York Boys Tennis Outlook for 2013—and Spring Break Match Results

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Boys Varsity Coach: Tres Heimann
Career Varsity Record (York Boys/Girls): 125-77-1
Career York Varsity Boys' Record: 58-39-1
5th Season as Head Coach, 7th Season Overall
Named Coach of the Year for 2012 by the Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association

Last Year

13-13 Varsity Dual Meet record

• 6th Place at 21-team Lincoln-Way East Invite5th Place in West Suburban Silver Conference; 5th place in conference tournament
  3rd Place in IHSA Sectional (1 Doubles Team and 1 Singles Player State Qualifiers)
  4 Points at State Tournament – (52nd Place)
  Dual wins: Glenbard West, Wheaton North, Buffalo Grove, Hinsdale South, Hersey (2), Maine South, Palatine, Mundelein, Glenbard South, Proviso West, Leyden, Willowbrook
• Dual losses: Hinsdale Central, Oak Park-River Forest, Lyons Township, Evanston, Moline, Downers Grove North, Warren, Fremd, Benet (2), Fenwick, Wheaton-WarrenvilleSouth

Key Losses

• Jack Hennessy – Captain, 3-year varsity player
• Michael Pettineo – Captain
• John Jevitz – 3rd Doubles

Key Returnees

• Jonathon Elsey (12) 1st Singles last year (State Qualifier last year, 1-2 at State); 23 wins last year all at #1 Singles, Captain, team leader
• Alex Riddle (10) 1st Doubles last year (State Qualifier last year, 2-2 at State); 21 wins last year at #1 Doubles. Ranked #72 in USTA Chicago District 16 and Under Division
• Brendan Peterson (10) 2nd Singles last year; 21 wins last year, all at #2 Singles, has played a lot of tournaments, ranked #70 in USTA Chicago District 16 and Under Division
• Justin Loescher (12) 2nd Doubles last year; 17 wins last year; Captain, team leader
• Jackson Miller (12) 2nd Doubles last year; 17 wins overall last year
• Liam Hagan (11) 3rd Singles, 3rd/4th Doubles last year; 20 wins overall last year
• Austin Fite (11) 3rd Singles, 3rd/4th Doubles last year; 17 wins overall last year

Key Newcomers

• Adam Camp (11): Played #1 doubles on Frosh/Soph team last year
• Matt Molayal (11): Played #1 doubles on Frosh/Soph team last year
• Spencer Kost (10): Played #1 singles on Frosh/Soph team last year
• Jacob Shostak (10): Played #2 singles on Frosh/Soph team last year
• Peter Dorizas (12): Played on J.V. Team last year
• Jack Hamby (12): Played on J.V. Team last year
  Connor Wing (12): Played on J.V. Team last year
  Daniel Jimenez (11): Played #2 Doubles on Frosh/Soph team last year
• Bret Skeel (12): Played on J.V. Team last year
• Steven Hams (12): Played on J.V. Team last year

WSC Silver Outlook

The West Suburban Silver Division is always loaded. Hinsdale Central’s Red Devils are the defending state champions. Oak Park-River Forest is always a top five state team (placed 5th in State 2012). Lyons Township is a very strong program year in and year out placed 10th in State in 2012). Glenbard West and Downers Grove North will both be very solid teams this year. We look forward to competing with all of these good teams as it will prepare us for post-season play.

Schedule

Non-conference Duals: Downers Grove South, Hinsdale South, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Maine South, Glenbard South, Fenwick, Willowbrook, Leyden

Conference Duals: Hinsdale Central, Oak Park-River Forest, Lyons Township, Downers Grove North, Glenbard West, Proviso West

Invites:

• Berens Quad Invite (3/27): Benet Academy, Peoria Richwoods, Palatine, South Elgin, and Andrew
• Hersey Dual Invite (4-6): Fremd, Hersey, Prospect, Buffalo Grove, etc.
• Maine South Invite (4-13) with Loyola Academy, Rolling Meadows, Batavia, etc.
• Prospect Power 8 (4-20) with Lake Forest, Naperville North, Prospect, Moline, etc.
• Lincoln-Way East (4-27) with Waubonsie Valley, Hinsdale South, Marian Catholic, Sandburg, Lincoln-Way East, etc.
• Fenton Invite (5-4) with Fenwick, Lake Forest Academy, Timothy Christian, etc.
• WSC Silver Meet (5-10, 5-11) – Conference tournament

Coaches Comments:

We are very excited to have seven out of 11 players from last year’s varsity team coming back this season. Last year was the first year on Varsity for many of our players, and they were able to gain valuable experience playing against very good competition; that experience should help us as they return this season. We will have a very deep team up and down the lineup card. There will be great competition throughout the area and we will play a very competitive schedule.

Jonathon Elsey and Justin Loescher will be the captains of this year’s varsity team. They are both very hard workers and are both very positive influences for the rest of our team. They have been great leaders on and off the court throughout the school year and have been great advocates of the York Tennis Program.

Sophomores Alex Riddle and Brendan Peterson have worked extremely hard on their tennis games in the off-season, playing many tournaments around the area. Peterson is ranked 70th and Riddle is ranked 72nd in Chicago’s USTA 16 and under division. These two sophomores have put themselves in a good position to have a successful season.

Other contributors this year will be seniors Jackson Miller, Peter Dorizas, Jack Hamby, Bret Skeel, Connor Wing, and Steven Hams. Junior returners Liam Hagan and Austin Fite have a year of varsity experience under their belt. Fellow-juniors Adam Camp, Matt Molayal, and Daniel Jimenez along with sophomores Spencer Kost and Jacob Shostak will be very positive additions to the varsity squad as they had phenomenal seasons last year with the Frosh/Soph team. It should be a very exciting season!

Submitted by Coach Heimann