Tennis

Chase Merkel, Joseph Veeck guide Quaker Valley boys tennis to solid season

May 14, 2023

There is a new award on the high school tennis scene.

Hampton boys tennis team sees net gains

May 13, 2023

The Hampton boys tennis team finished 8-8 this year, but it sure felt like a winning season.

What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 3, 2023: Tennis playoffs try to dodge raindrops

May 2, 2023

Once again, the weather is not playing nice. While nicer days are coming later this week, Wednesday’s forecast is cold and wet again.

Pine-Richland tennis players, from left, Ryan Moore, Udi Akolokar, coach Dang Siriprasert, Ian Hurt and Nathan Bang

Pine Creek Journal notebook: Doubles teams make run to WPIAL tournament

April 30, 2023

Both of Pine-Richland’s boys tennis doubles teams qualified for the WPIAL tournament April 25-26, and they even crossed paths along the way.

Class 2A bracket filled with upsets at WPIAL doubles championships

April 25, 2023

In Class 3A, things went according to plan, but in Class 2A, the seeds were thrown right out the window at the WPIAL doubles championships Tuesday.

Shaler seniors, from left, Alexandra Valentina Navas (bowling, tennis), Claire Stevens (cross country, track), Luke Cignetti (football, track) and Tristan Holland (baseball, football) received the 2023 Bill and Sue Suit Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship.

Shaler sports help scholarship winner from Venezuela expand horizons

April 23, 2023

Alexandra Valentina Navas started learning how to speak English from Google Translate. Over a year-long process, Valentina Navas had many teachers, including Axl Rose.

Sewickley Academy sophomore Severin Harmon serves in the semifinal round of the 2023 WPIAL boys tennis tournament.

Sewickley Academy’s Severin Harmon shines in WPIAL singles tournament

A budding WPIAL tennis rivalry took place April 12 at the Class 2A singles tournament held at Bethel Park.

Gateway sophomores Zidaan Hassan and Adam Memije teamed to win the Section 1-3A doubles title April 19, 2023, at Franklin Regional High School.

Gateway boys tennis captures long-awaited section championship

The last time the Gateway boys tennis team captured a section title, Bill Clinton was ramping up his campaign to become President of the United States, Duke has just routed Michigan to win the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, and “Jump” by the hip-hop duo Kris Kross was moving up the charts.

Shaler tennis players Trey Grazier, Nolan Le, Ethan Opiela and Daniel Patel

Led by veteran doubles team, Shaler boys tennis ends long playoff drought

Nolan Le knows he doesn’t have to wait for Shaler coach Brian Duermeyer to circle back to his doubles match for advice. Le can lean on partner Ethan Opiela to point him back in the right direction.

Aquinas Academy junior Jack Gillespie placed third at the 2023 WPIAL Class 2A tennis singles championships in April to qualify for the PIAA championships May 26-27 in Hershey.

Aquinas Academy junior aces WPIAL tennis test

April 22, 2023

Aquinas Academy junior Jack Gillespie is a three-time Tae Kwon Do world champion and is ranked No. 2 in the nation in his age group for combat weapons.

Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Josh Havrilla

April 17, 2023

Often, when a high school athlete plays two sports, they are in different seasons.

A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Valley’s Nicholas Bussard

While growing up, hockey was the sport of choice for Valley senior Nicholas Bussard.

Part-time player Will Siegel of Fox Chapel makes noise on WPIAL tennis scene

April 15, 2023

Will Siegel’s entrance to the season for the Fox Chapel tennis team first requires him to dig his racquet out of the closet.

Moon senior Anthony Lounder, Winchester Thurston freshman Austin He take WPIAL tennis titles

April 12, 2023

A senior playing his third WPIAL tournament and a freshman making his WPIAL debut took home boys tennis singles championships Wednesday afternoon at Bethel Park High School.