 8-3
Taylor Spencer (SD) def. CJ Perran, 8-6
Doubles
McAllister/Jones (WV) def. Stewart/Tindall, 8-3
Carroll/Rader (WV) def. Climer/Halladay, 8-3
Lumpkin/Barnes (WV) def. Sneed/Whalen, 8-6
Record: SD (1-1)
McCallie 7, Tuscaloosa Academy 0
Singles
Cody Gubin (McC) def. Mason Lake, 6-1, 6-1
Turner Voges (McC) def. Grant McAllister, 6-2, 6-2\
Carter Eaves (McC) def. Weston Hamiter, 6-2, 6-2
Taylor Burgan (McC) def. Blake White, 6-2, 6-2
Conner O’Brien (McC) def. Jack Horton, 6-2, 6-0
Ryan Tyson (McC) def. Samuel Morrow, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Gubin-Voges (McC) def. McAllister-Lake, 8-2
Eaves-Burgan (McC) def. Hamiter-White, 8-0
O’Brien-Andrew Smith (McC) def. Horton-Morrow, 8-3
Record: McCallie (2-0)
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net