The Heritage Highschool’s Girls’ Tennis team completed the season with 9 matches overall. This determined group of girls started off with a bumpy start to the tennis season, being defeated in their first three matches. The first match of the season was against Coahulla Creek, but unfortunately they defeated Heritage with a score of 0-5. Only a day later, the girls suffered a loss to Dalton (0-5). The next team to go against the girls was Ringgold. They ended up losing 0-5 to Ringgold. After three losses the girls set their minds straight and had intentions to win. “The team kept pulling through even though there were some hard times during this season,” said sophomore Tia Eaves. Their next match was set against Gordon Lee. This was their first win of the season. Individually, the wins came from #1 singles juniors Ella Blansit and Rachel Brown. The doubles consisting of Eaves and freshman Cam Carter, and doubles sophomore Madison Thurman and freshman Kayli Marte also won. “The team worked really well together this year. We were better at learning from each other and trying to improve as a team,” explained sophomore Kate Brown. They ended the match with an overall score of 4-1. Going forward, every girl managed to win the match against South East, with a score 6-0. However, the girls soon suffered a hard loss to Cedartown (1-4). The girls shortly bounced back to their feet and won the match against Northwest Whitfield, scoring 3-2, but the win was short-lived after Sonoraville beat the girls 0-5. The girls make it to tournament, but were eliminated with a 2-3 loss. The girls had a little bumpy season, but through their loses and victories grew as players.
