Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Clovis High freshman Ben Brooks makes a forehand return during a doubles match against Portales High on Tuesday at the CHS courts. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats both posted victories over PHS.
Clovis High's tennis teams claimed victories in dual contests against Portales High on Tuesday at the CHS tennis courts, the boys winning 6-3 while the girls posted a 9-0 sweep.
In boys play, the Wildcats went with a roster of junior varsity players against the Rams, who have only four squad members. The Cats claimed forfeit wins at Nos. 5 and 6 singles and at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, boys winners were junior Jackson Rossi, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0) at No. 1; freshman Ben Brooks, 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2, and junior Xylon Byrd, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 at No. 3, while sophomore Conner O'Doherty dropped a 6-0, 6-1 verdict at No. 4.
In doubles, Portales won at No. 1 with a 7-5, 7-5 decision against Rossi and Brooks, and at No. 2 with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Byrd and O'Doherty.
In girls singles, senior Hannah Heath defeated Lady Rams senior Maggie Duong 4-6, 6-4, (10-4) at No. 1; sophomore Gigi Greer won 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) against senior Lorena Fernandez at No. 2; junior Emily Bjorklund downed sophomore Belia Lopez 6-0, 6-4 at No. 3; eighth-grader Stella Greer got the best of sophomore Alejandra Larez 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4; sophomore
Tara Zimmerman won over sophomore Lissette Gomez 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5, and sophomore Leonie Muller topped sophomore Keily Blackwell 6-1, 6-3 at No. 6.
In doubles, Heath and junior Madita Ewert were 6-2, 6-4 winners over Duong and Fernandez; Gigi Green and Bjorklund bested Lopez-Gomez 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 and Stella Greer and junior Hansini Lingala notched a 6-0, 6-2 triumph over Blackwell-Larez at No. 3.
Lady Rams win at Moriarty – The PHS girls registered a 5-4 victory at Moriarty on Thursday, going 4-2 in singles and 1-2 in doubles against the Lady Pintos.
In singles, Duong defeated junior Ziva Goldfein 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1; Hernandez topped junior Meredith Garcia 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2; Lopez lost to sophomore McKenna Hatten 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3; Larez dropped a 6-0, 6-1 verdict to sophomore Addison Springall at No. 4; Gomez topped senior Hannah Davis 6-4, 6-0 at No. 5, and Blackwell posted a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6.
In doubles, Hernandez-Lopez lost 8-4 at No. 1, Duong-Gomez lost 8-6 at No. 2, and Blackwell and junior Susan Mayville were victorious 8-0 at No. 3.
Meantime, Moriarty's boys posted a 9-0 victory over Portales.
Clovis is idle until April 5 when it hosts Roswell High in a non-district dual. Next up for PHS squads are their District 4-4A openers at Artesia on April 2.
