July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Scots stop JCHS (09/02/05)
JCHS boys tennis
Scots stop JCHS (09/02/05)
By By RAY COONEY-
In less than a week’s time, the Scots were able to reverse the result.
Anderson Highland’s boys tennis team handed the Jay County Patriots their first dual-meet loss of the season Thursday, 3-2 in non-conference action. It was a reversal of the final score from Saturday’s Olympic Athletic Conference tournament in which Jay County topped the Scots 3-2.
“It was a good match,” said JCHS coach Barry Weaver. “The end result — I know the kids at No. 2 doubles feel like it’s all their fault, but obviously it wasn’t. Three positions didn’t quite come through.
“Phil (Powell) played a guy that Kurt (Hess) barely got by on Saturday so to take him 6-4 in the first set was good. Two doubles fought hard in the middle and won the second set.
“So, there were some real positives there. We’re still doing some minor things that are getting our partners or ourselves in trouble.”
Jay County, which is now 4-1, got wins again from seniors Hess, Tyler Rigby and Randy Evans, but could not find a third.
The best opportunity came at No. 2 doubles, where Heath Rigby and Thomas McCowan grabbed a 6-4, second-set win to force a third.
The Patriot duo dropped the first game of the third set, but came back for leads of 2-1 and 3-2. However, it was all Highland the rest of the way.
Rigby and McCowan managed to win just four of the next 20 points as they dropped four straight games to Highland’s Zach Wellman and Jack Shaw in a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 defeat.
Sophomore No. 2 singles player Josh Ludy, who edged Anthony Duquaine 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 Saturday, couldn’t repeat the result five days later.
Ludy took a 2-1 lead over Duquaine, but lost the next four games to drop the first set. He won the first game of the second set, but Duquaine pushed back and finished the match 6-2, 6-3.
Powell tried to rally from a 4-1 deficit in his opening set, but lost to Eric Ray 6-4, 6-0.
“I think in a couple of situations we hurt ourselves and didn’t get off of what had happened and get on to something positive,” said Weaver. “When we lost a point, it bothered us for longer than we let it on Saturday. ... I think most of it tonight was between our ears.”
Jay County’s two victories moved its record at each of the No. 1 spots to 8-2 on the year.
The No. 1 singles match was tied at three games apiece in the first set before Hess took control. He won eight of the next nine games and rolled on to a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
Rigby and Evans dominated the No. 1 doubles match.
Rohan Patel and Brady Roundtree had all kinds of problems dealing with the Patriot pair’s first serves. When they did manage to get a rally going, Rigby and Evans chased them all over the court.
The duo blanked Patel and Roundtree in the first set and finished off the 6-0, 6-2 victory in about 35 minutes.
“They’re playing solid,” said Weaver of his seniors, while adding that there are still things the whole team needs to work on. “We need a couple days of practice to fix some things and get back on a winning streak here. We’ve got probably six or seven in a row that we ought to be competitive in and hopefully get a good stretch going right into sectional.”
Junior varsity
Anderson Highland took two of the three junior varsity matches, winning at No. 2 and 3 singles.
Jason Crouch posted the lone Jay County win, topping James Davis 8-5 at No. 1 singles.
Adam Horn lost to Brandon Selig 8-5 at No. 2 singles, and James Heare fell by an 8-2 score to Mitchell Phillips at No. 3 singles.[[In-content Ad]]
Anderson Highland’s boys tennis team handed the Jay County Patriots their first dual-meet loss of the season Thursday, 3-2 in non-conference action. It was a reversal of the final score from Saturday’s Olympic Athletic Conference tournament in which Jay County topped the Scots 3-2.
“It was a good match,” said JCHS coach Barry Weaver. “The end result — I know the kids at No. 2 doubles feel like it’s all their fault, but obviously it wasn’t. Three positions didn’t quite come through.
“Phil (Powell) played a guy that Kurt (Hess) barely got by on Saturday so to take him 6-4 in the first set was good. Two doubles fought hard in the middle and won the second set.
“So, there were some real positives there. We’re still doing some minor things that are getting our partners or ourselves in trouble.”
Jay County, which is now 4-1, got wins again from seniors Hess, Tyler Rigby and Randy Evans, but could not find a third.
The best opportunity came at No. 2 doubles, where Heath Rigby and Thomas McCowan grabbed a 6-4, second-set win to force a third.
The Patriot duo dropped the first game of the third set, but came back for leads of 2-1 and 3-2. However, it was all Highland the rest of the way.
Rigby and McCowan managed to win just four of the next 20 points as they dropped four straight games to Highland’s Zach Wellman and Jack Shaw in a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 defeat.
Sophomore No. 2 singles player Josh Ludy, who edged Anthony Duquaine 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 Saturday, couldn’t repeat the result five days later.
Ludy took a 2-1 lead over Duquaine, but lost the next four games to drop the first set. He won the first game of the second set, but Duquaine pushed back and finished the match 6-2, 6-3.
Powell tried to rally from a 4-1 deficit in his opening set, but lost to Eric Ray 6-4, 6-0.
“I think in a couple of situations we hurt ourselves and didn’t get off of what had happened and get on to something positive,” said Weaver. “When we lost a point, it bothered us for longer than we let it on Saturday. ... I think most of it tonight was between our ears.”
Jay County’s two victories moved its record at each of the No. 1 spots to 8-2 on the year.
The No. 1 singles match was tied at three games apiece in the first set before Hess took control. He won eight of the next nine games and rolled on to a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
Rigby and Evans dominated the No. 1 doubles match.
Rohan Patel and Brady Roundtree had all kinds of problems dealing with the Patriot pair’s first serves. When they did manage to get a rally going, Rigby and Evans chased them all over the court.
The duo blanked Patel and Roundtree in the first set and finished off the 6-0, 6-2 victory in about 35 minutes.
“They’re playing solid,” said Weaver of his seniors, while adding that there are still things the whole team needs to work on. “We need a couple days of practice to fix some things and get back on a winning streak here. We’ve got probably six or seven in a row that we ought to be competitive in and hopefully get a good stretch going right into sectional.”
Junior varsity
Anderson Highland took two of the three junior varsity matches, winning at No. 2 and 3 singles.
Jason Crouch posted the lone Jay County win, topping James Davis 8-5 at No. 1 singles.
Adam Horn lost to Brandon Selig 8-5 at No. 2 singles, and James Heare fell by an 8-2 score to Mitchell Phillips at No. 3 singles.[[In-content Ad]]
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