Tigers tennis squad places in district competition

The Mountain Home Tigers failed to qualify anyone on to state this week at the district tennis tourney over the weekend, but did place in three events.

In girls singles, Carolyn Bailey ended up in sixth place. After losing in the first round, she went to the consolation bracket where she won her first match by forfeit, and won her next two matches to place her in the Saturday playoffs.

Bailey started Saturday off with a win, but then lost to Nampa's #1 and Bishop Kelly's #2 to finish in sixth place. Natalie Lasher opened with a loss, won her first consolation bracket match, but lost her next to be eliminated.

Danielle Lord went out of the tourney in two straight matches.

In girls doubles, both Mountain Home teams, Anna Martin and Leah Riley and Tessa Pachner and Emma Wenger both went out in two straight matches.

In boys singles, Bryan Wheeler ended up in seventh place. He lost his first match, but came back in the consolation bracket and won three straight. He won on Saturday to finish seventh. John Teng and Casey Pehlke both went out in two straight matches.

In boys doubles, Tommy Miller and Drew Hopkins went out in two straight matches.

In mixed doubles, Ross Pataro and Brittany Ryan finished eighth.

They opened with a win, lost their second match, won their third, but lost their fourth to finish eighth. Drew Borgholthaus and Allie Draper won their first match, but dropped the next two to be eliminated.

"In the scheme of things, Mountain Home ended up last in overall team points for both the girls and boys team awards," said Mountain Home Tiger tennis coach Tamzy House. "The Boise area schools have tennis programs that start in middle school as well as easy access to tennis pros to teach their kids, so they are usually at a higher skill level.

"In Mountain Home, our kids join Tiger tennis to learn the sport and, hopefully, enjoy it for a lifetime. They gave it their all during the tournament, and their opponents had to work hard to beat them. They showed outstanding sportsmanship and I could not be any prouder."