The Harlan County girls ran their record to 2-0 in tennis action and the boys evened their record at 1-1 with a sweep Monday of visiting Letcher Central. The Lady Bears claimed a 5-4 win while the boys coasted to a 9-0 victory.
“An early test for our squads today against Letcher Central. We had some adversity face us on the girls side and we had to dig down deep to make a comeback in a few matches,” Harlan County coach Caleb Bailey said. “We pulled it through in doubles for the win. The boys played an all around good game. I thought each player hit the appropriate shots today and corrected a lot of issues we had forced against Whitley last week.”
Harlan County returns to action at Middlesboro on Thursday.
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Harlan County girls defeat Letcher Central, 5-4
Singles
1 Kalista Dunn (HC) def. K. Nichols (LCC), 8-0
2 M. Warf (LCC) def. Laura Ball (HC), 8-6
3 Kaitlyn Daniels (HC) def. S. Smith (LCC), 9-8
4 Sophie Day (HC) def. C. Webb (LCC), 8-6
5 P. Caudill (LCC) def. Bailee Jones (HC), 8-1
6 A. LeBron (LCC) def. Riley Witt (HC), 8-0
Doubles
1 Ball/Daniels (HC) def. Combs/Collins (LCC), 8-3
2 Dunn/Day (HC) def. Warf/Smith (LCC), 8-3
3 Caudill/Dixon (LCC) def. Addison Fields/Bani Chaudhari (HC), 8-0

Harlan County boys defeat Letcher Central, 9-0
Singles
1 Calan Neely (HC) def. J. Cornett (LCC), 8-1
2 Elijah Moore (HC) def. J. Stallard (LCC), 8-0
3 Josh Stewart (HC) def. J. Shepherd (LCC), 8-0
4 Jason Maggard (HC), won by default
5 Billy Ball (HC), won by default
6 Grayson Short (HC), won by default
Doubles
1 Stewart/Jason Maggard (HC) def. Stallard/Shepherd (LCC), 8-0