Eatonville boys tennis drops 2 matches

The Eatonville High School boys tennis team faced tough competition last week, dropping two close matches to Fife and Franklin Pierce.

On Oct. 1, Eatonville traveled to the Jupiter Tennis Center in Edgewood to take on Fife, the top team in the league. Despite the challenges of playing indoors, Brody Thirtyacre and Jacob Golding both secured singles victories for Eatonville. Thirtyacre adjusted to the faster indoor conditions, battling back to defeat Bass Becker 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Golding showed confidence on the indoor courts, winning his match 6-2, 7-5 against Robert Carlos. However, Eatonville’s doubles teams struggled, leading to a 3-2 loss overall. The first doubles team of Carl Lucas and Nate Goode played competitively but lost focus in the final set, falling 1-6, 4-6 to Fife’s Ducharme and Patton.

On Oct. 3, Eatonville came close to securing a win against Franklin Pierce. Once again, Thirtyacre and Golding earned singles victories. Thirtyacre worked on his consistency to defeat Collin Ryle 6-3, 6-3, while Golding maintained his undefeated record for the season by beating Brandon Liwang 6-2, 6-4. However, the match came down to the first doubles team of Lucas and Goode. After winning the first set, they dropped the second in a tiebreaker and couldn’t recover in the third, losing 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 4-6. Franklin Pierce edged out Eatonville 3-2.

Freshman Holden Hetland made his varsity debut this week, partnering in the third doubles spot. Head coach Maryann Baker said adjustments are being made to improve doubles play.

Eatonville will travel to Foss on Oct. 8 and return home to host Washington on Oct. 10.