Cavemen, Cavegirls Fall to Hobbs Eagles

kmarksteiner0
Apr 24
2 min read

By Don Eskins

On Tuesday, April 22, in Carlsbad, the Cavemen and Cavegirl tennis teams faced off against the Hobbs Eagles for the District 4/5A team championship.

Although they played hard, both the Cavemen and the Cavegirls lost. The Carlsbad boys fell 0-9 to the Eagles, while the girls lost 3-6. As a result, CHS’s teams closed out the 2025 regular season as the District 4/5A runner-up.

Picking up victories for the Cavegirls in singles play were Sara Jones, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Charise Young, 6-1, 6-3; and Myka Char, 7-5, 3-6, 10-6.

“The competition was tough throughout the whole ladder,” said CHS assistant coach Diamond Morrill. “Even though we lost in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, I was very pleased with their play. Our kids played well in every match, but Hobbs was just a little bit more consistent.”

On Friday, May 2, the Cavemen and Cavegirls will travel to Roswell to compete in the District 4/5A Tournament. At stake for CHS are trips to the state tournament’s Big Dance in Albuquerque in either singles or doubles play. The tournament will run May 7-10.

CHS vs. Hobbs Recaps

Cavemen 0, Hobbs 9

Singles: #1: Lucas Bluth lost 6-2, 3-6, 0-6, #2: Gavin Otto lost 0-6, 0-6, #3: Evan Antiporda lost 2-6, 4-6, #4: Moses Mendoza lost 5-7, 1-6, #5: Steven Pham lost 1-6, 2-6, #6: Alex Burns lost 0-6, 1-6.

Doubles: #1: Bluth/Antiporda lost 2-6, 3-6, #2: Mendoza/Burns lost 4-6, 6-7 (4), #3: Pham/Otto lost 2-6, 1-6.

Cavegirls 3, Hobbs 6

Singles: #1: Olivia Glissen lost 1-6, 0-6, #2: Claire Navarrete lost 0-6, 3-6, #3: Sara Jones won 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, #4 Charise Young won 6-1, 6-3, #5: Myka Char won 7-5, 3-6, 10-6, #6: Ethni Florez lost 1-6, 0-6.

Doubles: #1: Glissen/ Jones lost 5-7, 1-6, #2: Navarrete/Char lost 5-7, 7-6 (5), 3-6, #3: Thomas/Florez lost 2-6, 3-6.

CHS Downs Roswell Coyotes

The Cavemen and Cavegirl Tennis teams played their second district dual meet of the season against the Roswell Coyotes on Thursday, April 17.

Despite 40 mph hour gusts, the Cavemen played great. In total control, the CHS boys dusted the Coyotes 9-0.

The Cavegirls also won 9-0, but by default, as Roswell’s girls did not have enough players to field a team.

Cavemen 9, Roswell 0

Thursday -April 17

Singles #1: Lucas Bluth won 6-0 6-0; #2: Gavin Otto won 6-0 6-1; #3: Evan Antiporda won 6-0 6-0; #4: Moses Mendoza won 6-0 6-1; #5: Steven Pham won 6-0 6-0: #6: Alex Burns won 6-0 6-0

Doubles: #1: Bluth/Antiporda won 6-0 6-2; #2: Mendoza/Burns won 6-0 6-0; #3: Pham/Otto won 6-0 6-0

Cavegirls win by Default

Cavegirls 9, Roswell 0

Singles: #1: Olivia Glissen won 6-0 6-0, #2: Claire Navarrete won 6-0 6-0; #3: Sara Jones won 6-0 6-0; #4 Charise Young won 6-0 6-0; #5: Myka Char won due to not having an opponent.; #6: Ethni Florez won due to not having an opponent.