Signal Mountain’s Jason Morris leaves the ground for a shot during the No. 1 doubles match with Zach Brown against Chattanooga Christian’s Nick Baxendale and Joe Sliga Thursday at CCS.Signal Mountain tennis coach Renato Mizutani didn’t give his boys’ team a chance to celebrate its first-ever District 7-A/AA championship Thursday. Instead, he made the Eagles run.
“They’re going to need their conditioning for the postseason,” Mizutani said. “We’re going to run today, tomorrow and Saturday.”
The Eagles (12-2, 2-0) were able to lay claim to the title with a sound 6-3 win over Chattanooga Christian. The Lady Chargers won the girls’ match, defeating Signal 7-2. The Eagles and the Notre Dame girls will be representing the district in the team postseason tournament, which starts May 8 against the representatives from District 8.
The individual tournament begins Monday at the Champions Club.
Jason Morris, Zack Brown and Micajah Tucker had singles wins for the Signal boys, who swept the doubles matches.