3 tennis players for Mountain Home took part in day 2 of the 5A state tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Mountain Home\u0092s duo of Berkley Decker and Nicola Talbot took to the court for their semifinal match against the pairing of Laduke & Cleveland from Hot Springs Lakeside. Decker and Talbot would outlast the pairing from Hot Springs Lakeside by the scores of 6-2 and 6-3. They would advance to the finals to face Kate Calhoun & Grace Hyneman of Valley View for the 5A girls doubles title. The first set would go to the Blazers 6-2. Mountain Home would roar back 6-4 in the second set to force a 3rd set. Calhoon & Hyneman would run past Mountain Home in the final set 6-3 and collect the 5A state girls doubles title. Mountain Home would have to settle for runner up in the 5A doubles and would fall a point short of runner up in the team title.<\/p>\n
Mountain Home had one singles player compete in the 5A Boys. Oakley Recktenwald ran roughshod over his competition the first two days. In his semifinal he faced Behar from Maumelle who he defeated in straight sets 6-1 & 6-2. Recktenwald moved on to the finals to take on Hyneman from Valley View. Recktenwald made quick work of him, winning by the scores of 6-2, 6-3 to claim the 5A Singles Title. With the points he scored the Bombers were able to secure a state runner up finish in class 5A.<\/p>\n
Recktenwald, Talbot, and Decker will all move on to the overall state tournament next week.<\/p>\n
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