Cal's tennis team drew Whitko in the first round of the secontionals tonight. They were all really happy as they had beaten them early in the season 5-0. It definitely looked as though they had an easy path to the sectional finals as their next opponent would be Columbia City. They only could field three courts, so technically only one of our courts would need to win for us to beat them.
One thought that crossed Doug and my mind was that the team has had a different lineup since they beat Whitko a month ago and hadn't won a match since then. I don't know if the coach thought about that, but it became obvious that their lineup wouldn't be the one to beat Whitko tonight. Cal was put in the number 3 singles position and beat his opponent in less than 30 minutes 6-1, 6-0. The number one doubles won their first set, but ended up losing the second. By the time they took the court for the deciding set it did not matter as far as the team was concerned. One singles and two doubles lost almost as quickly as Cal won. Number two singles went longer, but still never provided much of a challenge losing both sets 6-2, 6-2.
I was disappointed for the boys and especially Cal. He had beaten Whitko's number one player twice before and fairly easily the last time. His only chance of moving on was to go as a team or play the number one position. He played well this season and had the best winning record on his team. I know he was disappointed, but it must have been short lived as the first question out of his mouth when he got home was, "Mom, can you take me in at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow for basketball?" Guess we are moving on.
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