Tiger netters falter during two matches
The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team dropped two home conference matches to Emmett and Bishop Kelly last week.
Emmett Girls 5,
Mountain Home Girls 2
Emmett Boys 6,
Mountain Home Boys 1
The Tigers lost to Emmett at Richard Aguirre Park last Thursday with the girls falling 2-5 and the boys dropping in a 1-6 contest.
Mountain Home's two wins in the girls match came in the doubles, as Anna Martin and Leah Riley won the first match, 6-4, 6-3, with Tessa Pachner and Emma Wenger winning the second match in three sets, 7-5, 1-6 and 6-4.
In girls singles, Kali Ireland lost the first match, 3-6, 2-6, Stephanie Farnsworth dropped the second, 2-6, 1-6, and Karina Guadarrama lost the third match, 0-6, 0-6.
The Mountain Home boys' only win came in the second doubles match where Brad Foreman and Haydon Draper won a three-set nailbiter, 7-6 with a 7-3 tie breaker followed by 4-6 and 6-1 victories. Ben Dearing and Eric Ward lost the first doubles match, 2-6, 5-7.
In boys singles, Timothy Austin lost the first match, 3-6, 2-6, Daniel Courtright dropped the second, 1-6, 2-6, and Andrew Turner lost the third match, 1-6, 1-6. In mixed doubles, Drew Borgholthaus and Allie Draper lost the first match, 3-6, 0-6, with Jacob Hanson and Kiana Galloway losing the second match, 1-6, 4-6.
Bishop Kelly Girls 5,
Mountain Home Girls 2
Bishop Kelly Boys 7,
Mountain Home Boys 0
The Tigers hosted Bishop Kelly on the nets at Richard Aguirre Park on Friday and lost to the Knights, 2-5 in girls play with the boys shut out in a 0-7 loss.
One of the wins for the Tiger girls came in the third singles match where Heidi Rawlins won by default. Karli Ireland battled three sets before losing the first match, 2-6, 6-2, 1-6. Meanwhile, Stephanie Farnsworth dropped the second match, 0-6, 2-6.
Mountain Home's other win came in the second girls doubles match where Tessa Pachner and Emma Wenger won, 7-5, 6-1. Anna Martin and Leah Riley dropped the first doubles match, 0-6, 0-6.
The Tigers lost all three boys singles matches with Timothy Austin getting blanked in the first match, 0-6, 0-6, Daniel Courtright losing the second, 2-6 0-6, and Joe Spinazzolo dropping the third match, 1-6, 0-6.
In boys doubles, Haydon Draper and Brad Foreman lost the first match, 1-6, 5-7, and Jacob Hanson and Dustin Emerson fell in the second, 3-6, 1-6. In mixed doubles, Drew Borgholthaus and Allie Draper lost the first match, 1-6, 0-6, while Jeremy Gillies and Kaitlyn Stevens lost the second, 0-6, 0-6.