Just three months ago, Abilene High was closing out the fall team tennis season, losing to Lubbock Coronado in the Region I-5A finals. This weekend, the spring high school tennis season begins with Abilene High and Cooper playing Friday and Saturday in the Northeast Invitational in San Antonio.
Depth counts a lot more in the fall.
That doesn't mean much in the spring. Despite the emphasis on individual success in the spring, Scott knows he can use the next several months for his young Eagles to gain experience for next fall. At least six of Abilene High's top 12 players are either freshmen or sophomores. Sometimes I think singles play suffers because we work so much on doubles. Both coaches are optimistic their teams can have success in the spring, too, where only the top two in singles and doubles advance out of district to regional and out of regional to state.