The Last Serve

Tonight was Meg's last high school tennis match.  The girls had drawn Goshen in the first round of the sectionals.  Meg had beaten her opponent before and we hoped that she would again, but it just wasn't meant to be.  Meg played well; she was focused and stayed steady against a consistent player.  The match was delayed about twenty minutes due to rain, but the break did not alter Meg's game at all.  A point or two was the difference in the match and in the end Meg found herself on the wrong side of a 6-4, 6-4 loss.

Bethany finished 2-3 on the night which knocked them out of the state tourney.  Meg teared up when it was all over, not so much because she lost, but because she was officially done with high school tennis.  It was a sport that she put a lot of time and effort into and we had so much fun watching her play over the past four years.  Of all of the sports that our children have participated in, tennis by far has been my favorite.  The Heinisch children have played hard, rallied when needed and have been animated on the court.  I will miss watching Meg play and in a way I was glad that I had to leave to go to Cam's middle school band concert before she was done.  I know for sure that I would have cried when she walked off the court.  Mr. Voirol once told me that it has to end sometime and rarely does one go out on top.  It definitely ended tonight for Meg, but she fought the good fight and in our minds went out top, leaving it all on court #1.  We couldn't ask for anything more in her last high school match.