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Lady Hornets Tennis
9/14/2023 at Benton 5, Chillicothe 4
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Story by Coach Chambers
Thursday evening, the Chillicothe girls' tennis team
lost its conference dual against the Benton lady cardinals team. The
night was a close head-to-head matchup, but CHS let it slip through
their fingers 4-5 at the end of the evening. The weather and courts
were in perfect condition at Noyes' Tennis Complex when the teams
faced off. Chillicothe was missing their typical #5 player Bianca
Clark due to illness. However, juniors Keonnia Morgan and Keeley
Shira both stepped up big in the #5 and #6 spots by winning all
three of their matches in doubles and singles. Coach Chambers was
proud of how these girls, who typically just play one varsity match
each night, both handled the pressure and brought in multiple wins
for the team on a tough night. Isabella Garr also collected a solid
singles win for the team thanks, in part, to her stellar serving.
The lady hornets fall to 2-2 in MEC play for the season
and 4-6 overall. The team has seen great success in their tournament
play this year, but tournaments do not count in overall team records
because the athletes compete individually in their own brackets
rather than as a team. Coach Chambers still feels good about the
team's prospects regarding Team Districts in just over two weeks as
well as individual goals for post-season success in doubles and
singles because she has seen what the partnerships can do in
tournament play.
Varsity results were as follows:
Rylee Washburn and Isabella Garr lost to Madeline Burright & Bella
Thomas 4-8.
Bryton BeVelle and Micah Crowe lost to Kendall Buntin & Viviona
Woodson 3-8.
Keonnia Morgan and Keeley Shira beat Maria Stocking & Audrey
O'Rourke 8-2.
Washburn lost to Burright 4-8.
Garr beat Buntin 8-4.
BeVelle lost to Thomas 5-8.
Crowe lost to Woodson 1-8.
Morgan beat Stocking 8-0.
Shira beat O'Rourke 8-5. |
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