Crestview split their doubles matches on the boys’ side. Tristan Cooley paired with fellow senior, Roman Prien, winning their match 5-3, 4-0. Sophomore, Lliam Cooley, paired with freshman, Kai Kellogg. The two would lose their match in a tiebreaker 4-2, 2-4, 1-0 (10-6).
T. Cooley went on to win his singles match sweeping both sets 6-2, 6-1. T. Cooley has swept Niceville in all four years of his high school career.
Prien came close to defeating his singles opponent, in a tiebreaker 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-1). Lliam Cooley, Kai Kellogg, and Brendan Barnard would also drop their singles matches.
“As a team, I was impressed with our drive to compete. Most of our matches started off slow, but by the end, progress had been made,” head coach Dan Byerly said. “I was proud of our team as a whole.”
Kaya Wolfgramm and Kaylee Wayer paired together for the first of the girls’ double matches. A tough loss, 0-4, 3-5 that carried over into Tia Parker-Dahlgren and Brooke Copeland’s doubles match, 0-4, 2-4.
Wolfgramm put up a tough battle in her singles match, but dropped both sets 4-6, 4-6.
Crestview didn’t get the win they wanted, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t any positives taken away from the loss.
“I think we gained some respect in our lower seeds by proving the strength of our freshman class,” Byerly said. “Kai Kellogg on the boys’ team and Tia Parker-Dahlgren, Brook Copeland, and Mackenzie Craig on the girls’ side, all fought tooth and nail for every point.”
The Bulldogs move on to district play on Tuesday, February 10 where they will host the Tate Aggies starting at 3 p.m.
