Seth Russell Named to Region 3-AAAA All-Region Team

The Region 3-AAAA coaches meeting was tonight to select all region team, coach of the year and set order for nominations to the SC AAAA / AAA State Singles Championships.

Seth Russell was unanimously selected to the All-Region team by the coaches. Seth had an overall record of 8-6 and was 5-5 in region matches playing all year at number 1 singles for the Trojans. Seth also had a 2-5 doubles record.

Seth was also nominated as the fifth seed from the region towards the SC State Singles Tournament. The 16 top seeds from each region are automatically selected to the field and 16 others are selected at large by the SC High School League's Tennis Committee.

2009 3-AAAA All Region Team:

*Chase Altieri - Clover

*Robby Davis - Fort Mill

*Kyle Orsburn - Fort Mill

*Nick Deahl - Clover

*Seth Russell - Northwestern

Madison Ott - Nation Ford

Daniel Proctor - Fort Mill

Tyler Davis - Fort Mill

Will Decker - Clover

Ken Long - Clover

Danny Randar - Nation Ford

Tyler Morris - Nation Ford

*State Singles Nominee

Player of the Year:

Chase Altieri - Clover

Coach of the Year:
Phil Wingard - Clover

Spring Valley Too Good for Trojans Tonight

We beat the rain and got in our first round match tonight at Spring Valley High School. The 4th ranked Vikings proved to be every bit as strong as their state rank indicated and we were shut out tonight. We end the season with a record of 6-9.

I hope that we took away something from this match. Is Spring Valley good? Yes, they are. Can we be as good as Spring Valley in the future? Yes, we can. Will it be easy to raise our tennis to that level? No, it will not. It will take a lot of court time as well as dedication to conditioning, speed, and strength training. It will take a large sacrifice from each player returning next year to put in the work that it will take.

Our season has now come to an end as the playoffs will continue on without us. I wouldn't be surprised to see Spring Valley playing 2 weekends from now in Lexington for the state championship. I plan on being there for the finals to witness it.

Go Trojans!

Box Score:

Location: Spring Valley HS
Result: Spring Valley 7, Northwestern 0

1s: Ashkon Babaee def Seth Russell 6-0, 6-0
2s: Brent Lett def Drayton Wade 6-0, 6-0
3s: Kenan Sakarcan def Hunter Love 6-0, 6-1
4s: Hampton Drake def Jonathan Clark 6-0, 6-0
5s: Connor Burke def Jordan Beaver 6-1, 6-0

1d: Joe Cunningham/Trey Finch def Brian Fitzpatrick/Duncan Foy 6-0, 6-2
2d: Nick Nishnic/Sean Dunnigan def Alex Antezana/Collins Mauldin 8-1