River Oaks Super Seniors Rule!!

John Clark's 7.0 Super Seniors completed a sweep of all four of the other teams in their league last nite, by beating up on North Ridge, 3-0. Thus, at the mid-point of the season the team is 4-0, while the closest competitor is 2-2, with four matches to play.

Joe Pare and Ron Longoria ruled on court 1, 6-0, 6-3. Art Stehlik and John Witt prevailed, 6-2, 7-5 on court 2. And finally, Lars Eriksson and Mack Thomas won on court 3, 6-3, 6-7, 1-0. Hank Thomay came out of a two-year layoff for North Ridge on court 3, and continues to baffle his opponents with his junk.

John

A Good Week

The "IT" Girls of Summer had a busy week with 2 matches on Tuesday vs. Mayfield and Wednesday vs. LaTuchie. We had some great matches and everyone played great. This week we have the same teams again...Mayfield on Wednesday and LaTuchie on Thursday. Lets Go GIRLS....and get "IT" done! <>

The "IT" Factor

The Kitt factor: The "IT" Girls of Summer have played some fabulous tennis the past couple of weeks and recorded 3 wins! Jenny tweaked her knee during the Mentor match and hung in there with Deb to pull off a great victory to clinch the Mentor match for our team! We then headed to Racquet East to post the 2nd W of the season. And on Wednesday night we hosted The Cleveland Skating Club at home where we posted our 3rd victory of the season. Our hard work and fun at team practices has been paying off! "IT" is awesome to see the turn out for our practices!

Youth Prevails

Pete Gallo's Five Seasons Team

Yes it's true. The long-in-the-tooth River Oaks Lancaster adult 3.5 team ran out of steam last night and lost to Five Seasons 3 to 2. It came down to the last court with the Oaks Legends on the court playing for the win, but it was not to be. At least the wings were hot and the beer was cold to sooth their aching bones. Maybe it's time to give the old guys two bounces.

Captains Gallo and Lancaster

Another Late Night at North Olmsted

The Lancaster 3.5 adult team was scheduled for 9pm at North Olmsted but with only four courts the matches started late as usual. Rick was captain last night and he and Joe didn't get off the court till about midnight. Geoff won his singles. Ron W. and Lars, Frank and Ron L. , and Rick and Joe all took their respective doubles courts. Experience vs youth was the theme for the night and experience (old age) wouldn't be beat. That makes the record 2 and 0. Nice job guys.

The "IT" Girls of Summer are back...

The "IT" Girls of Summer are back for another fabulous season! The team remains intact for the 2008 season with the exception of Kitt who's rating moved back up to 4.5...we will miss her sure win at singles, but not nearly as much as the fun and "fluff" she brought to the team. Though we didn't start off great, the girls have posted their first W of the season and now hold a 1-1 record. Way to go "IT" Girls. We travel to Racquet East next week. Let's get ready: ROAD TRIP! TAILGATE! PARTY!

Captain Gets Headache but Team Wins

North Ridge 3.5 adult team left River Oaks with mixed emotions last night. They won the singles courts but lost all of the doubles. Captain Dick was kept busy on court one keeping score for the players who were lost in the heat of battle. It was a good start for the Lancaster River Oaks 3.5 team, in spite of the heat on the courts.