Tennis team still falls short

The Mountain Home Tigers played hard, but came short in tennis matches with Kuna, Emmett, and The Community School last week.

Kuna Girls 7, MH Girls 0

Kuna Boys 5, MH Boys 2

The Mountain Home girls got swept by a very good Kuna girls team, while the Tiger boys managed a couple wins against the Kuna boys Monday in tennis action at Richard Aguirre Park.

In girls' singles, Heidi Rawlins lost the first singles match 1-6, 0-6, and Karina Guadarrama lost the second match by the same score. Kiana Galloway lost the third match 1-6, 1-6.

In girls' doubles, Mary Martin and Katelyn McKenzie lost the first doubles match 1-6, 1-6, and Emily Gillies and Samantha Feekes lost the second match 1-6, 0-6.

The two Mountain Home wins in the boys' match came in the singles, as Austin Griswold beat his second singles opponent 6-0, 6-3 and Brad Foreman won the third singles match 6-0, 6-1.

Timothy Austin went down 0-6, 1-6, in the first singles match.

In boys' doubles, Jared Shaw and Nick Vogl lost the first doubles match 2-6, 2-6, and Marc Pelletier and Nathan Gibbons lost the second match in three sets 6-4, 1-6, 2-6.

In mixed doubles, Hayden Draper and Kaitlyn Stevens fought hard, but lost the first doubles match 2-6, 4-6, and Dalton Barker and Monica Spinazzolo lost the 3 2 match 2-6, 5-7.

Emmett Girls 7, MH Girls 0

Emmett Boys 6, MH Boys 1

A win by Brad Foreman in the boys singles match was the only win Mountain Home came up with on Thursday in their home conference tennis match against the Huskies.

Foreman won the third boys' singles match 6-2, 6-0. Timothy Austin dropped the first singles match 4-6, 2-6 and Austin Griswold lost the second match 4-6, 2-6.

In boys' doubles, Marc Pelletier and Nathan Gibbons lost the first doubles match 1-6, 3-6, and Toren Lombardo and Nick Vogl lost the second match 0-6, 1-6.

In girls' singles, Heidi Rawlins battled three sets before losing the first singles match 6-1, 2-6, 1-6. Karina Guadarrama lost the second match 3-6, 3-6 and Kiana Galloway went three sets in the third match, losing 1-6, 6-2, 1-6.

In girls' doubles, Mary Martin and Katelyn McKenzie lost a close match, 6-7 (TB 4), 4-6, and Emily Gillies and Rubi Martine lost the second match 2-6, 0-6.

In mixed doubles, Kaitlyn Stevens and Hayden Draper dropped the first doubles match 0-6, 1-6, and Kira Anderson and Jared Shaw battled hard but lost the second match 2-6, 5-7.

The Community School Girls 4, Mountain Home Girls 3

The Community School Boys 6, Mountain Home Boys 1

The Mountain Home girls tennis team lost a close match to The community School at home, while the Tiger boys lost 6-1.

Karina Guadarrama and Kira Anderson picked up wins in girls singles, Guadarrama taking the second singles match 6-3, 6-3 and Anderson blanked her third opponent 6-0, 6-0. Heidi Rawlins was blanked in the first singles match 0-6, 0-6.

In girls' doubles, Mary Martin and Katelyn McKenzie lost the first doubles match 3-6, 2-6 and Rubi Martinez and Samantha Feekes lost the second match in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6.

Timothy Austin lost the first boys singles match 1-6, 1-6. Brad Foreman lost a close match in second singles 6-7 (TB 8), 4-6, and Toren Lombardo lost the third match 1-6, 2-6.

In boys doubles, Marc Pelletier and Nathan Gibbons lost the first doubles match 1-6, 2-6 and Jared Shaw and Mathew McLean lost the second match 1-6, 0-6.

Mountain Home's other win came in the second mixed doubles match, where Kiana Galloway and Austin Griswold wo, 7-5, 6-2. Dalton Barker and Kaitlyn Stevens lost the first doubles match 1-6, 3-6.

The Tigers close out their regular season schedule this week, traveling to The Community School in Sun Valley on Thursday and hosting Kuna for Senior Night on Friday. The District tennis tournament starts May 8.