Apr 30, 2013
On Wednesday, April 25, it was a beautiful day for tennis as our TCS Cougars faced several top players from our Conference. In approximately 120ºF under the direct sun our first “warrior” was Ben Platnick. His opponent arrived looking like Goran Ivanišević had just returned to pro tennis, only a few inches taller. One bystander mentioned “I had no idea...
Yesterday we had a warm afternoon with bright sunshine for our Cougars to take on the Academe of the Oaks Firebirds, in what would turn out to be a very close and exciting match. Our girls took to the courts first. Seventh grader KC Emling played like a champion from the first serve. She nailed her serves and returned the ball to her opponent with ease. Polite...
Mar 13, 2013
Yesterday your fellow Cougars faced the hungry “Hordes of Chrysalis” in their first Tennis match of this season. Our opponents didn’t hide their confidence and your humble Cougars knew that this was going to be a very close match. It is very difficult to distinguish which match was the most important, because all of the boys’ team members...
May 10, 2012
Please congratulate Destin Leidner, Simon Hirschhorn, Noah Storm, Marquez Riley, and Chandler Williams for finishing third in the AAC Tennis Finals—Just one point away from Brandon Hall’s second place! Highlights: Destin Leidner moved quickly at the net in his double match and poached at the net on many volleys; Simon Hirschhorn stayed positive and...
TCS Cougars, Destin Leidner and Simon Hirschhorn secured their first win of the season at Line One Doubles against the first place team, Brandon Hall, on March 31! Simon and Destin outplayed their opponents with minimal unforced errors—Destin’s now famous Kill Shot and Simon’s backboard abilities to return anything he receives! Yesterday in a match...
TCS faced off against Brandon Hall to open the tennis season. Doubles team, Destin Leidner and Jack Chatlen gave it their all and maintained several long rally’s against the very large and corn-fed Brandon Hall boys. Destin had an amazing cross ground shot that proved difficult to return. Jack was able to get a racquet on just about every net shot...