Author: Jeff Klein
Making a Racket: Girls tennis season underway
What happens when you have two tennis teams with some 60-plus players each, eight courts available and still not enough space? Well, you play street tennis of course. There was also […]
Two Tennessee girls basketball teams caught tanking
From The Associated Press: MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A pair of Tennessee girls basketball high school teams have been pulled from the postseason for trying to lose a game to avoid the […]
California girls’ basketball coach suspended after 161-2 win
From The Associated Press on Friday: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A Southern California high school basketball coach has been suspended and faces accusations of mercilessly running up the score after his […]
Making a Racket: Boys tennis season wrapup
It's six months until boys tennis resumes in the Tri-City and Seattle regions of Washington, so as a sendoff to the 2014 fall season, here's a final recap of who […]
4A GSHL boys tennis all-league team
(As voted on by the league's coaches) Singles Player Of The Year – Colton Reed (11) Mountain View 1st Team Andrew Kabacy (9) Skyview Jonathan Ho (12) Camas Alex Calpagiu (9) Union Alex Sheppert (12) Skyview 2nd Team Justin […]
Making a Racket: Week 6 in high school tennis
The below image is a screengrab of Hudson's Bay High's tweet from Monday afternoon. Seemed rather fitting. And these were the words from coach Jim Sevall when he called in his […]
Making a Racket: Week 5 in high school tennis
Don't look now, but the boys tennis season is nearly over. Just three rounds remain, and Mountain View (4A Greater St. Helens League), Columbia River (3A GSHL), and Hudson's Bay (2A […]
Making a racket: Week 4 in high school tennis
Columbia River junior Owen Carlson was unbeaten until he ran into Camas' Jonathan Ho on Sept. 26, a three-set win for Ho on the Camas courts. Carlson can say he's still […]
Making a racket: Week 3 in high school tennis
Yep, I've sat through my share of rain delays for tennis matches (US Open 2004 comes to mind here on the Grandstand). Thing about tennis players, coaches, and fans ... […]
Making a racket: Week 2 in area high school tennis
In the goal to see most, if not all of the Greater St. Helens League tennis teams at some point this season, I made flybys to the Evergreen and Union […]