Game, Set, Match!: August 2011

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Jimmy Conners Rocked New York.

Twenty years ago, Jimmy Conners put on an electrifying 11 day performance at the US Open at the advanced tennis age of 39. Conners played the New York crowd like Eric Clayton plays guitar. I liked how Conners treated a tennis match like a battle that you spilled your guts to win. Conners was the Brett Favre of tennis, a gunslinger.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Tennis Championship Banners

I was in the Greenville High School gym today. I noticed that the Region 1 Championship and the Tri-County Championship for 2011 had been added to the Greenville Boys' Tennis banners. Looks great. It is a goal for the tennis team to add championships to the banners every year. Congratulations to the players who have made this possible.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Remembering the 2011 Championship Season for Greenville Tennis

The 2011 season for the Greenville Boys' Tennis Team was emotional to say the least. We lost our leader and #1 player, Jimbo Saxion, in an automobile accident at the beginning of the school year. Everyone loved Jimbo. It was hard to think about starting the tennis season. However, as we got closer to the beginning of the tennis season, I heard some of our seniors (like Kenny Surano and Sebastian Estrada) talking about how they couldn't wait to get the tennis season started. This motivated me to see if we couldn't find the strength within us to capture a 4th consecutive championship season. In the end, the team overcame the obstacles and stayed focused to go undefeated (12-0) in Region 1 and to capture our 3rd consecutive Region 1 Championship. Then the team battled to become Tri-County Champions for the third time in four years. Fittingly, we were co-champions of Tri-County with Kennedy Catholic. I will never forget this group of players who completed 4 for Jimbo.