No. 15 Women’s Tennis Set for Tough Home Stand

“It’s huge, especially when I’m starting a Grade 10 here or a Grade 11 to go down there and to see that there are scouts looking at them”, said Murphy. Instead, the No. 1 seed Rushford-Peterson Trojans overwhelmed No. 2 Spring Grove 66-30, in one of the Trojans’ best showings of the season.

The Cogs (2-1-1) scored their first goal less than four minutes into the game and scored their last goal with about two minutes left in the game.

Jenkins said he is not alone in maintaining a long-term commitment to the league. We were moving the ball a lot better today, there was a lot more open space.

Their opponent, the No. 5 seed Hinckley-Finlayson Jaguars, enter with a record of 26-4 and are making their first trip to the state tournament.

“We were really hitting on all cylinders”, said Vix.

“They’ve got a nice squad”, he said. “This is an extremely unselfish group, very team-oriented. They work extremely hard; this is their only sport they play some of them, so they do take it very seriously”. Despite missing some time with illness, he was Alexandria’s leader in scoring (18.5), rebounds (5.8), assists (3.1) and steals (2.9).

The Michigan State women’s tennis team returns home this weekend after a seven-match road swing to welcome IN (12-5, 0-2) on Friday, March 23, with a tentative 6 p.m. start after the conclusion of the men’s match.

But at every level, the game is about much more than just a ball and a net. It won its games by an average of 34 points, and that winning margin jumped to 37.5 during the postseason. During his nine seasons as head coach of the Highlanders, he led HHS to seven state tournaments, four Class AAA state championship games and three state titles.

“Josie Huber, she was a senior that year when I was in eighth grader and she used to live in Wakonda with me and we were really good family friends, so her and all the other girls really made me feel welcome”, Melstad said. “We do a fair amount of practices and I’ve been doing this for a number of years and my background’s fairly extensive in the tennis side, so our practices are where we need them to be”. “In the second half, we lost what we call our “oomph” and had a hard time regrouping”.

Vix credited preparation as one key to the win, noting that when the Lions ran a particular offensive set, the Trojans were nearly beating the Spring Grove players to their spots. York recorded 17 shots with 13 on goal.

“We have a lot of sophomores and juniors and a few freshmen”, she said. I think the reason we got so far is because of the chemistry that we had, because we’d been together for a long time.

According to Wolves women’s basketball coach Mandy Botham the selection process involves a little bit of thought from the local coaches in the region.

But Hinckley-Finlayson was different.

Martin said, “I had the best teammates in the state – easily”. Both are competing in singles play during the 2018 season.

Her sister is also pretty excited about playing at home. Without that game, they would have gone to Oakwood without having played for a fortnight.

“Team awards definitely mean the most to me, because without my team, I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now”, he said. Hess said he will miss his assistants and the players but looks forward to spending more time with his wife.