MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – What started as a point dropped here and there quickly turned into a snowball for Forrest Hooton and Adam Wolfe in their Class A/AA tennis state championship match Friday morning.
The Signal Mountain doubles team had three set points up 5-3 in the first set against Middle Tennessee Christian’s Kip Kahler and Mark Clairborne, but the Cougars rallied to win in a tiebreaker and carried that momentum into the second set for a 6-1 victory and the title at Old Fort State Park.
“We gave them a run for their money, but we started to miss some returns,” Hooton said. “We’ve had problems all year closing out matches, and today we missed some crucial first serves. Then they had so much momentum in the second set. We could have played better, but they had so much confidence then.”
Wolfe will spend the next two years on a mission trip before heading to Brigham Young University.
“I feel we had a successful year,” he said. “We’ve improved so much — not only as tennis players, but as friends and family.”