Kilgore escapes with win
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com

Courtesy photo by Emily K. Mitis SERVING UP A WINNER - Kilgore High School tennis player Emily Spence (above) prepares to serve to her opponent. Spence and the Bulldogs' tennis team left Center Tuesday with a 13-11 win. Spence won for KHS in singles and in doubles matches. The varsity won't play again until its participation in a tournament at John Tyler High School next week. Kilgore's JV will play at home against Center on Tuesday.

According to Kilgore High School tennis coach Jason Maroney, his tennis team played two opponents on Tuesday: Center High School and the wind.

Kilgore wound up on the winning end, though, taking 13 of 24 matches (13-11). The Bulldogs' varsity tennis team is off for about a week, and will play in a tournament on Friday, Feb. 8 at John Tyler High School in Tyler. Maroney's junior varsity team, however, will take its home court Tuesday against Center.

KHS won most of its girls singles matchups. No. 1 girls single Haley Smith beat Center's Abby Reeves, 6-1, 6-0; Callie Cunyus lost to Brittany Sowell, 6-2, 6-3; Emily Mitis beat Alex McFarland, 6-3, 6-2; Emily Spence beat Leslie Crawford, 6-2, 6-3; Brittany Conner lost to Shelby Hudspeth, 7-5, 6-1; Shelby Duncan beat Casey Fountain, 6-7, 7-6, 11-9; Meredith Gregg lost to Kasey Golden, 6-1, 6-1; and Lauren Terry beat Krista Fletcher, 6-0, 6-1.

The boys went 4-4 in singles play against Center. Trevar Compton lost to Gavin Ybarra, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6; Josh Way beat Jeremy Noble, 3-6, 6-1, 13-11; Josh Bailey lost to Clay Samuels, 6-1, 6-3; Eric Applegate lost to Justin Clark, 6-0, 6- 0; Joe Worden lost to Tommy Harris, 6-4, 6-4; Kade Bittick beat Zach Burns, 6-3, 6-0; Ethan High beat Tommy Bierman, 7-6, 7-6; and Jeremy Berryhill beat David Young, 6- 1, 6-3.

In mixed doubles play, Kilgore won both matchups. Compton and Cunyus beat Bierman and Hudspeth, 8-3, and Applegate and Duncan beat Young and Fountain, 8-5.

KHS won two of the three girls doubles matches. Mitis and Conner lost to Reeves and Sowell, 8-6; Smith and Spence beat McFarland and Golden, 8-6; and Gregg and Terry beat Crawford and Fletcher, 8-2.

The KHS boys lost their doubles matchups. Bailey and Bittick lost to Ybarra and Noble, 8-5; High and Worden lost to Samuels and Clark, 8-2; and Way and Berryhill lost to Burns and Harris, 8-6.