Articles Tagged: Tennis

For many years, the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center in Cedar Rapids has played host to the Class 2A boys’ state tennis tournament. Come next spring, the tournament will move south to the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center on the campus of the University of Iowa.

Photos from the annual Iowa Open Tennis Tournament in Cedar Rapids

West High girls varsity tennis coach Amie Villarini is suing the Iowa City Community School District for defamation after allegations were made against her by former players in a public school board meeting earlier this year that a school investigation showed were unfounded.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Hugh Courter is a full-time baseball player again. The Saints senior returned from winning state tennis titles to earn the win in relief Wednesday against Solon.

Waterloo Columbus ended Cedar Rapids Xavier’s dream of a third-straight girls’ state tennis title with a 5-4 upset win Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ tennis team completed a state sweep on Tuesday and the Saints girls want to do the same Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Xavier is 10th team in boys’ state tennis history to win the “triple crown” of singles, doubles and team titles in the same year. Iowa City West took down top-seeded Pleasant Valley to claim the 2A team title.

Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City West's boys’ tennis teams saw their players come away with titles in the singles and doubles state tournament. Tuesday, the focus shifts back to the team as the semifinals and finals are contested.

Ella Tallett won the singles crown, while Ally Burger and Courtney Carstensen repeated as doubles champions as Cedar Rapids Xavier swept the Class 1A girls’ state tennis titles.

Kathryn Zylstra and Katelynn Kock avenged a semifinal loss from a year ago to win the first girls’ state tennis doubles title in Cedar Rapids Washington history.

Girls’ state tennis Day 1 roundup: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Ella Tallett had an exceptional opening day of play in the Class 1A state singles tournament.

After a third-place finish in 2021 and a full season of working together, Cedar Rapids Washington’s Katelynn Kock and Kathryn Zylstra have sights on a state tennis title. The tournament begins Friday.

Iowa City West’s Samir Singh and Jayden Shin looked like a team that has been playing together for years, not weeks, as they won the Class 2A boys’ tennis state doubles title.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Brady Horstmann won the Class 1A boys’ tennis state singles title Wednesday and has now won a singles, doubles and team championship in his career. Teammates Declan Coe and Hugh Courter won this year’s doubles title.

See photos from the first day of the 2022 Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ tennis state singles and doubles tournament.