WCHS tennis splits at Blackman
Warren County’s boys swept all six singles matches, and won three of the four doubles matches on their way to the 9-1 victory over the Blaze.
At No. 1 singles, Jacob Wilson downed Blackman’s Steven Ailes 6-2, 6-4, while Travis Powers dominated Daniel Necessary 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2.
Jay Koelbl fell in his first set to Ben Moser 3-6, but bounced back to win the next two sets 6-0 and 6-3 to take his match at No. 3 singles. William Collier downed Adam Cunningham 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4.
Bobby Rampp and Travis Gay won their matches in pro-set format at No. 5 and 6 singles, respectively. Rampp downed Shawn Rackley 8-4, while Gay was an 8-0 winner over Jareth Swanson.
In doubles, Powers and Wilson beat Necessary and Moser 8-1, while Morgan Gonder and Blake Hitchcock beat Swanson and Rackley 8-1 and the team of Andrew Brock and Drew Green was an 8-2 winner over Necessary and Swanson. Koelbl and Collier teamed together at No. 2 doubles, but fell to Ailes and Cunningham 8-6 for the Pioneers’ only loss on the day.
In girls play, the Lady Pioneers won two singles pro-sets and one doubles match in their 6-3 loss.
Brittany Williams downed Molly Todd 8-0 at No. 5 singles, while Kristen Bouldin was an 8-6 winner over Holly Morris at No. 6.
April Kirby and Emily Hobbs teamed together at No. 3 doubles, and took home an 8-0 win over Todd and Morris.
Blackman’s top four singles players — Callie Caffey, Cristin Goodman, Beth Tracy and Jessica Jolley — took straight-set wins over the Lady Pioneers’ Elisha Ray, Karlee Holcomb, Kristen Sharpe and Katy Campen, respectively.
In doubles, Caffey and Goodman downed Ray and Holcomb, while Tracy and Jolley needed a tiebreaker to defeat Sharpe and Mary Beth Gribble.
The WCHS tennis squads traveled to Lebanon Thursday, and will be at home against Siegel next Tuesday.