It’s painful to feel like you can’t compete at your best because you don’t have what you need… and it’s usually your fault! You took the time to get a GIANT tennis bag… so you might as well fill it with the things you need.
WHAT YOU NEED IN YOUR TENNIS BAG:
• Sandals – You may be playing two or three matches in a day, it’s a great move to get out of your tennis shoes between matches.
• A change of socks – It feels great to take off your sweaty socks and put on a new pair between matches.
• Your tennis shoes – You have to have them to play… don’t forget them!
• A towel – Your grip gets sweaty, so does your face. So towel off often.
• A hat – Always a good thing to have on hand for the sun or to control your Justin Bieber hair.
• Wrist bands – If you need a towel, wrist bands will help as well.
• Athletic tape – You never know when your going to want to tape over a blister, this can be a life saver.
• A BIG water bottle – Don’t play thirsty.
• Warm Clothes – It gets cold out there, so be prepared.
• Tennis rackets – OK, so you already knew that.
• A snack – It’s nice to have a banana some little snacks in case you go into three sets and need a little pick me up.
• Tennis grip – If you’re the type who likes to re-grip your racket a lot, then keep it with you.
• An extra shock absorber – Sometimes your favorite one pops off and gets lost, it’s nice to have another.
Team Scores: Jesuit 15, Lincoln 11.5, Summit 6.5, West Linn 6, Lakeridge 6, Grant 5, OES 4, South Salem 2.
Summit Records:
No. 1 Paxton Deuel 1-0
No. 2 Parker Nichols 1-1
No. 3 Dylan Lowes 1-1
No. 4 Alec Virk 1-1
No. 1 Bo Hall/Liam Hall 1-1
No. 2 Sterling Dillingham/Scott Parr 2-0
No. 3 Wes Franco/Ian Eland 0-2
No. 4 Drew Peters/William Dalquist 1-1
This weekend 16 girls high school tennis teams will take place in the Bend Invitational tournament. To give you an idea how big this tournament is, those 16 teams are made up of 192 varsity players. In comparison, the Class 6A state tournament has 72 players, Class 5A has 60 and Class 4A/3A/2A/1A has 60. Meaning the Bend invite has just as many players participating in this two-day tournament as all three girls state tournaments combined.
The beauty of this format is that it is a 16-team dual-match bracket… think March Madness starting out in the Sweet 16 with consolation brackets so every team plays at least three matches with many team playing four matches in two days.
I for one would love to see the high school season adopt this format to determine the best prep team in the state. While I love the current district and state tournaments that the OSAA supports, this would really show who the best team was. It could be done in addition to an individual tournament, which is the format we use now.
Kevin Collier, the Bend High girls coach and 5A state girls tennis rep, put the Bend Invite together.
Here are some tourney details:
Teams:
Jesuit
Ashland
Crescent Valley
Bend
Churchill
Central Catholic
Tualatin
Redmond
Corvallis
Crook County
Sherwood
Oregon Episcopal
Wilsonville
Mt. View
Benson
Summit
Locations:
Juniper Park
Bend High
Mountain View High School
Summit High School
Time/Date:
The tourney kicks off at all the above courts on Friday @ 8:30am. The finals are set for 4pm @ Juniper Park.
The Intermountain Conference AKA 5A Special District 1 has dominated doubles since the reclassification five years ago… well on the girls side they were dominating well before the reclassification. The IMC has several current players who have won state doubles titles and should compete for state titles again this year.
On the boys side, doubles teams from Hermiston, Summit, Mountain View, Bend, The Dalles and Hood River Valley all should contend for state berths, with multiple teams from Hermiston and Summit among the top.
Champions:
2010 Hannah Shepard, Summit – The reigning Class 5A doubles champion.
2009 Paxton Deuel, Summit – A doubles champion as a freshman, Deuel made it to the semifinals in singles as a sophomore. Deuel will play singles again this year.
2009 Bryn Oliviera, Bend – After winning the doubles title as a sophomore Oliviera played singles her junior year.
Semifinals:
2010 Mary Hawman, Hermiston
Boys Champions:
2009 Summit
2008 Summit
2007 Summit
Girls Champions:
2010 Summit
2009 Bend
2008 Hermiston
2007 Hermiston
2006 Hermiston
2005 Hermiston
2004 Hermiston
Here are the longest current win streaks in Central Oregon:
17 Redmond softball.
10 Crook County softball.
9 Madras softball.
9 Summit boys tennis.
7 Redmond girls tennis.
BOYS
100 Meters
1. 11 Cole Thomas 10.84c OR Summit
2. 11 TJ Peay 11.04c OR Summit
3000 Meters
1. 10 Travis Neuman 9:04.92a OR Summit
4×100 Relay
1. Relay Team 43.03a OR Summit
4×400 Relay
* 1. - Michael Wilson
Zachary Weishaupt
Alexander Needham
Jesse Sanderson 3:27.98a OR Summit
High Jump
1. 11 Blake Bosch 6′ 4.00 OR Mountain View
Pole Vault
1. 12 Evan Bassford 14′ 1.00 OR Summit
2. 12 Erik Jorgensen 13′ 6.00 OR Summit
GIRLS
1500 Meters
1. 11 Ashley Maton 4:40.00a OR Summit
2. 11 Kira Kelly 4:51.64a OR Summit
3000 Meters
1. 11 Megan Fristoe 10:29.50 OR Summit
4×100 Relay
1. Sarah Frazier
Emily Ritchey
Meg Meagher
Ricci Kitzmiller 50.44c OR Summit
2. Ayla Rosen
Krysta Kroeger
Brianna Rosen
Macaulay Wilson 50.75a OR Mountain View
4×400 Relay
1. Keelin Moehl
Ashley Maton
Megan Fristoe
Sarah Frazier 4:05.14a OR Summit
High Jump
1. 11 Lucinda Howard 5′ 4.00 OR Summit
View full results on Athletic.net.
The Jesuit Metro-State boys tennis tournament is the most competitive high school tournament in the state. Powerhouse Jesuit looks to dominate their tournament once again as their depth is unmatched around the state… maybe around any state.
The top 3 teams in the 2010 tournament were 1 Jesuit, 2 Lincoln and 3 Summit. Paxton Deuel of Summit is the reigning champion at No. 1 singles.
TEAMS and returning state qualifiers:
Jesuit
2010 state placing – 1st in 6A
Key players – Nick Biggi, Peder Gram, Gram Leahy, Sam Stephenson, Nic Mulflur, Connor Leahy.
Lincoln
2010 state placing – 10th in 6A
Key players – Ashwin Radhakrishnan, Christian Purnell,
Summit
2010 state placing – 4th in 5A
Key players – Paxton Deuel, Sterling Dillingham.
Oregon Episcopal
2010 state placing – 2nd in 4A
Key players – Ryan Stack, Manav Kohli
Lakeridge
2010 state placing – 22nd in 6A
Key players – Ben Brewer, Zach Calo, Michael Chen.
West Linn
2010 state placing – 18th in 6A
Key players – Arthur To, Ken Tsuruta
Grant
2010 state placing – 5th in 6A
Key players – Brent Chin, Ethan Ogard, Alex Dobson, Peter Grein.
South Salem
2010 state placing – 10th in 6A
Key players – Riley Wulf, Peter Chamberlain, Zack Murray
