Tennis

Tonight was the end of three tennis matches in a row for the high school team.  They are now 3-2, which means that they have tripled the amount of wins they had from last year.  In the Tuesday night match, Cal beat his opponent in two sets and played pretty well.  His picture was in the paper and a video of the girls volleyball team screaming his name as he was getting ready to serve was posted on a local news website.  The team actually won all five courts that evening which was a great feeling for them.  On Wednesday Cal played his best of the week.  His opponent was the toughest he has played so far.  Although he got out to a lead in both sets, he ended up losing 6-2 and 6-2, but he felt good about how he competed.

Thursday night was a different story for Cal.  He just never seemed to get started.  I know he was frustrated as you could see it on his face.  He lost in two sets and didn't look the tennis player that I know he is.  The coaches talked to him and gave him some tips for the next match and some things to work on.  When I talked to him afterward, he said, "I just started playing bad and I couldn't stop it, no matter how hard I tried."  The team won and there was a home volleyball game afterward, so that took some sting out of the loss.

As a Mom I had a hard time watching him on Thursday.  It wasn't because he was losing, but because it was obvious he was very upset with himself.  I am not upset, however.  High school sports are moments of greatness followed by moments of not.  He stepped up this year to play a third sport that requires a lot of practice and conditioning.  He has been a part of the Varsity squad that is trying to bring tennis back to Wawasee.  We are very proud of him for putting this much effort into it.  Three days of tennis in the 90 degree heat plus early morning basketball and strength training during the day would get to the best of us.  Tuesday is another match.  Looking forward to it.