WCHS tennis sweeps Eagles, falls to Cavs

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard

Warren County’s Elisha Ray returns a serve during her match against Van Buren County’s top-seeded singles player Tuesday. Ray and the Lady Pioneers defeated the Lady Eagles for their first win of the season. (Rob Nunley photo)

Warren County’s high school tennis teams picked up a big sweep on Tuesday, then dropped a pair of lopsided matches on Thursday afternoon.

The Lady Pioneers notched their first win of the season Tuesday, downing Van Buren County by a 7-1 final score.

Warren County’s only loss in the match came at No. 5 singles, where Allison Maxwell dropped a close 9-8 match to Amy Muscarnero.

Elisha Ray, Brittany Williams, Katy Campen, Kristen Bouldin and Amanda Reuter all won their singles matches.

In doubles play, Ray and Williams downed Van Buren’s Amelia Bouldin and Elizabeth Cope 8-3, while Campen and Maxwell won 8-4 over Kayla Mooneyham and Muscarnero.

Cookeville’s girls prevented the Lady Pioneers from making it two in a row, however, downing WCHS on Thursday by a 7-0 final, dropping the Warren County girls’ record to 1-5.

In boys action on Tuesday afternoon, the Pioneers had little trouble dispatching the Eagles, defeating Van Buren County 7-0.

Jacob Wilson, Blake Hitchcock, Bobby Rampp, Morgan Gonder and Travis Gay all won their singles matches, with Gay winning by forfeit and none of his teammates losing more than two games.

Gay and Rampp teamed in doubles, as did Ryan Watlington and Russell Hitchcock. Both Pioneer duos won their matches, completing the shutout.

Thursday, however, Warren County received its first loss of the year, falling by a 5-2 margin to the Cavaliers.

Wilson won his No. 1 singles match 9-8, and Blake Hitchcock won 8-5 at No. 2, but the Pioneers came up short in the rest of their singles games and both doubles matches.

WCHS will be off this week for Spring Break, but the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers are scheduled to return to the court April 11, traveling to Fall Creek Falls for a rematch with Van Buren County.