The CHIEF April 2018

S P R I N G S P O R T S S P O T L I G H T

INDIANS BOYS TENNIS

By C l a y M i l l e r

The boy’s tennis season here at PTHS has kicked off at long last thanks to many days of less than adequate weather. The boys have been hard at work outside on the courts for about a month now (when the weather cooperates) and their first match was finally held at ICC College against East Peoria on April 5th. East Peoria and many other programs have a couple of matches under their belts at this point, so the Indians went into this match eager to compete. Once again, the Indians were unsure if the weather would take away their playing time but despite common suppositions, the match was held even in frigid 30 degree weather of that day. The varsity played a 6 singles 3 doubles setup, which means 5 wins were required to win the meet. For singles, Griffin Brunner, Rocco Sartoris, Marcus Long and I won convincingly. Doubles went similarly for the Indians; Griffin Brunner and Rocco Sartoris won number one doubles, Garrett Brunner and I won two doubles, and our only doubles loss came happened in a close match featuring Marcus Long and Kyle Kuerth for Pontiac. Therefore, doubles was clinched as well and the Indians were able to drive home happy that night coming away with a first meet victory. The boys hope for both the winning trend to continue and for better weather to come along soon.