The Harlan County High School boys and girls tennis swept a match from visiting Bell County on Monday, winning 7-2 in boys action and 8-1 in the girls competition.

“I’m very proud of our squads. It was a long two weeks of matches with no practices in between,” Harlan County coach Caleb Bailey said. “I know these kids are tired and worn out and I couldn’t be more proud of how hard we work. But they fought through the exhaustion tonight with a win. I’m proud of the boys squad. We had some out tonight and we had a few step up to the plate to deliver a win for us.” 

Harlan County returns to action Monday at home against Pineville.

Match results include:

HCHS boys defeat Bell County 7-2

Calan Neely (HC) defeats T. Smith (BC) 8-4

Braden Engle (HC) was defeated by D. Lawson (BC) 8-2

Steven Fee (HC) defeated E. Sampson (BC) 6-1 

Chandler Smith (HC) defeated C. Wilder (BC) 6-2

Joshua Stewart (HC) defeated J. Saylor (BC) 7-5

Trey Ball (HC) wins by default 

Newley/Fee (HC) was defeated by Smith/Lawson (BC) 6-1, 6-3

Engle/Smith (HC) defeated Wilder/Sampson (BC) 1-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Stewart/Ball (HC) win by default 

HCHS girls defeat Bell County 8-1

Lindsay Hall (HC) defeated K. Gambrel (BC) 8-4

Abigail Gaw (HC) defeated M. Gambrel (BC) 8-6

Amber Lewis (HC) defeated K. Gambrel (BC) 6-2

Laura Ball (HC) defeated E. Gambrel (BC) 6-3

Kalista Dunn (HC) defeated P. Frye (BC) 6-0

Kaitlyn Daniels (HC) was defeated by M. Allen (BC) 3-6

Hall/Gaw (HC) defeated 6-1, 6-4

Ball/Lewis (HC) defeated K. Gambrel/Gambrel (BC) 6-1, 6-4

Dunn/Daniels won by default