Collegiate’s loooong tennis sub-state
Oct. 8, 2007 @ 11:55 a.m. by JoannaKristin Mehler, one of our correspondents, was in Sterling covering Class 3-2-1A sub-state tennis on Saturday. For an 11:30 a.m. start, the tournament didn’t get over until 10 p.m.
My first response to that is — glad it was her and not me.
My second is, that’s just too dang long.
Collegiate tennis coach Dave Hawley agreed.
“It was just so bizarre,†Hawley said. “The weird thing is, I don’t know how they could have run it any quicker. They had only four courts, there were 16 matches and a lot went long. It was kind of crazy.â€
Another part of the issue is that the move to regionals and sub-states for Class 4A and 3-2-1A was supposed to shorten the day for all those teams.
With the way the regional system worked in the past, 10-11 teams would be at one site, so it took for-ever and some kids ended up playing five matches in one day.
With regionals this year, there were 5-6 teams at each site on Thursday, and then the individuals and doubles teams advanced to Saturday’s sub-states.
“There are two problems,†Hawley said. “Unless you have a lot of courts, you still have a long day. The bigger conflict is you wind up playing some of the same people you played on Thursday.â€
October 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Does Collegiate recruit athletes?
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October 14th, 2007 at 10:52 am
You’ve got to be kidding? Don’t your remember Chris Harper who appeared to have been recruited FROM Collegiate? Not all, but most of the athletes at Collegiate have gone there since they were too young to even know if they were going to be worth recruiting (Schooler (current player), Fiegel (state champion basketball team player), Beehler (state tennis champ), etc.). Some do come to Collegiate for the programs. Who wouldn’t want to be coached by Dave Hawley? They still have to shell out heafty tuition.
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October 16th, 2007 at 8:34 am
“Who wouldn’t want to be coached by Hawley?” Yes, Dave is a solid hs coach. But, his success comes from the racquet club players attending WC. Coaches like Dave, Kaupan’s, and Carroll’s have it made in the shade as they just get great players handed to them. A lot of the time, those players don’t even attend practice daily.
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