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Kats finish tied for first in KHS Tennis Invitational

By Travis Taflinger | Sep 9, 2023 7:58 PM

Kokomo vs West Lafayette High School (3 - 2) Win Caleb Taflinger L 4-6, 7-5, 12-10 Andrew Guerre L 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 Mitch McClelland W 6-4, 6-2 Doubles: Easton Douglas/Micah Taflinger W 6-3, 6-4 Ari Leger/Harry Blake W 6-0, 6-0 Kokomo vs Delta (3 - 2) Win Caleb Taflinger W 6-1, 6-1 Andrew Guerre L 6-3, 6-2 Mitch McClelland W 6-4, 2-6, 11-9 Doubles: Easton Douglas/Micah Taflinger L 6-2, 6-1 Ari Leger/Harry Blake W 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 Kokomo vs Peru High School (2 - 3) Loss Caleb Taflinger L 6-4, 6-2 Andrew Guerre W 7-5, 6-2 Mitch McClelland L 6-2, 6-3 Doubles: Easton Douglas/Micah Taflinger L 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) Ari Leger/Harry Blake W 6-1, 6-3 The Kats went 2-1 today in the KHS Invite. We tied for first, but Delta won the tiebreaker to take home the title. We were 0-6 the past two years in this event and this won two matches against some really solid opponents. Every match was tight and could have gone either way. We swept doubles and Mitch won to beat West Lafayette. In the Delta match, Caleb won and then Ari/Harry won a great match in the third set tiebreaker. Finally, Mitch pulled out another third set tiebreaker to give us the team win. In our final match, we lost 3-2 to Peru with Andrew and #2 doubles pulling out hard fought wins. Ari and Harry were 3-0 on the day, Mitch was 2-1 and everyone on our team picked up a win to help contribute. These are all really good tennis programs and I was so proud of our group to compete and play with these teams. On top of that, our JV played great at Foster Park and won the JV portion of the Invitational. They have been working so hard this year and have had some great results too! Coach Heflin is doing a great job with them and their development.