Whitehall tennis opens home season Friday

After spending the first several weeks of the season on the road, the Whitehall High School tennis team will open their home schedule this week. Local fans will have the opportunity to watch the Lady Trojans three times in five days.

Whitehall will be one of three locations hosting this weekends DAWG B.I.T.E. Tournament. The tournament will start Friday, April 28 at 11 a.m. with the Lady Trojans hosting Granite and Chester. On Saturday, April 29, Whitehall will host Granite, Lone Peak, and Fort Benton. Action is set to begin Saturday at 9 a.m.

The Lady Trojans will also host a home match Tuesday starting at 2 p.m.

Whitehall was shorthanded last week when they traveled to a competition in Choteau. Head Coach Kerry Sacry said they had a tournament cancelled Friday in Fort Benton because of rain, and half the team was missing Saturday because of the District Music Festival in Deer Lodge.

Sacry said on Saturday they really didn’t play against a team, they just had matches to get kids playing time. He said each Whitehall player had three to five matches against Fairfield or Choteau opponents. Sacry added both those teams were also missing a lot of players, but the kids that did attend played a lot of tennis.

No team scores were kept at the event.