Tennis team drops matches to Caldwell, Middleton

The Mountain Home Tigers tennis squad dropped conference matches to Caldwell and Middleton last week.

Caldwell Girls 7,

Mountain Home Girls 0

Caldwell Boys 7,

Mountain Home Boys 0

The Tigers traveled to Caldwell last Tuesday and were blanked by the Cougars in both girls and boys matches.

Kira Anderson lost the first girls singles match, 0-6, 1-6. Tia Senger fell to her second singles opponent, 3-6, 2-6, and Anna Urquidi lost the third match, 1-6, 0-6.

In girls doubles, Kaycee Crockett and Mariah Butori lost the first match, 1-6, 0-6, and Melinna Grmmius and Mady McCurdy lost the second match, 0-6, 2-6.

In boys singles, Brad Foreman lost the first match, 0-6, 2-6. Eddie Guadarrama dropped the second match, 0-6, 3-6, and Marc Pelletier lost the third match, 1-6, 4-6.

In boys doubles, Jarek Schetzle and Nathan Gibbons were blanked in the first doubles match, and Dalton Barker and Alex Bucholz lot the second match, 1-6, 2-6.

In mixed doubles, Miguel Pelletier and Samantha Scobee lost the first doubles match, 1-6, 1-6, and Will King and Rhyan Kelley dropped the second match, 0-6, 1-6.

Middleton Girls 7,

Mountain Home Girls 0

Middleton Boys 6,

Mountain Home Boys 1

The Tigers hosted Middleton on Thursday afternoon in conference tennis at the Richard Aguirre Park tennis courts, losing to the Vikings in both girls and boys matches.

In girls singles, Kira Anderson was blanked in the first singles match. Tia Senger lost the second singles match, 1-6, 0-6, and Samantha Scobee dropped the third, 1-6, 1-6.

In girls doubles, Kaycee Crockett and Mariah Butori lost the first doubles match, 1-6, 0-6, and Mady McCurdy and Anna Urquidi were blanked in the second match.

Brad Foreman picked up Mountain Home's lone win in boys tennis, blanking his first singles opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Eddie Guadarram lost the second match, 3-6, 1-6, and Thomas Fatzinger lost the third match, 0-6, 1-6.

In boys doubles, Mountain Home's Dalton Barker and Nathan Gibbons were blanked in the first doubles match, and Will King and Alex Bucholz were shut out in the second match.

In mixed doubles, Mountain Home's Miguel Pelletier and Samantha Feekes were shut out in the first match, and David Trouten and Ariel Jares were blanked in the second.

"It was a tough week -- the kids were out-skilled," said Mountain Home Tigers tennis coach Tamzy House. "They played their hearts out -- battled for every point. (They're) just not that far along in learning tennis compared to the rest of the District III schools.

"Most of those schools have middle school and junior high tennis programs as well as tennis pros in the area for lessons," the tennis coach added. "I can say the kids get the tennis bug here in Mountain Home. They love to play it, especially on their own."

Mountain Home has a busy week this week. They were home against Bishop Kelly on Tuesday to start the second time through their conference schedule.

On Friday and Saturday, they travel to Middleton for a two-day doubles tournament.