Author: Caleb Sutton

The boys tennis team started the quarter and semi-final regional tournament matches on Thursday. The Rebels started with two singles players and one doubles team in hopes of qualifying for the state tournament. If a team/player wins in the quarters, they qualify for the state tournament.

The day started with singles. Mason Young started off playing the four seed, Ben Hampton from Pulaski. Young started down, dropping the first set 2-6, then fought hard in the next set to get to a tie break, but he fell just short losing 6(5)-7(7). Simultaneously, Sean Guiney was playing Carter Dilbeck from Danville. Sean started down, dropping the first set 3-6, then fighting back to win the second set in a tie break winning 7(10)-6(8). For the decider, Guiney fought hard, falling just short losing the match in a super tiebreak 8-10.

After the singles, the doubles slowly started up with Jacob King and Caleb Sutton versus Wayne County. King and Sutton started the first set off strong winning 6-3. After the first set, they kept the momentum going and went on to win the match with the second set win of 6-1. After a short break, Sutton and King faced up against the two-seed, Pulaski. The first set started off a little slow, but with a little grit, Sutton and King won 7-5. In the second set, Pulaski started winning the first game and kept the momentum going, winning the set 2-6. They then advanced to a super tiebreak, losing it and the match 7-10, allowing Pulaski to advance to the final versus Lincoln. Their region semi-final play still qualifies King and Sutton to move on to the state tournament!

This brings an end to the Rebels’ solo season. But they still have team Regions taking place Tuesday vs. West Jessamine.

The Rebels took on the Titans at home Wednesday night. They took a good win, winning the overall match 9-0.

The Rebels started the night off with doubles. Jacob King and Caleb Sutton started off in one doubles winning 8-3 over Tharon and Garrett. Then Ethan Drake and Desmond Rapp quickly followed up clinching a win of 8-6. Finally, Spencer Costello and Lance Slone ended the doubles night off, again securing the win 8-6 over Mercer.

Next came all the singles matches. Mason Young started the singles night off strong winning 8-2. Then Sean Guiney and Bryar Bentley followed quickly. Both won their singles matches 8-1. Then after a short break from his doubles, Jacob King played 3 singles and won 8-0. Finally, Spencer Costello and Desmond Rapp wrapped up the night, Spencer winning 8-5 and Desmond winning 8-6.

The Rebels ended up sweeping the match winning 9-0. Their next match is Monday, May 16th versus Southwestern.

The boys tennis team took a tough loss to the Pulaski County Maroons on Tuesday. They played the Maroons at home and lost with a final score of 4-1.

The boys started the match with singles. Mason Young started the night off by taking the first set 6-1, then dropping the second set 2-6. After a long two hours, Young came out on top winning a super tiebreak 10-8. Young ended by saying, “It was a hard-fought match against one of the best teams, I hope that we can build off this and be prepared for regions.” Then Sean Guiney had a tough match against Ben Hampton fighting hard, but falling short to lose 3-6, 2-6.

The night ended off with doubles. Caleb Sutton and Jacob King dropped their first set 3-6. Slowly starting to fight back, they made their way up to 3-2 in the second set, but couldn’t hold on and fell short 3-6.  Ethan Drake and Desmond Rapp followed up by playing a hard match but just falling short, losing 1-6, 3-6. Finally, Andrew Carr and Lance Slone fell short losing 1-8.

The boys tennis team took on their first loss of the season to the Woodford County Yellow Jackets a week ago on Tuesday, March 19. They played the Yellow Jackets away in Versailles and the Rebs lost, with a final score of 1-4.  This moves their season record to 3-1.

The match started off with all doubles. Caleb Sutton and Jacob King started a little slow, down 1-4. They slowly made a run to bring themselves back up to 4-5. However, after the long match, Woodford came out ahead winning 8-4. The night then continued with Spencer Costello and Desmond Rapp falling just short, losing 8-0. Then three seed doubles Lance Slone and Andrew Carr had a rough match. They fought hard, but ended up losing 0-8. Finally, at the end of the doubles, Cooper Jackson and Alosha McSweyn almost made a comeback, but fell short, losing 4-8.

Senior Mason Young was the lone winner that night, winning 8-1 over Morgan Hash. The game was difficult and Young fought hard to come out on top. Young said, “It was a tough match with rough conditions, but we all fought hard and played well considering the conditions.”