Congratulations to the whole West Ottawa tennis program today.  Three big matches were played today, and they were all fantastic:

Varsity Boys: West Ottawa 5,  Rockford 3 
Junior Varsity Boys: West Ottawa 7, Rockford 1
Middle School Girls:  Both teams were undefeated against every school not named West Ottawa going into today's match against each other.  I didn't see the final result, but that's not so important, since we are all part of the same program.  There are many talented young girls on both teams, and they competed hard.  Both teams said that today's match against each other was by far the toughest competition they've played all year.  That's the way it should be!  

Well done everyone!  Below are results from the Varsity match with Rockford:

Singles
No. 1 — Travis Bethke, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Terrence Maskell, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 — Sam Duckworth, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Johnny Mellin, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 — Michael Hoffman, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Ben Howard, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 — Dominic Aquino, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Will VanEck, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
No. 1 — Matt Hall-Ryan Blackburn, ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL, def. Tyler Zoerhoff-Jake Cabana, 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 — Joseph Besta-Nicholas Besta, ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL, def. Matt Heckman-Sam Gruenler, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
No. 3 — Caleb Werdon-Will Lewis, ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL, def. Danny Mauger-Luke Linart, 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 — Tanner Drain-Paul Stryker, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Jackson Danner-Nate Boer, 6-3, 7-6

Thanks to all of the players, parents, and coaches at EVERY level for the hard work you put in.  I'm so proud to be your coach every day, but it feels extra special on days like today.  

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Singles
No. 1 — Travis Bethke, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Ben Walski, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 — Sam Duckworth, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Trevor Gelfius, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 
No. 3 — Michael Hoffman, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Cameron Lang, 6-0, 6-0 
No. 4 — Ethan Rysenga, GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, def. Dominic Aquino, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6; 

Doubles
No. 1 — Kyle Kukla-Brock Walker, GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, def. Tyler Zoerhoff-Jake Cabana, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 — Matt Heckman-Sam Gruenler, WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, def. Jason Li-Alex Lin, 6-0, 7-6
No. 3 — Jake Tallon-Christian Breuker, GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, def. Danny Mauger-Luke Linart, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
No. 4 — Patrick Clark-Brad Sanders, GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, def. Tanner Drain-Paul Stryker, 6-3, 6-1

I always love the Grandville match.  Lots of support from the community at the match today.  Thanks to all the girls and former tennis parents who came out to support.  And players, the hard work you put in each day shows.  Every one of you looks vastly improved from the day we drove up to Traverse City.  I love being your coach.  Looking forward to seeing how the next month unfolds.  Lots of very tough but fun tennis ahead.