Swinging in the Great Outdoors

The tennis and golf teams are gearing up this year for some exciting seasons, with some of their first matches and tournaments this past week. Senior Julia Carlin, is excited that this year is her first year on the tennis team!

 “It’s senior year, why not go for it?” she said.

Julia says she has had the best time and joining the team was an awesome decision. 

“My favorite part about the team is being with my friends, and learning a new sport,” she said. 

She says that she is also looking forward to getting to know those on the team that she doesn’t normally hang out with. One of the things that Julia really wants to get better at is backhand. She says that it will be easy because the new coach, Coach Rosenow, is super chill and awesome. Julia says that one of her closest friends on the team is Izzy Hovater. One of her proudest moments was when they won their first doubles match together.

The golf team has had just as exciting a start to their season as well. Chase Lillard is a junior who has been playing golf since he was 4. He says that when he was little, he didn’t take it seriously, but now he really takes it seriously and tries his hardest. Chase prepares for big tournaments by going to the range to get loose. He says he likes to hit a few drives and practice his chipping before he’s ready to compete. Like Julia, Chase says that his friends are on the golf team, and that’s one of his favorite parts about it.

“It’s fun that it’s pretty laid back when I get to play with them,” he said. 

Chase shared one of his proudest moments on the golf course, which was with his brother.

“We were about 50 yards away, and I said, ‘If I make this, you have to go jump in the pond.’” 

Chase says that he made it, but he’s still waiting on his brother to jump in that pond.

Story by Hannah Custer