Harlan County won the first two matches of the Caleb Bailey era as the Bears and Lady Bears swept past Barbourville on Monday at Union College. The HCHS girls won 6-1 and the boys claimed a 4-3 victory.
“After playing against two of the best teams in the region in a 10-day timespan, it’s nice to come out on top,” said Bailey, the first-year coach. “Our teams have had a great week of practice and today it showed. I couldn’t be more proud of the determination this team has. They hate to lose. We move forward to play the Harlan Green Dragons next week at Harlan.”
The results from Monday include:
Girls
Amber Lewis lost 0-8 to Sarah Smith
Abigail Gaw defeated Paige Smith 8-2
Lindsay Hall defeated Regan Brewer 8-0
Jaya Wilhelmy defeated Emily Bingham 8-0
Laura Ball defeated McKenzie Merida 8-2

Doubles
Gaw/Hall defeated Sarah Smith/Amber Mills 8-4
Lewis/Wilhelmy defeated P. Smith/R. Corey 8-5

Boys
Singles
Chandler Smith lost to Michael Smith 1-6, 0-6
Sawyer Cornett lost to Steven Smith 4-6, 6-1
Tony Reynolds defeated Logan Bingham 6-3, 6-4
Cody Clayborn defeated Charleston Dixon 6-1, 1-6, (10-7) in a tiebreaker.
Braden Engle defeated Nate Popejoy 8-6
Bricen Brock defeated Ethan Lester 8-0

Doubles
Tony Reynolds and Cody Clayborn lost to Smith/Smith 1-8
Braden Engle/Steven Fee lost to Bingham/Dixon 1-8
Smith and Cornett defeaed Popejoy and Lester 8-0