Wolverine netters lose at home

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley senior Evan Karr prepares to return a serve against Barr-Reeve here Monday. (By Travis David/Greene County Daily World). [Order this photo]

SWITZ CITY -- The youthful White River Valley boys tennis team once again ran into a more experienced team on the court Monday in the form of the Barr-Reeve Vikings. The home team dropped to 1-6 on the season with the 5-0 setback.

"We just ran into another very solid team tonight," White River Valley coach Daniel Crites said. "Some of the scores did not indicate just how hard my kids played tonight. I was pleased with our effort."

The only Wolverine senior on the roster, Evan Karr, lost at No. 1 singles in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. Crites mentioned Karr got off to a slow start in his match.

"Evan played pretty good tonight," Crites said. "It took him a little while to get going, but after he warmed up he really made their kid battle for the points."

Crites was also impressed with his freshman at No. 2 singles, Derek Myers. Myers was the only Wolverine not to get blanked in both sets, as he lost 6-1, 6-1.

"Derek played much better today than what he did over the weekend," Crites said. "He was serving a lot better and he really battled well."

The Wolverines were blanked in each of the doubles pairings and also at No. 3 singles.

WRV will be back in action on the courts today when they host Washington Catholic.

At White River Valley

Barr-Reeve 5, WRV 0

Singles

1. Hogan Helms (BR) d. Evan Karr (WRV), 6-0, 6-1

2. Willie Helms (BR) d. Derek Myers (WRV), 6-1, 6-1

3. Christian Duncheon (BR) d. Damian Hiatt (WRV), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1. Kendall Murphy and Luke Harmon (BR) d. Austin Roudebush and Garrett Miller (WRV) 6-0, 6-0

2. Lovis Murphy and Brandon Graber (BR) d. Ricky Anderson and Adam Sapp (WRV), 6-0, 6-0