Hixson High School hosted the 2022 District 5/6 Region's Individual Tennis Tournament in Division 1 AA on Monday, May 16th.
The matches started early at 10:00 a.m. finishing 6 hours later. Players came from 7schools (Bradley Central, McMinn County, Rhea County, Walker Counter, East Hamilton, Hixson, Soddy Daisy). Each district sends two boys/girls in singles and two pairs of boys/girls in doubles.
The format is the best 2twoout of three sets.
The competition was keen with four matches going into the third deciding set and 2 set tie-breakers. The early matches were the semifinals with District 5 number one seed playing District 6 number two seed, and with District 5 number two seed playing District 6 number one seed. Following the completion of the semifinals, and the mandatory rest periods, the finals were played. All of the players represented their schools well. Results:
SEMIFINALS
Girls Singles:
Zoey Burgner (East Hamilton) def Hanna Logsdon (Rhea County) 6-1, 6-0
Sophie Kay (Rhea County) def Tenley Yates (East Hamilton) 6-3, 6-1
Boys Singles:
Tucker Monroe (McMinn County) def Will Harding (East Hamilton) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Jacob Johnson (Walker Valley) def Aariv Amin (East Hamilton) 6-0, 6-0
Girls Doubles:
Audrey Keenum/L’Angel Cook (Bradley Central) def Paige Martin/Anna Morgan (Soddy Daisy) 6-1, 6-0
Kylee Hockman/Elena Kucowski (McMinn County) def Brentlea Rodgers/Janvi Patel (Hixson) 6-1, 6-1
Boys Doubles:
Ethan Pritchard/Josh Hales (East Hamilton) def Brett Hurst/Hank Logsdon (Rhea County) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4