The Harlan County girls lost 8-1 and the boys fell 9-0 on Thursday against visiting North Laurel.
“It was a tough night for the boys and girls as we were outclassed. A lot of tough matchups we couldn’t overcome, but a lot of experience gained for our underclass players,” Harlan County coach Caleb Bailey said. “We had some good matches with Kaitlyn Daniels winning, and I thought she played tremendous in her match. Calan Neely played a close match with Zaid. Steven Fee and Elijah Moore played really well although the doubles score doesn’t reflect it. I thought Laura Ball played one of her best matches of the season tonight against a tough opponent, so I was really proud of her, too.
“North Laurel did everything right tonight and played the critical points the right way. Coach Bobby Smith is a great coach of the game of tennis and I have much respect for him and the Jaguars. Hats off to his squad.”

Boys

Harlan County loses to North Laurel 9-0

Singles

Zaid Salim (NL) def. Calan Neely (HC), 3-6, 4-6
Jackson Gilbert (NL) def. Steven Fee (HC), 3-8
Jasper Jones (NL) def. Elijah Moore (HC), 8-0
Dereck Vaughn (NL) def. Josh Stewart, (HC), 8-0
Colton Cunagin (NL) def. Trey Ball (HC), 8-0
Finn McArdle (NL) def. Connor Cress (HC), 8-1

Doubles

Jones/Vaugn (NL) def. Fee/Moore (HC), 1-6, 6-0
Cunagin/McArdle (NL) def. Neely/Stewart (HC), 8-2
Carter/Durham (NL) def. Cress/Ball (HC), 8-4

Girls

Harlan County falls to North Laurel 8-1

Singles

Eva Clark (NL) def. Kalista Dunn (HC), 6-0, 6-0
Charlotte Griffin (NL) def. Laura Ball (HC), 8-4
Erin Cheek (NL) def. Lindsay Hall (HC), 8-0
Meg Brock (NL) def. Abigail Gaw (HC), 8-3
Brooke Hubbard (NL) def. Sophie Day (HC), 8-0
Kaitlyn Daniels (HC) def. Mikaela Moore (NL), 8-3

Doubles

Cheek/Phelps (NL) def. Hall/Gaw (HC), 6-2, 6-0
Clark/Brock (NL) def. Dunn/Daniels (HC), 8-1
McDaniel/Durham (NL) def. Jones/Day (HC), 8-0