The Burns tennis teams got off to a fast start with a number of matches played this season.

Their first match against La Grande set for April 9 was canceled because of rain and was rescheduled for Saturday, May 2.

On April 16, the Hilanders hosted Nyssa. In the girls results, singles junior Olivia Palmer won her match 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Erica Fritts also won her match 6-0, 6-1, and junior Felicia Choate won her match 6-4, 6-4. In girls doubles play, the freshmen team of Rebecca Gibbon and Michelle Ebar lost 2-6, 5-7.

In boys play, junior first year player Francis Cain lost in a singles match 2-6, 1-6, and in doubles, the senior team of Christian Lassan and Tyler Fenton won 6-1, 6-2.

The Burns girls team traveled to Madras for a tournament on April 18.  Seven schools were represented at Madras, including Klamath Union, Crook County, two Hood River teams, Barlow and Sisters.  The Burns girls racked up some valuable playing experience and court time to jump start their season.

In singles, Palmer won two matches and lost five.  Fritts won four matches and lost two. In doubles, the senior girls team of Mattea Zabala and Jess Wheeler won two matches and lost five.  The team of Gibbon and Ebar won two and lost five.

A match with Sisters, played at Black Butte, was next on the schedule on April 21. Palmer won her singles match 6-0, 6-2.  Fritts lost her match 5-7, 0-6. Choate lost her match 2-6, 1-6. In girls doubles, Zabala and Wheeler won 7-5, 6-4. Gibbon and Ebar lost a long fought match 6-3, 2-6, 2-6.

For the boys team, Cain lost his match 2-6, 6-4, 1-6.  Lassan and Fenton won their match 7-5, 6-0.

On April 23, the BHS team traveled to Vale to meet the perennial tennis powerhouse Vikings. In girls singles, Palmer lost 4-6, 3-6, Fritts won her match 6-2, 6-2 and Choate lost 1-6, 4-6. In doubles play, Wheeler and Zabala lost 1-6, 5-7 and Gibbon and Ebar lost 1-6, 2-6.

For the boys team, Cain lost in singles play 0-6, 0-6, Fenton and Lassan won in three sets 3-6, 7-5 and 6-0.

The next match will be in Ontario on Thursday, April 30, and the last home match will be against the Baker City Bulldogs on Thursday, May 7.