The Oak Ridge High School Wildcats tennis team is pictured above in 2018. (Photo courtesy Traci Magee)
Here are results of district matches for the Oak Ridge Wildcats tennis team this spring. The results are in reverse chronological order.
The Wildcats will play Campbell County at home at Oak Ridge High School from 4-7 p.m. today (Thursday, April 19). [Read more…]
Pictured left to right are Oak Ridge Wildcats Levi Parish and Miko Jakowski meeting Maryville’s Blake Miles and Nathan Vaughn during team introductions for doubles matches on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo courtesy David Bowman)
The Oak Ridge Wildcats tennis team played Maryville last Thursday.
At number one singles, Archer Marlow won against Maryville’s Matthew Gideon 8-5, and Wildcat Andrew Brady defeated number three Devon Jones 9-7.
Archer partnered with Stuart Dorman at number two Oak Ridge High School doubles to win 8-1 against Maryville’s Devon Jones and Nick Van Son.
For the Lady Wildcats, number one singles Jasleen Narula was narrowly defeated by Maryville‘s Rebecca Birdwell 9-8 (3).
A big win at number four doubles was had by Stephanie Romanoski and her partner Morgan Loggins 6-2 against Lady Rebels Faith Kirby and Brooklyn Kahn. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge High School tennis team introductions (Photo submitted by David Bowman)
There were 60 players and more than 30 parents at Oak Ridge’s home tennis match against Grace Christian Academy on Monday, February 26. That’s the largest number of people at the site for any match the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats tennis teams have had during the past three years.
The Oak Ridge tennis team has 13 Wildcats and 25 Lady Wildcats. Grace Christian also had a large contingent available to play during the scrimmage, 16 girls and six boys, Oak Ridge Coach David Bowman said.
“As a result during the four-hour event, a total of 39 singles and 15 doubles matches were played by both teams,” Bowman said. “It was a perfect storm of competition on the courts for the novice and beginner players. They gained valuable experience while learning tennis rules and etiquette.”
Highlighting the day for Oak Ridge were singles wins by starters Archer Marlow, Haley Smallwood, and Elizabeth Lowman, Bowman said. [Read more…]
By David Bowman
First time visitors to the Oak Ridge High School tennis courts are discovering a unique public facility that accommodates three distinct racquet sports. Blue lines were added to Courts #1-6 as part of an Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board project. The blue lines combine with the white lines to divide the six regulation courts into 24 smaller courts. These smaller courts meet United States Tennis Association specifications for conducting sanctioned Ages 10 & Under tennis tournaments. Smaller tennis nets were provided at the tournaments, the players ages 10 and under used special low compression balls and smaller racquets. Combined with the smaller court size, age-appropriate equipment has been proven to help young children experience success at a faster rate.
The City of Oak Ridge painted red lines onto Courts #11-14 this past summer. These new boundaries define the court surface needed for the sport of pickleball. As a teaching professional, I’ve found pickleball is great cross training for teaching tennis technique to my students. In Oak Ridge, more than 170 players participate in a pickleball program sponsored by the Oak Ridge Senior Center.
During the past few years, I’ve conducted an “Olympics” style event for my tennis students. Its purpose was to test players’ tennis skills in fun ways to win prizes. The event this year is open to the public, with pickleball and youth tennis instruction added to the medal competition. It will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, October 28 at the Oak Ridge High School facility. [Read more…]
Pictured above from left are Jimin Lee, Archer Marlow, and Andrew and Ethan Brady. (Photo courtesy ORHS Tennis)
Four Oak Ridge Wildcats will compete in the finals of the district tennis tournament starting at 4 p.m. in Knoxville today (Tuesday, May 9).
The finals are at Tyson Park in Knoxville, near the University of Tennessee campus and the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Alcoa Highway.
The semifinals were Monday. Pictured in the photo at left with scores from Monday’s matches are, from left to right, Jimin Lee 6-4, 7-6(5) verus Kaleigh Basilio (Halls); Archer Marlow 7-5, 6-2 versus Harrison Campbell (Halls); and Andrew and Ethan Brady 6-1, 7-6(4) versus Hollingsworth/Plyler (Halls).
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Oak Ridge High School team members playing in the district tournament tennis semifinals at Tyson Park in Knoxville on Monday, May 8, 2017, are Archer Marlow (singles), Ethan and Andrew Brady (doubles), Audrey Chrisman and Jasleen Narula (doubles), and Jimin Lee (singles). (Photos courtesy ORHS Tennis)
Oak Ridge Wildcats will play in the district tournament tennis semifinals in Knoxville today (Monday, May 8).
The semifinals start at 4 p.m. at Tyson Park in Knoxville. That’s near the University of Tennessee and near the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Alcoa Highway.
Oak Ridge High School team members playing today are Archer Marlow (singles), Ethan and Andrew Brady (doubles), Audrey Chrisman and Jasleen Narula (doubles), and Jimin Lee (singles).
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More information will be added as it becomes available.
The Oak Ridge Wildcats are playing in district tournaments today (Monday, May 8) in baseball, softball, and tennis.
Semifinals of the district tennis tournament begin at 4 p.m. today at Tyson Park in Knoxville. Oak Ridge High School team members playing today are Archer Marlow (singles), Ethan and Andrew Brady (doubles), Audrey Chrisman and Jasleen Narula (doubles), and Jimin Lee (singles).
The baseball game starts at 5:30 p.m. today at Karns. Oak Ridge will play Clinton in a District 3-AAA baseball tournament elimination game. The season ends for the loser. The winner will play the loser of a Karns-Halls game on Tuesday. Oak Ridge lost to Halls 8-0 in its first-round district tournament game at Karns on Sunday. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge High School tennis coach David Bowman gives instructions to a few ORHS tennis players. (Submitted photo)
The Oak Ridge High School Tennis Booster Club has invited Oak Ridge Schools students ages 12 to 17 to join high school tennis players on Saturday, August 27, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Oak Ridge Country Club for a morning of fun and games.
It will be an informal and fun time for skilled players or anyone new to the game of tennis, a press release said. The events will level the playing field for those who want to test their hand-eye coordination, as individuals or with a partner. You do not have to bring a tennis racquet. There is no charge to participate.
Events will include: Water Balloon Towel Toss, The Frog Toss, There’s a Hole in My Racquet!, Longest Drive, and Closest to the Pin contests. Want to know how fast your serve is? ORHS Tennis Coach David Bowman will be on hand with his radar gun, the press release said. [Read more…]
2016 ORHS Boys Tennis Team (From left: Eric Thorton, Jeremy Simmons, Wilder Dodson, Peter Magill, Joshua Bridges, Viet Quach, Christian Thompson, Trystan Bordeau, Jaipal Narula, Archer Marlow, Stuart Dorman, Ethan Brady, and Arthur Nelson. Not pictured: Oumar Diallo and Curtis Rookard)
Oak Ridge High School’s 2015-2016 tennis team was honored at its post-season banquet for players and their families on Wednesday, May 18, at the Comfort Inn in Oak Ridge.
“Both of Oak Ridge High School’s tennis teams had a stellar spring,” said ORHS tennis coach David Bowman.
The Wildcats finished second in District 3 with a regular-season record of 7-1. The Lady Wildcats finished third in the district with a 6-2 record for the regular season.
The doubles team of senior Jaipal Narula and junior Viet Quach led the way for the Wildcats in the post-season, capping off 2016 with a TSSAA berth in the Region 2 semifinals, where they played the eventual 2016 state champion doubles team. [Read more…]
Four outstanding former Wildcat athletes will be inducted into the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame at halftime at this Friday’s game with Lenoir City at Blankenship Field.
The four have been picked by the board of the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame. They are:
This 2015 class covers four different sports in four different decades.
A reception with refreshments will be held at the Soup Kitchen following the game, organizers said.
“Please attend the game and come greet these new members and welcome them as new inductees to the ORSHoF,” a press release said. [Read more…]
Brian Blocher
Brian Blocher, a sophomore on Southern Virginia University’s men’s tennis team, was recently named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team and was a Non-USCAA Sports National All-Academic award winner.
Blocher is originally from Oak Ridge, and he played at Webb School.
An SVU press release said the Capitol One all-district teams are divided into eight districts and are separated by NCAA Divisions I, II, III, and College Division—including NAIA, two-year, and independent institutions. To be recognized, a student athlete must have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average and serve as a key contributor to the team. [Read more…]
