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Young 2011 SHS boys' tennis
By EMILY HANSON
After _losing six varsity players last
year, the Shelton High School boys' ten-
nis team is very young and inexperienced
this year.
"I have two returners from last year
and they're both juniors," head coach John
Perry said. "We have two seniors this
year, but they're both new to the team."
On the first day of practice, Monday,
Aug. 22, about 15 boys tried out for the
team, but Perry said he anticipated be-
tween 20 and 25 boys will join the team by
the time school starts.
"It's going to be a tough season for us
because we're so young and we're in the
toughest division in the state," Perry said.
"Our goal is to teach the kids the game
and get them out here to be competitive."
The returning jumors -- Alex Deacon
and John Pentony "-- both play fairly well
last season, Perry said.
"We had a lot more peo-
ple turn out last year, so
hopefully more turn out,"
Deadon said. "l just really
hope we have a solid varsity
team this year."
Deacon played doubles
last year but said he's been
playing a lot of singles this
summer and is thinking
of switching for the tennis
season. Because of an m-
jury, Deacon wasn't able to
begin practice with the rest
of the team, but he said ten-
nis is all he's thought about
this summer.
"This is a building year for us," Perry
said. "The more kids I can get out here,
the better."
With the team being in the 4A classi-
fication and with state tennis not taking
place until May, the team usually only
makes it to districts, Perry said.
"Usually if our guys can make it through
districts, we've done pretty well," he said.
Last season, the team finished in 10th
place and the team goal is always to finish
higher than similar schools in the league,
Perry said.
"I'm going to have to change my coach,
ing style a little bit this season because I
have so many new kids," Perry said. "I'm
going to have to work with the returning
players to get them competitive again."
Perry said he's happy to see five or six
freshman on the team already this sea-
son, which will help him build the team
up more next year.
New coach for Bulldog boys' tennis
By EMILY HANSON
Cliff Harris, the North
Mason High School head
girls' tennis coach, has
transitioned to the boys'
team this season.
Harris said 17 boys have
signed up for the team so
far, with seven returning
from last year and no se-
niors.
"Tennis is a recreational
sport for the boys so we're
trying to change that."
Harris said. "Quite a few
boys have been out playing
this summer, though."
To improve on the boys'
0-16 record last season,
Harris said he plans to
make practices more com-
petitive.
"We're working on fun-
damentals, drills and basic
tennis," Harris said. "I'll
be trying to get them to do
things all the time on the
court. ] think we'll be com-
petitive."
The 'team has four vet-
eran players this year.
The two juniors are Cody
Champine and Noah Wil-
son and the two sopho-
mores are Ty Garland and
Brennan Ayers.
Freshman Beau Eddy is
going to be a big help for
the team. as he's from a
strong tennis family, Har-
ris said.
"We are going to be
strong as a team as our
younger players improve
their skills," Harris said.
Champine said he thinks
the team is looking a little
short on players but that
they'll do ok this year.
"Our varsity won't be as
strong as last year because
we lost the motivation of
the upper classmen, but
we'll be alright," he said.
Harris said North Ma-
son is the second small-
est school in the Olym-
pic League and therefore
will be competing against
schools that have more
than 1,000 students in
them.
"Our number one, two
and three singles will be
strong and so will our
number one doubles team,"
Harris said. "We just need
to get together our num-
ber two and number three
doubles."
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