Tag Archives: tennis

May 2011

Tennis serves up great season, charges into post-season play

The boys’ tennis team has taken their skill to the next level in the second half of their season. “The season is going well,” senior Simon Warchol said. “We’ve definitely improved a lot since last year.” The team is led by senior captains Simon Warchol, Sagar Yadama, and Marshall McKinley. “This year our senior captains [...]

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May 2011

May Male Athlete of the Month: Mac Rechan

Tennis phenom Mach Rechan has made quite a name for himself on the court, despite only being a freshman. He currently holds a 6-1 record in singles and he looks too “improve this record heading into districts next week and hopefully into the state tournament.” Rechan started playing tennis when he was five and started [...]

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Apr 2011

Tennis starts with win over rival Burroughs

GLOBE RACKETREPORT The CHS boys’ tennis team has high expectations for this year and started on a path to fulfilling their state aspirations this past Friday with a convincing win over rival John Burroughs. The Hounds won nine of 11 matches over Burroughs, traditionally a very strong team.  Junior Dylan Schultz rejoined the tennis team [...]

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Feb 2011

Story of Australian Open underdog brings inspiration, hope

The Australian Open obediently takes place every year. It’s predictable; during the later weeks of January, the greatest tennis players worldwide assemble in this Pacific stage to play some mean ball.

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Feb 2011

Out with the old, in with the new

While tennis players of recent generations marveled at previous tennis greats such as Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Rod Laver, and more, tennis students of the present continue to debate the greatest player of the new generation; Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?

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Sep 2010

Federer: Too old for the new generation of tennis?

Dreams of the much anticipated Federer-Nadal championship match at the 2010 US Open were crushed on Saturday, September 11 when Novak Djokovic endured a grueling five sets to upset the no. 2 seed, Roger Federer, in the mens semifinals. This, admittedly, is not breaking news or the highlight of the tournament; Nadal’s win over Djokovic [...]

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May 2010

May Male Athlete of Month-Orion Wilkinson

Senior tennis number one Orion Wilkinson is out to finally win the big one this year.  The last three years, Wilkinson has taken fourth, third, and second in the state doubles competition. This season, the senior is paired with fellow classman Nick Kirchoff as the team’s top doubles seed.  Thus far, the team pairing is [...]

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Nov 2009

Female Athlete of the Month: Katherine Greenberg

Senior tennis player Katherine Greenberg has been the number one singles player for the Hounds varsity tennis team the last four years.  Her reign on the top spot will come to an end next season, but not before Greenberg left a winning legacy at Clayton. The right-handed captain was a team leader not only in [...]

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