Tiger boys tennis team scores two wins

The Mountain Home Tigers boys tennis team came away with victories in two of their three matches last week.

Tiger Boys 2 Bishop Kelly 5

Tiger Girls 0 Bishop Kelly 7

The Tiger boys picked up wins in singles and doubles against the tough Bishop Kelly squad. Ricky Guadarrama lost the #1 singles match, 0-6, 2-6. Chris Oswald picked up a win at #2, 6-3, 6-4, while Andrew Martin was blanked at #3, 0-6, 0-6.

Keth Galloway and Bryan Walsh won the #2 boys doubles match, 6-4, 6-3. Jordan Niksich and Joey Miller lost the #1 match in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6.

"The Knights #1 doubles team is probably one of the top 4A doubles teams in the state," said Tiger tennis coach Tamzy House. "Jordan and Joey were in the fight all the way -- they are definitely looking for a rematch at district."

Bishop Kelly dominated all the girls matches. Mountain Home was blanked in the singles matches, with Jessica Lewis, Caitlyn Smith and Hanna Smith all losing 0-6, 0-6.

In girls doubles, Carolyn Bailey and Brittany Crownhart lost the #1 match, 0-6, 0-6, and Allyanna Wintermote and Danielle Gorman lost the #2, 1-6, 0-6.

In mixed doubles, Greg Walsh and Lindsey Kellerman lost the #1 match, 0-6, 1-6, while Tanner Carpenter and Carina Sauter lost the #2 match, 1-6, 3-6.

Tiger Boys 5 Emmett 2

Tiger Girls 1 Emmett 6

The Tiger boys won their home match against Emmett on Thursday, sweeping through singles and doubles matches. Ricky Guadarrama won at #1, 6-0, 6-0, Chris Oswald won the #2 match, 6-2, 6-1, and Andrew Martin won the #3 match, 6-4, 6-4.

Jordan Niksich and Joey Miller battled back from a first set tie-breaker loss to win the next two sets, 6-3, 6-3. Keth Galloway and Bryan Walsh won the #2 doubles match, 6-2, 7-6 (TB 7-4).

"The boys won all their singles and doubles matches," said Coach House. "A lot of exciting, good tennis."

Mountain Home won the girls #3 singles match, as Hanna Smith won, 6-0, 6-1. Jessica Lewis lost the #1 match, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, and Caitlyn Smith lost the #2 match, 1-6, 2-6.

In girls doubles, Carolyn Bailey and Brittany Crownhart lost the #1 match, 0-6, 0-6, and Allyanna Wintermote and Danielle Gorman won the #2 doubles match first set, 6-4, but dropped the next two sets, 1-6, 3-6.

In mixed doubles, Greg Walsh and Lindsey Kellerman lost the #1 match, 0-6, 3-6, and Collin Smith and Carina Sauter lost a tough #2 battle, 3-6, 3-6.

Tiger Boys 4 Minico 3

Tiger Girls 1 Minico 6

The Tigers hosted Minico on Saturday at the base courts and the boys managed a 4-3 win, while the girls fell, 1-6.

In boys singles, Chris Oswald won the #1 match, 6-2, 6-0. Andrew Martin lost the first set in the #2 match, 3-6, but battled back to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-2. Bryan Wheeler won the #3 match, 6-4, 7-6 (TB 8-6), after being down 1-5 in the second set.

In boys doubles, Jordan Niksich and Joey Miller won the #1 match, 6-4, 7-6 (TB 8-6).

In girls singles, Jessica Lewis lost the #1 match, 0-6, 1-6, Bethany Johns lost the #2 match, 4-6, 3-6. Laura Porter won the #3 singles match, her first three-set win of her tennis career, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

In girls doubles, Carolyn Bailey and Brittany Crownhart lost the #1 match, 3-6, 3-6, and Allyanna Wintermote and Danielle Gorman lost at #2, 1-6, 1-6.

In mixed doubles, Greg Walsh and Lindsey Kellerman lost the #1 match, 2-6, 0-6, and Collin Smith and Carina Sauter lost, 5-7, 2-6.

"Saturdays are tough days to get a full varsity team together," said Coach House. "The JV players filled in where needed and did a great job!"

The Tigers close out their regular season schedule this week. They hosted Minico on Monday, close out their conference schedule at Nampa on Thursday and host Burley on Saturday.

"Since this (Burley) is our last season match, it will be Senior Day for Tiger tennis," said Coach House. "We are going to try something new this year, since the match is on Saturday during the day. We will be playing six senior matches at Aguirre Park and put the non-seniors and the JV at the base courts. Normally we play varsity at the base because of the four available lighted courts. With 12 matches to put on, it can take up to five or six hours to complete a dual match, and using just three courts would take an additional two or three hours.

Varsity matches will start at 11 a.m. at both locations, with JV action following the varsity action on base. On court at Richard Aguirre Park will be #1 boys singles Ricky Guadarrama, #1 girls singles Jessica Lewis, #1 boys doubles Jordan Niksich and Joey Miller, #2 boys doubles Keth Galloway and Bryan Walsh, #1 girls doubles Carolyn Bailey and Brittany Crownhart, and #2 mixed doubles Tanner Carpenter and Carina Sauter.

Coach House encouraged the public to attend and support Tiger tennis and the seniors.