Wabash High School

The tennis team opened up their season at the Jimtown Invite, playing against Jimtown, SB Adams, and Wawasee. The Apaches finished in 4th place. Although there were no team wins, Coach Ford and Coach Stone are both optimistic about the rest of the season. In the first match of the day, Wabash fell 0-5 against an experienced SB Adams. team The Apaches competed well, but it was evident that this was their first match of the season. There were some nerves and hesitation, but the girls were able to shake that off and improve their scores in their next 2 matches! In the second match of the day, Wabash lost an extremely close match against Wawasee 2-3. Abbi Hipskind (2 singles) won a thrilling match in a 3rd set super tibreaker! The score of her match was 7-5, 4-6, 12-10. The 2 doubles team consisting of Emma Adams and Emma Weaver won 6-2, 6-4. In the final match of the day, Wabash lost 1-4 to Jimtown. Wabash’s lone win came from the 2 doubles duo of Bridget Bailey and Emma Weaver, with a score of 7-6(4), 6-4. The Apaches are back in action this week Monday at Bluffton, Tuesday at home vs. Mississinewa, and Thursday at Tipp Valley.