Since 2018, Iowa High School Tennis has produced 110+ players (and many more over the years) who have went on to continue their tennis careers in the college ranks and have represented all the division levels of DI, DII, DIII, NAIA and Junior College. There are so many paths that high school students can take after completing high school, whether it be entering the workforce, pursue college etc. College tennis is one of the many options that is available to junior players, being offered at all division levels across the country. The state of Iowa has seen many go on to play in college, and even so these last couple of years, there have been a ton of great players who decided to hang up their racquets coming out of high school. It has amazed me, especially over the last few years, the lack of interest in playing tennis in college. Why do a lot Iowa high school players not want to keep playing? One thing I seem to hear fairly frequently from junior players is "I can't play in co...
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Class 1A RK TEAM PTS 1 CR Xavier (8) 98 2 Waterloo Columbus (2) 89 3 Fairfield 58 4 Spirit Lake Okoboji 49 5 Red Oak 46 6 Union 42 7 Wahlert 39 8 Decorah 32 9 Pella Christian 28 10 Pella 25 Others Receiving Votes: Assumption 22, Kuemper Catholic 17 Voted in this Poll: Ballard, Columbus, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Newton, Pella, Spirit Lake, Union, Xavier Class 2A RK TEAM PTS 1 Dowling Catholic (6) 77 2 Cedar Falls (1) 73 3 Iowa City West (1) 65 4 WDM Valley 53 5 Ankeny Centennial 44 6 CR Washington 40 7 Waukee 31 8 Johnston 23 9 Clinton 16 10 Urbandale 10 Others Receiving Votes: Bettendorf 6, Pleasant Valley 5, CR Kennedy 3 Voted in this Poll: Ankeny, Cedar Falls, CR Kennedy, Dubuque Senior, IC West, Southeast Polk, Valley, Waukee
Another great high school tennis season is in the books for the State of Iowa. New State Champions were crowned, and we made it through the season with little to no covid issues! As we come to a close, here at the blog I wanted to get awards out this year including 1st/2nd team all-state selections, freshman of the year, senior of the year and coach of the year. All of the 1A/2A Boys/Girls will be listed below and you can also see the tweets with the pictures of selections posted. This is by no means state official, but here is the 2nd edition of the Iowa HS Tennis Blog Awards!
It has been such a great week of tennis all over the state over the past week and we get one more day of it tomorrow as the girls team state tournament will get wrapped up. Eight teams remain who will all be going for gold not too long from now. The good thing is, the weather is supposed to be very nice and even fairly hot which is a great change from a week ago. Keeping that in mind, there have not been many really hot days over this season so everyone make sure to stay hydrated even if you are just watching! Let's take a look at the teams who are still standing.
It is finally state tournament time on the girls side! The boys season is officially over and this is the last week of high school tennis for the girls with the individual state tournament taking place Wednesday and Thursday while the team tournament finishes up on Saturday. Lots of great opportunities lie ahead for all qualifiers in the coming days to cement their name in Iowa HS Tennis history. Excited to continue to follow along as the season approaches its close for the 2021 chapter.