I will host a post-season wrap up get-together (banquet would be too formal of a word) at my neighborhood pool commons area on Thursday May 29, 2008.
When: Thursday May 29, 6:30 PM
Where: Sunset Point Subdivision Pool, dress to swim (in the event of rain, we can use the common area shelter area by our beach overlooking Lake Wylie)
Who: All players, parents, and siblings are invited. Grandparents are also welcome, but let's try to limit aunts, uncles and cousins twice removed due to space availability. Also, our athletic administrators are invited.
What: Pot-luck dinner and dessert will procede our presentation of letters to athletes as well as individual awards.
Below are the assignments of food needs...
Seniors, entrees (as creative as you want to get!):
Jeff Zimmerman: Chicken dish
Paul Sabisch: Beef dish
Zach Beaver: Chicken dish
Eric Sabin: Beef dish
Sudeep Das: Pasta dish (vegetarian)
Sophomore / Junior, salad:
Alex Atzberger: Green Salad
Drayton Wade: Caesar Salad
Freshmen, sides:
Seth Russell: Potatoes
Brian Fitzpatrick: Green Beans, or caserole of such
Jordan Beaver: Baked Beans & Bread
8th Grader, drinks:
Jonathan Patton: 2 liter soda bottles, cooler with ice
7th Grader, dessert:
Charlie Roble: Cookies, Brownies or both
Coach: plates/cups/napkins
Feel free to dress very casually and all are welcome to take a dip in the pool if you feel so inclined. A tentative order of events will be to swim or mingle from 6:30 - 7:00, eat from 7:00 - 7:30, followed by the presentation of letters to varsity letter winners, recognition of our seniors, and then presentation of awards for Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Player, Best Practice Player, and Coaches Award for Dedication.
For those unfamiliar with Sunset Point, directions would be as follows from Celenese Road:
Turn north onto India Hook Rd, go approx 3 miles through the light at Mount Gallant Rd
Go past the main entrance of Sunset Point
Turn left onto Elks Park Rd (too far if you see ROAR academy)
Go past the rear entrance of Sunset Point
Pool area will be on your left and use second entrance, parking available for 25 cars
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Jeff Zimmerman selected to SCTCA North/South All Star Classic
The accolades keep rolling in for senior Jeff Zimmerman. We received confirmation today that Jeff has been selected to represent the North team in the annual North/South All Star Classic May 22-24 in Pawley's Island SC at the Debordieu Colony Resort.
Jeff had an overall record of 11-6 and was 10-4 in region for the Trojans this spring. Jeff has played for the Trojans for the past six seasons in every imaginable capacity. Jeff was previously named to the all region 3-AAAA team along with fellow senior Zach Beaver and Jeff was ranked the #2 player overall in our region.
Jeff and I have been working hard individually this week to keep his game sharp over at the Rock Hill Tennis Center and we will continue to do so up to this tournament. I have no doubt that he will represent Northwestern High School in a fine manner at this event.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Trojans defeated by Spartanburg in State Playoffs
We ventured over to Spartanburg to take on the #3 ranked Spartanburg Vikings at their courts. Spartanburg was the top seed out of Region 2 and played like it was very well deserved.
Although our scores don't reflect it, we did display some moments of brilliance and solid play at all courts. I was impressed with Seth's attempts to set up and finish off points at #2 singles. His opponent is undefeated this year and has not dropped a set in singles matches. Although Seth was blanked, he made a lot of correct decisions in how he tried to attack him.
Jeff served very well at times, but struggled with consistancy at 1 singles against a highly talented opponent. Zach played well at 3 singles in the second set after an unusually quick first set. Alex started off well at 4 singles and had some opportunities that he just came up short on.
On the top courts, Drayton struggled to find his flow at 5 singles, but hit very well against an extremely strong #5 player from Spartanburg. I actually felt that Drayton was controlling most of the points, but was coming up with errors in spots that he is used to scoring points. Our doubles line of Brian & Paul had a tough time getting going today and were blanked by a fairly dominant Spartanburg team. However, even with such a lopsided score, I was happy that they were making their serves and not giving away points. Their opponents were just very good at making the right shots.
This does conclude our team's season with an overall record of 10-8. I am proud of all the boys that participated on the tennis team this year and will cherish our time together at practice, matches, and post game meals. This job is one that has brought me great personal satisfaction this year in seeing you guys grow and improve on a daily basis. I look forward to the off-season and seeing how hard you will work to elevate your games even further. I have previously expressed my thanks to our seniors that participated this year, but again - a big thank you for your hard work and leadership.
I mentioned to the boys that I will have a team meeting on Friday after school to collect their washed uniforms if they do not wish to keep them. I will need one (1) of the following from each boy on Friday 5/2
- shorts, white jersey, and purple jersey (washed) - or -
- $8 for shorts, $12.50 for each jersey if the boys wish to keep their uniforms
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Alex Holland (S) def Jeff Zimmerman 6-0, 6-1
2S: Benjamin Barnette (S) def Seth Russell 6-0, 6-0
3S: Forest Weir (S) def Zach Beaver 6-0, 6-2
4S: Ben Bramhall (S) def Alex Atzberger 6-2, 6-0
5S: Jonathan Allsbrook (S) def Drayton Wade 6-0, 6-1
1D: Azucey / Azucey (S) def Russell / Eric Sabin 8-2
2D: W Weir / W Epps (S) def Brian Fitzpatrick/Paul Sabisch 6-0, 6-0
Although our scores don't reflect it, we did display some moments of brilliance and solid play at all courts. I was impressed with Seth's attempts to set up and finish off points at #2 singles. His opponent is undefeated this year and has not dropped a set in singles matches. Although Seth was blanked, he made a lot of correct decisions in how he tried to attack him.
Jeff served very well at times, but struggled with consistancy at 1 singles against a highly talented opponent. Zach played well at 3 singles in the second set after an unusually quick first set. Alex started off well at 4 singles and had some opportunities that he just came up short on.
On the top courts, Drayton struggled to find his flow at 5 singles, but hit very well against an extremely strong #5 player from Spartanburg. I actually felt that Drayton was controlling most of the points, but was coming up with errors in spots that he is used to scoring points. Our doubles line of Brian & Paul had a tough time getting going today and were blanked by a fairly dominant Spartanburg team. However, even with such a lopsided score, I was happy that they were making their serves and not giving away points. Their opponents were just very good at making the right shots.
This does conclude our team's season with an overall record of 10-8. I am proud of all the boys that participated on the tennis team this year and will cherish our time together at practice, matches, and post game meals. This job is one that has brought me great personal satisfaction this year in seeing you guys grow and improve on a daily basis. I look forward to the off-season and seeing how hard you will work to elevate your games even further. I have previously expressed my thanks to our seniors that participated this year, but again - a big thank you for your hard work and leadership.
I mentioned to the boys that I will have a team meeting on Friday after school to collect their washed uniforms if they do not wish to keep them. I will need one (1) of the following from each boy on Friday 5/2
- shorts, white jersey, and purple jersey (washed) - or -
- $8 for shorts, $12.50 for each jersey if the boys wish to keep their uniforms
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Alex Holland (S) def Jeff Zimmerman 6-0, 6-1
2S: Benjamin Barnette (S) def Seth Russell 6-0, 6-0
3S: Forest Weir (S) def Zach Beaver 6-0, 6-2
4S: Ben Bramhall (S) def Alex Atzberger 6-2, 6-0
5S: Jonathan Allsbrook (S) def Drayton Wade 6-0, 6-1
1D: Azucey / Azucey (S) def Russell / Eric Sabin 8-2
2D: W Weir / W Epps (S) def Brian Fitzpatrick/Paul Sabisch 6-0, 6-0
Monday, April 28, 2008
Northwestern's Jeff Zimmerman & Zach Beaver selected to Region 3 AAAA All Region Team
The coaches tonight met in Rock Hill to vote on all region athletes from boys tennis. Two Northwestern athletes were selected to the all region team.
Senior Jeff Zimmerman was the first non-Fort Mill player to be selected. Jeff had a region record of 10-4 this year playing 1 singles for the Trojans all year. The coaches unanimously voted Jeff all region for 2008. Jeff was also nominated to play in the South Carolina state singles championships May 16 & 17 in Columbia. Jeff is the second nominee from the region on the list of five potential names, behind only Will Reigel of Fort Mill who was undefeated in region matches and is the region's automatic qualifier. I submitted Jeff's current USTA & Southern Section rankings and am hopeful that he will be selected by the South Carolina High School League to participate in the 32-player field. Jeff is a two-time all region athlete for the Trojans.
Senior Zach Beaver was also selected to the all region team by the coaches. Zach had a
region record of 10-4 this season as well playing anywhere from line 5 through line 3 singles for the Trojans. The coaches agreed that based on his region record as well as input from other coaches on the exemplary sportsmanship that he displayed. I also brought up that Zach is one of the top students in the senior class and stressed the fact that he was an all around athlete that had never played competitive tennis before this year.We are very proud of both these senior athletes and thankful for their contributions to this team and hope that their leadership will push us through our first round playoff match tomorrow at Spartanburg.
Go Trojans!
2008 All Region 3 AAAA
Will Reigel - Fort Mill
Jeff Zimmerman - Northwestern
Glen Thomason - Rock Hill
Chase Altieri - Clover
Robbie Davis - Fort Mill
Nick Deahl - Clover
Paul Shaw - Fort Mill
Will Decker - Clover
Kyle Osborne - Fort Mill
Ken Long - Clover
Zach Beaver - Northwestern
Chase Lee - Fort Mill
Nihal Patel - Rock Hill
Mitesh Patel - Rock Hill
Player of the Year
Will Reigel - Fort Mill
Coach of the Year
Willie Ware - Fort Mill
AAAA State Playoff nominees:
Will Reigel - Fort Mill (automatic)
Jeff Zimmerman - Northwestern
Glen Thomason - Rock Hill
Chase Altieri - Clover
Robbie Davis - Fort Mill
State playoff Bracket released
The South Carolina High School League posted the brackets this morning for the boys tennis state playoffs. As expected, we will travel to Spartanburg tomorrow afternoon to take on the Spartans of Spartanburg. If we are successful in taking down the Spartans, we will face the winner of South Aiken & Easley on May 1.
Our athletic director has arranged for our boys to be dismissed from class at 2:45 PM so the boys can load the bus and we can be on the road by 3:00 or 3:15 at the latest. The trip to Spartanburg High is a little over an hour and 15 minutes.
To view the full bracket, click on the following link:
http://www.schsl.org/2007%20Brackets/bte%20aaaa.htm
Go Trojans!
Our athletic director has arranged for our boys to be dismissed from class at 2:45 PM so the boys can load the bus and we can be on the road by 3:00 or 3:15 at the latest. The trip to Spartanburg High is a little over an hour and 15 minutes.
To view the full bracket, click on the following link:
http://www.schsl.org/2007%20Brackets/bte%20aaaa.htm
Go Trojans!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Northwestern defeated in regular season final match by Clover
We traveled to Clover today to play in a match that decided the final region standings. With a win, we could have forced a three-way tie for second place. However, we were defeated in a match with a lot of close results at the individual line. Their coach even agreed that we were a better team than we were earlier in the year even though the overall score reflects a 0-7 loss as all the matches played closer than he remembered.
With the loss we finished in fourth place, regardless of the Rock Hill outcome against Fort Mill tonight. The region champion is Fort Mill (assuming win 14-0), followed by second place Clover (11-3), then Rock Hill (assuming loss 10-4), and then us (9-5).
Thankfully, I discussed the playoff dates with the Clover coach as I assumed that our first match would be played on Thursday May 1 as per the information I received from the SCHSL at the initial coaches meeting (see below top link). However, we will actually play on Tuesday April 29 against the #1 seed out of Region II at their courts. I am predicting this to be against Spartanburg High School as they have been in the #3 spot in the state rankings all year and have not moved down (usually you move down with a loss, especially in region).
http://www.schsl.org/2007/2007-08%20Rules%20Section.pdf - see page 31 playoff dates
http://www.schsl.org/2007/2007-2008%20AAAA%20handbook.pdf - see page 58 playoff dates, these are the rules we are going by for playoffs
I advised the boys on the busride home that we will need to get them out of class on Tuesday around 2:45 so that we can change and hit the road by 3:15 at the latest to get to Spartanburg. If we are successful in an upset of Spartanburg, our next match would be Thursday and on the road again as we are the lower seed in our bracket. I assume that any remaining matches would be played on the road, so we need to get in Road Warrior mindsets over the weekend.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Chase Altieri (C) def Jeff Zimmerman 7-6, 2-6, 10-6
2S: Nick Deahl (C) def Seth Russell 7-5, 6-1
3S: Ken Long (C) def Zach Beaver 6-2, 6-2
4S: Will Decker (C) def Alex Atzberger 6-0, 6-2
5S: Tucker DeLoach (C) def Drayton Wade 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
1D: Altieri/Deahl (C) def Russell/Atzberger 8-6
2D: Josh Watts/JC Dougherty (C) def Brian Fitzpatrick/Paul Sabisch 7-6, 6-4
With the loss we finished in fourth place, regardless of the Rock Hill outcome against Fort Mill tonight. The region champion is Fort Mill (assuming win 14-0), followed by second place Clover (11-3), then Rock Hill (assuming loss 10-4), and then us (9-5).
Thankfully, I discussed the playoff dates with the Clover coach as I assumed that our first match would be played on Thursday May 1 as per the information I received from the SCHSL at the initial coaches meeting (see below top link). However, we will actually play on Tuesday April 29 against the #1 seed out of Region II at their courts. I am predicting this to be against Spartanburg High School as they have been in the #3 spot in the state rankings all year and have not moved down (usually you move down with a loss, especially in region).
http://www.schsl.org/2007/2007-08%20Rules%20Section.pdf - see page 31 playoff dates
http://www.schsl.org/2007/2007-2008%20AAAA%20handbook.pdf - see page 58 playoff dates, these are the rules we are going by for playoffs
I advised the boys on the busride home that we will need to get them out of class on Tuesday around 2:45 so that we can change and hit the road by 3:15 at the latest to get to Spartanburg. If we are successful in an upset of Spartanburg, our next match would be Thursday and on the road again as we are the lower seed in our bracket. I assume that any remaining matches would be played on the road, so we need to get in Road Warrior mindsets over the weekend.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Chase Altieri (C) def Jeff Zimmerman 7-6, 2-6, 10-6
2S: Nick Deahl (C) def Seth Russell 7-5, 6-1
3S: Ken Long (C) def Zach Beaver 6-2, 6-2
4S: Will Decker (C) def Alex Atzberger 6-0, 6-2
5S: Tucker DeLoach (C) def Drayton Wade 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
1D: Altieri/Deahl (C) def Russell/Atzberger 8-6
2D: Josh Watts/JC Dougherty (C) def Brian Fitzpatrick/Paul Sabisch 7-6, 6-4
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Northwestern Clinches playoff berth with 7-0 win over York
The Trojans were on fire tonight as we blitzed past York 7-0 to clinch a spot in the playoffs. Our overall record now stands at 10-6 with a 9-4 standing in our region matches. We saluted our seniors (and Alex) tonight after the match with some cake to thank them for their dedication. I again want to express my sincere thanks to our seniors Jeff Zimmerman, Paul Sabisch, Zach Beaver, Eric Sabin, and Sudeep Das for their hard work this year and for all their years of competing on behalf of Northwestern. And thanks to Alex, for coming to Rock Hill via foreign exchange and participating with us this year. You are all intregal pieces of our team!
Our first win of the night came courtesy of Zach Beaver with a 6-0, 6-0 win at 3 singles. Closely following Zach was Alex Atzberger with a win of 6-0, 6-1. Seth Russell finished next after playing good tennis at line 2 to come away with a 6-0, 6-1 win as well.
Drayton Wade provided our clinching win at 5 singles by taking a first set by score of 6-0 and playing a fairly even second set of 6-4.
We played both doubles lines at the same time again tonight as a courtesy to York who wanted to get the match played quickly for academic reasons. Our 1 doubles line was comprised of Paul Sabisch and Eric Sabin. Paul had asked me earlier in the season to play the two of them together and I obliged on this occasion. The fact that Paul left out of this request (and informed me of after their match) was that they hadn't ever won together. Well tonight was their first win together as they defeated the 1 doubles line from York 6-3, 6-4.
Sudeep Das and Brian Fitzpatrick teamed up to play our 2 doubles line against York. After a strong start and first set win of 6-0, they dropped the second set by score of 6-7 and were pushed to a decisive 10-point tiebreak. They never trailed in the tiebreak, although it got interesting near the end, and clinched the line with a score of 10-6.
York's number 1 gave Jeff some trouble last time around and today was no different. Jeff trailed in both sets 1-4 and staged a comeback in each to win by score of 7-6, 6-4 and went through 2 sets of racket strings in the process.
This win likely has put us in a tie for third with Rock Hill if they were successful tonight over Lancaster. Clover has only 3 losses and played South Pointe tonight and I assume they were successful. We travel to Clover to try to throw a monkey wrench into the region standings on Thursday. I assume that the tie breaker between us and Rock Hill is # of lines won and they have the advantage with their 6-1 defeat of us at their place. We suffered a defeat to Clover by score of 5-2 previously as well. If we are able to even our tiebreak with Clover with a 5-2 win or better, it could be an interesting meeting with the region coordinator on Monday night.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Jeff Zimmerman (N) def Chris Suggs 7-6, 6-4
2S: Seth Russell (N) def Tyler Sloan 6-0, 6-1
3S: Zach Beaver (N) def Mitesh Patel 6-0, 6-0
4S: Alex Atzberger (N) def Rick Carver 6-0, 6-1
5S: Drayton Wade (N) def Jensen Fisk 6-0, 6-4
1D: Paul Sabisch/Eric Sabin (N) def Joe Gegraw/Kyle Spears 6-3, 6-4
2D: Sudeep Das/Brian Fitzpatrick (N) def Nathan Patrick/Charlie Lawson 6-0, 6-7, 10-6
Our first win of the night came courtesy of Zach Beaver with a 6-0, 6-0 win at 3 singles. Closely following Zach was Alex Atzberger with a win of 6-0, 6-1. Seth Russell finished next after playing good tennis at line 2 to come away with a 6-0, 6-1 win as well.
Drayton Wade provided our clinching win at 5 singles by taking a first set by score of 6-0 and playing a fairly even second set of 6-4.
We played both doubles lines at the same time again tonight as a courtesy to York who wanted to get the match played quickly for academic reasons. Our 1 doubles line was comprised of Paul Sabisch and Eric Sabin. Paul had asked me earlier in the season to play the two of them together and I obliged on this occasion. The fact that Paul left out of this request (and informed me of after their match) was that they hadn't ever won together. Well tonight was their first win together as they defeated the 1 doubles line from York 6-3, 6-4.
Sudeep Das and Brian Fitzpatrick teamed up to play our 2 doubles line against York. After a strong start and first set win of 6-0, they dropped the second set by score of 6-7 and were pushed to a decisive 10-point tiebreak. They never trailed in the tiebreak, although it got interesting near the end, and clinched the line with a score of 10-6.
York's number 1 gave Jeff some trouble last time around and today was no different. Jeff trailed in both sets 1-4 and staged a comeback in each to win by score of 7-6, 6-4 and went through 2 sets of racket strings in the process.
This win likely has put us in a tie for third with Rock Hill if they were successful tonight over Lancaster. Clover has only 3 losses and played South Pointe tonight and I assume they were successful. We travel to Clover to try to throw a monkey wrench into the region standings on Thursday. I assume that the tie breaker between us and Rock Hill is # of lines won and they have the advantage with their 6-1 defeat of us at their place. We suffered a defeat to Clover by score of 5-2 previously as well. If we are able to even our tiebreak with Clover with a 5-2 win or better, it could be an interesting meeting with the region coordinator on Monday night.
Go Trojans!
Box Score:
1S: Jeff Zimmerman (N) def Chris Suggs 7-6, 6-4
2S: Seth Russell (N) def Tyler Sloan 6-0, 6-1
3S: Zach Beaver (N) def Mitesh Patel 6-0, 6-0
4S: Alex Atzberger (N) def Rick Carver 6-0, 6-1
5S: Drayton Wade (N) def Jensen Fisk 6-0, 6-4
1D: Paul Sabisch/Eric Sabin (N) def Joe Gegraw/Kyle Spears 6-3, 6-4
2D: Sudeep Das/Brian Fitzpatrick (N) def Nathan Patrick/Charlie Lawson 6-0, 6-7, 10-6
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