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The Butler County High School Boys Tennis Team advanced their record to 2-1 on the season, defeating Russellville on the road, March 19th.  

The boys picked up four wins in singles and two in doubles.  In singles action, Amit Hajari, Brennan Grubb, and Remmington Harpe had relatively wins at the #3, #4, and #5 singles spots, respectively.  The most-exciting win on the day was at #2 singles, where Matt Embry overcame an early 0-3 deficit.  From there, Matt and his opponent were evenly matched, with the match advancing to a tiebreaker at 8-8.  In the tiebreaker, Matt faced down two consecutive match points at 4-6.  However, Embry was not fazed, and ran off four straight points to take the match 9-8 (8-6).  Playing #1 for the first time, Dakota Merrick put up a good effort in a 5-8 loss.  At #6, Ivan Beasley also came up just a bit short, falling 6-8.  

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In doubles action, the #2 team of Hajari/Harpe clinched the team match for Butler, win a sweeping 8-0 victory.  The #3 team of Beasley/Austin Phelps won 8-3, making the final team score a 6-3 win for Butler County.  The win for Austin Phelps marked his first career varsity win.  

Results

Singles

Dakota Merrick lost to Will Oakley 5-8

Matthew Embry def Cameron Tisdale 9-8 (6)

Amit Hajari def Travis McDaniel 8-1

Brennan Grubb def AK Tisdale 8-1

Remmington Harpe def Sam Cundiff 8-1

Ivan Beasley lost to Eli Higginbotham 6-8

Doubles

Embry/Merrick lost to Oakley/C. Tisdale 5-8

Hajari/Harpe def McDaniel/Cosner 8-0

Beasley/Austin Phelps def Watkins/Rodriguez 8-3

Girls

 In girls action, Russellville sported a team of first year players.  Knowing this, it was agreed that the match would count as a "JV" match and Butler County sent in a JV squad.  The JV girls yielded overall positive results, taking down Russellville 8-1.  Hannah Barrow was in a battle at #1 and eventually fell 5-8.  From there though, it was a sweep of the rest of the matches for Butler Co.  At #3 singles, Dalys Bishop won 8-3.  All the rest of the singles matches were 8-0 victories for Rachel Johnson, Jasmine Creager, Ashley Mudd, & Kelsey Hughson.  

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 In doubles, the winning trend continued, as the Bears swept all three matches.  

 Results

Singles

Hannah Barrow lost to Chelsea Jenkins 5-8

Rachel Johnson def Fernanda Rodriguez 8-0

Dalys Bishop def Destiny Haycraft 8-3

Jasmine Creager def DeVairra Welch 8-0

Ashley Mudd def Jessie Wilson 8-0

Kelsey Hughson def Elly Myers 8-0

Doubles

Barrow/Johnson def Jenkins/Rodriguez 8-5

Mudd/Bishop def Haycraft/Welch 8-1

Creager/Hughson def Wilson/Morgan Head 8-0

Butler County wraps up the week with two more matches, both of which will also involve boys varsity and girls junior varsity.  Both matches will also be at home.  Thursday, the teams host Franklin-Simpson and Friday the teams dive back into regional action, hosting Cloverport.

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 On March 14th, the Butler County Tennis Teams hosted Logan County.  The team matches would not be completed though, due to a mash-up of falling sleet and snow, which eventually made the tennis courts too slick for competition.  With no sign of stopping and allowing for the courts to dry, play was suspended.  

 At the time of the stoppage, doubles play had been completed and singles play was underway.  In doubles play, the #2 team of Amit Hajari/Brennan Grubb had won their doubles match.  The teams of #1 Matt Embry/Dakota Merrick and #3 Ivan Beasley/Remmington Harpe had both dropped close matches, giving the Cougars a 2-1 lead.  

 In girls action, the Lady Bears held a 2-1 lead, with the #3 team of Hannah Barrow/Rachel Johnson having dropped their doubles match, while the #1 team of Emily Wallace/Sierra Fields and the #2 team of Chanda Hampton/Laura Hunt had won their matches.  

 Two of the uncompleted singles matches saw #3 Dakota Merrick (boys singles) and #2 Chanda Hampton (girls singles) holding 7-0 leads, when play was suspended.