As a correspondent sports writer for The Casey County News, I
write an weekly editorial column for the publication. Published May 8,
2013.
Living in the basketball-centric state that we do, it is
always exciting when Casey County has a successful basketball team. District
titles are always a major celebration and even runner-up is an accomplishment.
Regional titles are a whole other ball game of excitement.
Sometimes our other sports teams’ and programs’
accomplishments get overlooked due to the fact they are simply not basketball.
As someone whose primary sport while attending CCHS was track and field I know
this. Regional titles got (get) some recognition and a pat on the back. Other
state qualifiers may get noted in an article in the paper. Those who place at
state are known by some and those who earn runner-up and state champion titles
are celebrated but often time lost in the late school year hub-bub.
But despite the sport, regional titles and state berths are
huge and I hope even those who do not closely follow the boys and girls tennis
programs (or are not necessarily tennis fans) recognize this with what they’ve
accomplished this season. Casey County, year in and year out, has stand-out
tennis teams from the boys and girls side of the house. Repetitively do they
have winning records and are ranked top in the 12th Region.
The boys’ team earned the regional runner-up title after
only sending a single player to state last year—and that player having
graduated.
The girls, made school
history with Casey’s very first regional title. What an amazing
accomplishment. To top it off, all six girls who competed made it to the
semifinal round of the tournament, earning an outright bid to compete in the
state tournament.
That team of girls has worked hard for two solid seasons to
earn their first regional title. Having not lost a single player after the 2012
season ended, they built off of the regional runner-up title they earned last
year after going 11-2 during the season.
I have also been told that the young ladies who make up the
tennis team are not only stellar at how they perform on the court with a
racket, but they are also superb with how they perform in the classroom with
the books. The entire team—not just the regional team—is made up of students
with 3.5 or better GPAs. Both seniors, Tylyn Leigh and Allie Tinsley, carry
over a 4.0 GPA.
Congrats to the entire team on being phenomenal all around
and best of luck to you at sectionals, state, and the road ahead!
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