JV VIKINGS 1st & 2nd DOUBLES REGION CHAMPS!!!
Saturday the JV Vikings team headed up to Riverton to play in the JV Region Tournament. The region consists of American Fork, Lehi, Lone Peak, Riverton, Bingham and Pleasant Grove. Each school entered 4 singles players and 4 doubles teams to play in the tournament. This is a tournament that is not recognized by the UHSAA but all the coaches in the region feel strongly about making sure this tournament happens each year to help with the development of the JV players. The day started off a little chilly but quickly warmed up and ended up being a great day for tennis. The format of this tournament was the same format used during the season for JV. Each match played was a single elimination 8 game Pro Set with No Ad scoring. The Vikings had a rough start with all 4 singles players (Zach Olsen, Tanner Merrill, Kyle Stewart, Devan Wiggins) losing their first match. Then came doubles.....The Vikings 1st doubles team Nate Church and Paul Hatch played a team from a very tough team from Riverton that went the distance, but the Vikings finally pulled it out 9-7. # 2 doubles team Evan Spencer & Clayton Chudleigh were seeded #1 and had a BYE in their first round but played a team from Bingham in their 2nd round (semi finals) match and prevailed 8-4. PG's 3rd doubles team Austin Chadwick & Jake Smith won their first round match 8-5 but lost to Riverton in a tough second round match 6-8. The # 4 doubles team Rylan Harker & Justin Hymas lost to a tough Lehi team in their first round 2-8. So with only 2 doubles teams left in the tournament all the eliminated players, parents and friends gathered around to watch the next round of matches. Doubles team Nate Church and Paul Hatch were next matched up for a semi final show down against a team from Lone Peak. They were very excited to be able to play against Lone Peak again because just on the prior day, they had made their Varsity debut in the last varsity match of the season playing in the 2nd varsity doubles position against Lone Peak. Church & Hatch lost that match so they were looking for pay back, and pay back they did. Nate & Paul came out strong and attacked the Lone Peak team and beat them handily 8-4 to make it to the Finals. PG now had two doubles teams playing for the Championship in the first and second doubles positions, both would play against teams from Bingham. Nate & Paul dominated this match with big serves and overheads and some great touch shots as well to win the championship beating Bingham 8-2 becoming the 1st doubles JV Regions Champs! In the second match Evan Spencer & Clayton Chudleigh destroyed their opponents from Bingham 8-3 playing some of the best tennis I've seen all year by Varsity or JV. Evan was amazing with his cross court angles as well as his down the line shots. Clayton played great as well with solid volley's and his serve was so strong at one point during the match his opponent asked him " could you slow that down please?" which was hilarious because that seemed to fuel Clayton even more because he went on to hit several more aces and secure the match to became the # 2 doubles JV Region Champs! Thanks to all the parents and friends who came to support these JV players, it was a great day of tennis and a great way to wrap up the JV season. I am excited about our team and these players for the coming years, I believe we have some great accomplishments ahead of us. Also thanks to Lisa & Steve Chudleigh and Craig & Jill Smith for providing all the drinks, snacks and food for the boys at this event, it was great and greatly appreciated! Please be sure to click on the 2012 JV Region Tournament Pictures on the right side of this blog to see some photos of this day. A great thanks goes out to Matt Church for providing these photos as well.
2013 SEASON IS COMING!!!!
