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!"- Coming into the season
~ lo~ pr~pqred to take on a big
r"-~l tasRl boys tennis worked

Varsity hard ali season and had a
memorable finish.
Grand Island
7-1 Boys tenn1s, accordi coach John tenniS champion, found his efforts
lincoln East Carrol l, was supposed to be a rebuilding year, pa1d off. His match that led h1m to
6-3 but turned out to be a rebuilding season. winning state singles was even more
Millard South
7-2 "These young men worked hard all memorable because he won over the
Omaha North year to prepare for a tough season. Their defending state champion. In
9.() effort was the best I have ever seen," Carroll addition, Parbhu's w1n helped the
Omaha Btyan said. team move into second place past
9.() The boys were confident in them- Kearney.
Omaha Northwest
9.() sel ves as well as in each other. Junior Chris "I was really happy when I
lincoln Southeast Miller said that team unity helped the tennis won state. It showed that all my
4-5 season be unlike any other season. hard work pa1d off, and that was a
Bellevue East "All of the guys were really close this really good feeling,"Parbhu said.
8-1 year. We enJoyed dowrg things together as a The season turned out to be a
~jillion t eam, wh1ch was a lot of fun," Miller said. successful one with every player

sophomore
Papio invite Practice and efficiency were essential receiv ing a medal from first to third
4tli place for the team. The team practiced every day place . The team ended up with a sec-
Metros for an hour and a half. Some of the players ond place finish at Metros and state.
2nd place
State conditioned to stay in shape by running and Coach John Carroll thought of this as Hell man
2nd place practicing matches on the weekends with one of h1s most reward1ng seasons,
their teammates. and that the team could be very
Reoord Sophomore Sheeva Parbhu , state proud of the way it played.
8-1

Junior Varsity

lincoln East
8-1
Millard South
8-1
Millard West
6-3
Bellevue East
9.()
~fio La Vista ught this season was
great Everyone helpErl the
Omaha Burke (1 enior Jake Biel hits a forehand.
9.() C) Biel said that team unity was team out in some way, and
Millard North important, and when he would get gave a 110% eff '
Invite frustrated his teammates would
1st place always pump him up. photo by MiChae l
Hell man -sophomore Ryan Strasil
Reoord unior Chris Miller strikes a
w J backhand over the net. This was

Miller 's third year on varsity. photo
by Michael Hell rnan
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