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- Written by: Coach Jay James
The 2023 West Johnston Women's Tennis team will be returning 7 of 10 players from last years team including 4 of the top 6 players. We have added 3 new players, 2 basketball players and 1 former volleyball player to the roster to fill out a solid group of 10 players.
The team finished (8-7) overall last season and (8-6) in the conference and we hope to build on that success this season. With the returning 7 players hard work during the offseason, our 3 new players very athletic and eager to learn, I feel that we should be better than last seasons team who finished 4th in the conference.
As a team, we have lofty goals this season and as the new coach at West Johnston, I am hoping to bring out the best in all of our players. I previously coached the Harnett Central Women's Tennis Teams for the past 4 years and completed an (18-5) record last season before moving over to coach at West Johnston this summer!
Coach Jay James, Head Tennis Coach West Johnston Lady Wildcats
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
Currituck returns eight from last year's squad, including four of our top six. Two additional players are expected to join.
Kylee Dinterman, last year's #2, looks to move up to the top spot. Kampbell Belangia, Faith Sarver, McKenzie Hundley, Logan White, Kaylee Overton, and Akaia Hancock are all competing for the remaining spots.
Last year's squad suffered through a winless season, in spite of being competitive in almost every match. This year's team hopes to improve on the record, and become competitive in the NCC.
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- Written by: Lee Matthews
Fike is fortunate to welcome back everyone from last year’s team that finished 20-2 and was East Regional runner-up to state champion Cape Fear. We added some depth to our numbers this year with a freshman who has previous tennis experience. We’ll be sharing her with JV volleyball and should see her play in half our matches. The starting point guard joined us after being cut from varsity volleyball. She’s a great athlete and young lady to have around. We’re going to convert her from pickleball to tennis.
Our team is led by the Adkins twins, Caroline and Kathryn, the defending 3A state doubles champions. The twins have high expectations for their senior year. They have shown the year-round dedication and work ethic every coach loves and are fresh off helping their 18 and under intermediate JTT team to a state championship. Two more of their teammates, Kaden Biamby and Holland Ellis, played JTT this summer. Their 18 and under beginner team was the runner-up in the state tournament.
We’ve averaged seven at practice since we started on Monday afternoon. Like everyone else, I’m working around job schedules, vacations, and multi-sport athletes. It’s good that I’ve learned to be flexible and “chill” as my girls would say. We have been focusing on playing matches, as well as fine tuning strokes during practice. We have a scrimmage with Clayton on August 10 before opening the season on August 14 at Washington.
Wishing good luck and good weather to all!
Coach Lee Matthews