Tennis splits pair with RHS
Tuesday the tennis teams split with Riverdale with the boys picking up a 9-0 win and the girls fell 8-1. The Pioneers are now 5-3 in district play with the girls falling 0-8.
In singles, Doug Roberts beat Brandon Haynes 8-2. Travis Powers defeated Justin Harney 8-0, Jacob Wilson defeated Justin Royal 9-8, Cameron Gonder defeated Punit Patel 8-3, Artie Fisher defeated Akosh Dalwada 8-0 and Tyler Boyd beat John Riser 8-0.
In doubles, Powers and Wilson defeated Haynes and Harney 8-2, Roberts and Gonder defeated Royal and Dalwada 8-5 and Fisher and Boyd defeated Punit and Riser 8-0.
For the girls, Kristen Sharpe fell to Shain Pounds 8-4, Elisha Ray fell to Michelle Lowe 8-2, Julie Fisher fell to Paula Senbouterath 9-8, April Kirby fell to Tomoko Ito 8-3, Karlee Holcomb fell to Lara Murray 8-4 and Kimberly Pettigrew defeated Kristina Rigney 8-3.
In doubles, Sharpe and Ray fell to Lowe and Pounds 8-3, Kirby and Mary Beth Gribble fell to Senbouterath and Rigney 8-3, Brittany Williams and Emily Hobbs fell to Ito and Murray 8-2.