Tennis team beats Columbia

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team picked up their second win of the season when they beat Columbia at Columbia. They ended up with a split for the week, as they lost to Skyview at home.

Mtn. Home 7

Columbia 4

Darkness ended the final match of the day in the #3 girls singles match for Cristen Hoover, who had split sets with her opponent, but it was a good outing for the Tigers, who won the match 7-4 last Monday at Columbia High School in Nampa.

Thomas Martin (#3 boys singles), won, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Jessica Lewis (#2 girls singles) earned her third win of the season, winning, 6-4, 6-0. Jordan Niksich and Keth Galloway (#1 boys doubles) won, 7-5, 6-0. Kyle Hall and Bryan Walsh (#2 boys doubles) won a three-set match.

Laura Lothrop and Samantha Morrison (#1 girls doubles) battled back from losing the first set in a tie-breaker to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-0.

Kyle Clark and Angelina Garcia (#1 mixed doubles) won, 6-2, 6-0, and Matt Ward and Caroline Lytle (#2 mixed doubles) won, 6-0, 6-0.

"Probably the most exciting match was at #1 boys singles," said Tiger tennis coach Tamzy House. "Although Joey Miller lost a close three-setter, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, it was a good tennis match with a lot of well-executed player strategy and counter-strategy. It was sad that somebody had to lose. The crowd gave Joey a well-earned round of applause as he left the court."

Ricky Guadarramma (#1 boys singles) lost 6-7, 1-6. Christina Gutierrez (#1 girls singles) lost, 4-6, 1-6, and Michelle Wallior and Casey Stevens (#2 girls doubles) lost 3-6, 2-6.

Skyview 9

Mtn. Home 3

The Tigers dropped a tough 9-3 match to Skyview last Thursday at the airbase.

Mountain Home's wins came in the doubles matches. Jordan Niksich and Keth Galloway (#1 boys doubles) earned their second win of the season, winning 7-6, 6-2. Matt Ward and Caroline Lytle (#1 mixed doubles) won, 6-4, 6-3, and Kyle Clark and Angelina Garcia (#2 mixed doubles) won 7-6, 6-2.

"Our mixed doubles teams are playing some exciting tennis," said Coach House. "Kyle and Angelina are 4-1, and Matt and Caroline are 3-0 inmatch play -- great early statistics."

"The Skyview team was very strong, especially in their singles line-up," said Coach House. "Our singles players were battling in every point, but the skill and experience level of the opponents, especially at the #1 and #2 positions in both the boys and girls matches, just exceeded ours -- a good schooling, as we say in the tennis world."

The Tiger tennis team headed into spring break with a 2-3 won-loss record. They return to action the first week in April, traveling to Bishop Kelly on April 2, hosting Emmett on April 5, and traveling to Jerome on April 6.

TIGERS BEAT COLUMBIA IN JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS

The Mountain Home Tiger junior varsity tennis team beat Columbia, 5-3, at Columbia.

Mountain Home swept the boys singles matches as Andrew Martin won at #1, 8-5, Chris Oswald won #2, 8-4, and Bradshaw West won the #3 match, 8-1.

Shane Mosley and Hyewon Park won their mixed doubles match, 8-4, and Brandt Buckner and Jennifer Juarez won their mixed doubles match, 8-1.

Ali Dawoodi and Brandt Buckner lost their boys doubles match, 1-8. Jennifer Juarez and Hyewon Park lost in girls doubles, 5-8, and Hyewon Park and Ali Dawoodi lost their mixed doubles match, 6-8.