Saturday, May 21, 2022

Garret's Freshman Tennis Season

Garret had a really fun tennis season.  He has never played tennis much, except with his family, but he decided to give it a try.  He started out pretty much on the bottom of the ladder and slowly worked his way up to playing number 3 singles on varsity.  He started the season out playing number 2 doubles on varsity with Ben Urizka. Then about half way through the season he got moved up to playing singles. 

Matches with Ben at #2 doubles
Jamboree against Ridgeline-Win
LC-Loss
Cheney-Win
NC-Win
CV-Win

Matches at #3 singles
Tri-City Tournament-4 Wins, he was in the championship match, but it got rained out and they didn't play the match.  He was super bummed.  He was the only one of his teammates that had advanced that far in the brackets. 
G-Prep-Win
Mead-Loss
Mt Spokane-Win
Ridgeline-Win
Ferris-Loss

Then at the end of the season, one of the #1 doubles players got hurt and the coach, Bryan Osborn, asked Garret if he would play doubles with Saxton Schultz. Bryan thought this would give Garret and Saxton the best chance to advance in the district tournament.  They played really well together and had a lot of fun.  They were the only boys to advance past the 1st day in the district tournament.  

District tournament with Saxton (games were played at U-high except the last day was at Ridgeline)
Chenney-Win, it was a 3 hour long match.  They were the only ones left playing at the end of the day.  The lights even had to come on at the end of the match.  
Mt Spokane-Win
Mead-Loss
Ferris-Win
Mead-Loss
They ended up being seeded #4 and advanced to regionals

Regional tournament with Saxton (games were played at Hart Field, LC's tennis courts)
Walla Walla-Loss
Walla Walla-Win
Mead-Loss
They unfortunately did not advance to state, but they played really well and improved a TON.  Garret was so much better at the end of the season than he was at the beginning.  It was so fun to watch him grow and improve.  












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