Last weekend was the High School State Tennis Championship! John played #1 singles for Timpview. Here he is hitting a serve!
John is a sophomore, in the semi-finals he had to play against Devin Lane. Devin has never lost a match in High School tennis. Devin won state as a Freshman & Sophomore and then had a broken ankle and couldn't play in the tournament last year. Devin is signed to play with the University of Utah next fall.
Brad was able to coach John during the match. In normal tournaments, there is no coaching allowed, so this was a great perk.
Here is John shaking Devin's hand after John won the match 6-2, 6-3!
Next John had to play University of Utah's other top recruit, Matt Cowley, who won state last year. John had less than an hour break after playing Devin and came out on the court a little tired. He was down 0-6, 0-3. He knew if he could pull this off, his team would have a chance at winning the team championship, so he just kept fighting and came back and won the match, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4!!! So John beat 2 past state champions (both seniors) to win the State Championship! And of course, there is NOTHING better than beating Utah's 2 top recruits!
Here is John coming to get his trophy!
His team ended up coming in 2nd place. They lost by 1 point! This was an amazing feat considering the only player who was on the varsity team last year was John!
Here is John with the family after the match! Thanks so much to everyone who came and spent an entire Saturday watching. My ENTIRE family was there to watch. Ali, Lindsey, Brittney, Katie & Kirstin were all there and had to leave early before we got any pictures, but thanks everyone!
Last weekend was the High School State Tennis Championship! John played #1 singles for Timpview. Here he is hitting a serve!
John is a sophomore, in the semi-finals he had to play against Devin Lane. Devin has never lost a match in High School tennis. Devin won state as a Freshman & Sophomore and then had a broken ankle and couldn't play in the tournament last year. Devin is signed to play with the University of Utah next fall.
Brad was able to coach John during the match. In normal tournaments, there is no coaching allowed, so this was a great perk.
Here is John shaking Devin's hand after John won the match 6-2, 6-3!
Next John had to play University of Utah's other top recruit, Matt Cowley, who won state last year. John had less than an hour break after playing Devin and came out on the court a little tired. He was down 0-6, 0-3. He knew if he could pull this off, his team would have a chance at winning the team championship, so he just kept fighting and came back and won the match, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4!!! So John beat 2 past state champions (both seniors) to win the State Championship! And of course, there is NOTHING better than beating Utah's 2 top recruits!
Here is John coming to get his trophy!
His team ended up coming in 2nd place. They lost by 1 point! This was an amazing feat considering the only player who was on the varsity team last year was John!
Here is John with the family after the match! Thanks so much to everyone who came and spent an entire Saturday watching. My ENTIRE family was there to watch. Ali, Lindsey, Brittney, Katie & Kirstin were all there and had to leave early before we got any pictures, but thanks everyone!
That was so fun to come and watch! Great job, John! We are so excited for you!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! That's awesome! How fun!
ReplyDeleteWOW, Congrats!!! That's amazing! I bet that was really fun to watch!
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