The Harlan County tennis teams each improved to 3-0 with sweeps of Lynn Camp and Pineville earlier this week.
“This was a great week for our team,” Harlan County coach Caleb Bailey said. “Our boys are showing great improvement over the past few weeks and are playing and hitting solid tennis. They are closing out the long rallies that we lost some points on last year. For our girls, we have gotten an opportunity to play a few players up in positions on the team as a chance to play higher competition and that will serve as an advantage later in the season against some higher competition in the region. Pineville is getting better as a program, and I am glad with the results some of our younger players showed today. We have more work to do to get where we want to go, but we are making very strong improvements with each match. I’m very proud of our teams. We ultimately know what our goals are this season, and each match that is what we are fighting for.”
Harlan County returns to action Friday at Williamsburg.
Harlan County vs Lynn Camp
Girls
Harlan County def. Lynn Camp 9-0
Singles
Alley Stewart (HC) def. Brissa Mirukaj (LC), 8-0
Lynn Camp defaults seeds 2-6, Doubles 1-3
Boys
Harlan County def Lynn Camp 8-1
Singles
Elijah Moore (HC) def. Jason Carnes (LC), 8-2
Trey Ball (HC) def. Ryot Kushner (LC), 8-1
Ethan Peterson (HC) def. Ricky Smith (LC), 6-1
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Doubles
Carnes/Kushner (LC) def Ball/Peterson (HC), 8-6
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Harlan County vs Pineville
Girls defeat Pineville 8-1
Singles
Kalista Dunn (HC) def. S. Howard (P), 8-0
Natalie Moore (HC) def. B. Harris (P), 8-1
Sophie Day (HC) def. M. Smith (P), 6-2
Riley Witt (HC) def. B. Sizemore (P), 6-0
L. Howard (P) def. Jocelyn Leichty (HC), 6-4
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Doubles
Moore/Witt (HC) def. Howard/Smith (P), 8-2
Fields/Stewart (HC) def. Harris/Sizemore (P), 7-6 (9-7)
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Boys defeat Pineville 8-1
Singles
Elijah Moore (HC) def. D. Rutherford (P), 8-1
Josh Stewart (HC) def. J. Gaines (P), 8-2
Trey Ball (HC) def. G. Love (P), 6-1
G. Love (P) def. Heath Ball (HC), 7-5
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Doubles
Ball/Peterson (HC) def. Gaines/Love (P), 8-2
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