Season fades into the shadows

The River Oaks 3.5 senior team met the end of the road at the state tournament at Toledo's Shadow Valley Club. The Ohio Valley team from Charlston, West Virginia took home the prize.

Joe Pare gets mentally ready for States!

EB Bunny Says...

GOOD LUCK TO THE 3.5 MENS' SENIOR TEAM AND ALL NEO CHAMPIONS IN

TO - LE - DO...

BRING IT HOME! KEEP IT GOING !!!

HOLY TOLEDO! River Oaks sends 5 teams to states

There must be something in the water or maybe the Court Room drinks. River Oaks is sending five teams to the state championship round. Congratulations to Judy Gonzalez's 3.5 senior ladies team, Serene Farmer's 3.0 senior ladies team, Deb Cahill's 4.0 adult ladies team, the Dick Lancaster 3.5 senior men's team, and the John Clark 7.0 super senior team. Notice how the term "senior" is dominant. All of these teams will play in Toledo this coming weekend except for the Clark super senior team which plays in September. Let's "bring it on home!" to River Oaks.

Northeastern Ohio Champs!

The Lancaster 3.5 men's senior team defeated Chagrin Valley 3-0 to become NEOTA champs and move on to the state championships in Toledo on Friday. Egon Luengo and Mack Thomas needed a match tiebreaker to pull out a tough first court match. Court 2 was manned by Jay Hansar and Tim Rickard who won close one in straight sets. Court three was full of knee braces but Joe Pare and Dick Lancaster had no mercy using their patent dink-and-lob game to stimie their opponents in straight sets.

Justice Prevails

Yes, Michelle's 4.0 River Oaks team is going to NEOTA playoffs after all. It seems that one of the self-rated players on the North Ridge team didn't put all the facts on the self rating sheet. She was a rated junior and played high school and college tennis. This is an automatic 4.5 rating. All her USTA matches are disqualified. We are glad to see that this self-rating stacking of teams is coming to an end. Thank you NEOTA. Last year a River Oak's 3.5 men's team fell to a team that had self-rated state ranked high school players that were on their way to college tennis.

Steak an Corn Roast

Thanks to Linda and Rick Rogalski and Dick Lancaster the tennisfriends gang had their 2nd annual steak and corn roast Saturday night. Play the video.