BY BOO NEWSOME
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN
Martin County tennis teams and coach Joshua Penix spent last week making up matches due to weather cancellations. Boys and girls teams knocked off Paintsville, while the boys defeated Johnson Central and tied with Magoffin County and the girls lost to the Hornets and Eagles.
“This has been a busy week for our team,” Coach Penix said. “I am seeing tons of improvement and continued competitiveness from my kids, and know we are right there with some other teams if we can just break over the hump in the road matches.”
This week the Cardinals will take on Belfry and travel to Lexington to play Lafayette.
“We are also going to watch UK Men’s tennis team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before our match in Lexington,” said Penix. “Our kids are excited for the opportunity to see tennis played at the college level.”
Below is a recap of last week’s action:
Cards knock off Tigers
PAINTSVILLE — Martin County tennis knocked off the Paintsville Tigers in a battle May 1.
The girls won their match 9-0 and the boys won 6-0.
Below is a recap of the match results.
In girls singles action the No. 1 seed Tamara Workman won her set 6-0. Two seed Caitlyn Horn won 6-1, three seed Kennedy Mills won 6-3, four seed Tori Crum won 7-5, five seed Dakota Ward won 6-3, and Candace Spaulding won 6-4.
In girls doubles action the No. 1 seed team of Tamara Workman and Caitlyn Horn won their set 6-0, Tori Crum and Hailey Damron No. 2 seed won 6-0 and the duo of Katie Maynard and Aaliyah Cline three seed won their set 6-3.
In boys singles action the No. 1 seed Caleb Horn won 6-0, two seed Connor Dials won their set 6-0, three seed Brayden Cook won 6-0, and four seed Bryon Marcum won 6-0.
In boys doubles action the No. 1 seed Cory Jarrell and Levi Howard won their set 6-0, and two seed duo of Brayden Cook and Bryon Marcum won their set 6-0.
Cards-Hornets
WARFIELD — Martin County took on the Magoffin County Hornets on May 2. The Lady Cards lost their match to the Hornets 7-2. On the boys side the score was knotted 3-3 for the tie. Below is a recap of the match results.
In girls single action No. 1 seed Caitlyn Horn lost 8-1, two seed Kennedy Mills lost 0-6, three seed Dakota Ward won 6-2, four seed Tori Crum won 7-5, five seed Hailey Damron lost 1-6, and six seed Candace Spaulding lost 1-6.
In girls doubles action No. 1 seed of Tori Crum and Hailey Damron lost 0-8, No. 2 seed Aaliyah Cline and Katie Maynard lost 3-6, and the three seed of Dakota Ward and Grace Caldwell lost 2-6.
In boys singles action No. 1 seed Caleb Horn lost his set 8-5, No. 2 seed Connor Dials lost 6-4, No. 3 seed Brayden Cook won 6-0, and No. 4 seed Connor Dials won 6-0.
In boys doubles action the No. 1 seed of Brayden Cook and Bryon Marcum won 6-0, and No. 2 seed Cory Jarrell and Levi Howell lost 8-6.
Cards-Eagles
PAINTSVILLE — Martin County tennis went up against the Johnson Central Eagles on May 3. The Lady Cards lost their match 10-0 and the Cardinals pulled off a 5-4 win over the Eagles.
In girls singles action the Lady Cards No. 1 seed Tamara Workman fell 1-6, No. 2 seed Dakota Ward lost 1-6, No. 3 seed Tori Crum lost 1-6, No. 4 seed Hailey Damron fell 0-6, No. 5 seed Candace Spaulding lost her sets 0-6 and 3-6, and No. 7 seed Sarah Keener lost 0-6.
In girls doubles action the Lady Cards No. 1 seed of Tori Crum and Hailey Damron fell 6-1, Two seed Kati Maynard and Aaliyah Clone fell 0-6 and three seed Sarah Keener and Dakota Ward lost 1-6.
In boys singles action the Cardinals came away with a 5-4 match win. In singles play No. 1 seed Connor Dials fell 2-6, No. 2 Brayden Cook fell 2-6, No. 3 seed Bryon Marcum won 6-4, No. 4 seed Cory Jarrell won 7-5, No. 5 seed Bryson Dials won 6-2, No. 6 seed Levi Howell won 6-1, and No. 7 seed Jacob Pack lost 4-6.
In boys doubles play the No. 1 seed of Brayden Cook and Bryon Marcum lost 6-1, No. 2 seed Cory Jarrell and Levi Howell won 8-1, and No. 3 seed Corey Endicott and Liam May lost 6-0.
