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LHS Boys Tennis End Frustration vs. FHS
Are you a history of local high school sports?
Then you know Fauquier had always had Liberty's number in boys tennis.
That was until March 25 when the Eagles beat the Falcons, 5-4, in one of the first victories (and perhaps the only victory) by the LHS boys tennis team over FHS. The stunner left undefeated Liberty (6-0) tied with Loudoun Valley for first place in the Cedar Run District ahead of FHS (5-1).
“I think all the guys are pretty excited. The past two years we've not had a great record. Winning has motivated everybody to play better,” said new coach Gabe Zakkak.
The undefeated new coach is a 2001 LHS grad whose Eagles never beat FHS as a team when he was an Eagle. “We were not very good, we had a losing record,” said Zakkak, who did shine individually.
After going 4-29 the last two years, Zakkak's guys are cruising. Despite sharing first place with Loudoun Valley, Liberty has the upper hand. A March 16 match with the Vikings was stopped with LHS leading 4-2. The three doubles events remain, so all the Eagles have to do is win one and they'll be alone in first.
“Our goal is to win the district. It was not our goal originally but we were able to win some early on, and that's set the tone,” said Zakkak.
The historic triumph over FHS on a chilly day in Warrenton went down to the final match.
Liberty got singles wins from Josh Rinker at No. 2, Chris Brown at No. 3 and Riley Little at No. 6, and took two of the three doubles matches.
A win by Liberty's No. 1 doubles team of Kyle Tobin and Rinker put all the pressure on the Eagles' No, 3 unit of Walker Riley and Tyler Johnson, who earned a 10-7 victory.
“Everyone was hanging around looking through the fence. We were freezing cold and we were nervous,” said Zakkak...
See the Wednesday print edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for the complete story.
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