Aug 31, 2011

Bobcats tennis wins first match of the season against the defending district champions (Jacksonville) 10-9.  Hallsville got off to a slow start in doubles.  After doubles Hallsville was down 4-3.  The boys then swept singles.  Sarah Lilly came back from being down 5-0 in the first set to win 7-5,6-2.  Hallsville and Jacksonville were tied at 8 all with three matches remaining.  Weston Godsey won the 9th match 6-2,7-6.  Following that Junior Tanner Neely won the 10th match against their #1 guy.  Hallsville won 10-8 and then Taylor Stevenson completed her first high school match losing in the third set.  So the final score was 10-9.  Next week the Bobcats travel to Whitehouse who lost a close match against Kilgore 11-8.  The team was led by  Sarah Lilly, Ben Jones, Thomas Chappell, Cody Blankenship and Cole Cathey winning both singles and doubles matches against Jacksonville.