Articles Tagged: Tennis

An Iowa City man, who had a cardiac arrest during the City High Homecoming Parade in September, said he was lucky to have an officer with a paramedic background to save him. He will “never forget him.”

High school journalism: Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Lily Holland and Linn-Mar’s Garrett Bauermeister were among winners at the Iowa Open tournament last weekend.

Both Cedar Rapids Xavier and Iowa City West went into the boys’ state team tennis tournaments seeded No. 2, but came out No. 1.

The Cedar Rapids Washington girls are Class 2A state team tennis champions for the third time after taking down West Des Moines Dowling, 5-2, on Tuesday.

Cedar Rapids Washington is seeded No. 1 in the Class 2A Iowa high school girls’ team tournament, Tuesday in Johnston.

All the action from the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ tennis Class 2A state meet.

Brackets have been released for the 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state team tennis tournaments with Waukee Northwest and Pella as the top seeds.

Although defending Class 2A state doubles champions Katelynn Kock and Kathryn Zylstra compiled an impressive record, the one blemish on their season came against Cedar Falls. So when the state seedings came out, the Cedar Falls pair got the top seed.

For the second straight year, Decorah standout Caden Branum had a foe from Cedar Rapids Xavier standing between him and the Class 1A boys’ state tennis singles title. This time around, the Viking junior didn't flinch.

A couple of young guns and a junior looking to take the next step all advanced to the semifinals in the singles division of the Iowa high school boys’ state tennis tournament on Tuesday.

See photos from the first day of the 2023 Iowa Class 2A boys’ state tennis tournament in Iowa City.

Cedar Rapids Xavier freshman Charlie LeGrand not only joined a team that lost a wealth of talent, he had the task of stepping into the No. 1 singles spot Horstmann held for his entire prep career. He takes a 16-5 record into the state meet, where he was given the No. 3 seed.

Mya Messenger and Lily Belle Barker chose the state golf tournament over state doubles since both overlap this weekend.

Being pushed into doubles in a state tournament setting can lead to some tense times. For top-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington, having to come out for the doubles in Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ state tennis quarterfinal with Iowa City West was actually a good thing.

A 5-0 victory over Cedar Rapids Jefferson for the No. 7-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington boys’ tennis team sent the Warriors to the state tournament for a second straight year.