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Clark Shannon '17 lines up at the baseline with his doubles teammate Pierre Craig '16 just 10 steps in front. The opposing Highland Park tennis player stands at the other end of the long green court. He bounces the ball twice in front of his left foot. Winding up, his rackets collides with the ball before it zips into...
The sun beats down on the Jesuit Tennis player, as he lines up at the baseline, determined to win the next point. His left hand tosses the ball straight in the air, followed by a power swing. Zipping over the net, the ball bounces perfectly on the line. Even with the perfect serve, the talented Allen player returns the serve...
Clark Shannon ’17 gently tosses the bright yellow Wilson tennis ball into the air. With perfect form, he brings up his blue racket and hits the ball delivering a 98 MPH ace. The referee yells “Point.” The Jesuit Ranger Tennis Team increased their record to 2-0 with another win this past Tuesday. In their season opener against Plano East last...
The Jesuit Tennis team did not let Spring Break extinguish the flames of its season-long hot streak, as the team rolled through the second half of the spring season. The athletes returned to participate in the Jesuit Spring Invitational tournament at Hockaday. The tournament was created four years ago in order to expose the Rangers to an array of...
The Rangers tennis team kicked off the spring season with a bang, consistently advancing deep into both the Keller Indian Spring Invitational and the Coppell Valentine Tournament as the players returned from the winter hiatus. Jesuit resumed tournament play on the weekend of January 16th in Keller. The newly-paired and dynamic duo of Campbell Frost '16 and Hayden Kissee '17...
As per tradition, the Jesuit Tennis team took on Houston's Strake Jesuit on Friday, October 17th to conclude the fall season, winning decidedly by a score of 11-7. Rebounding off of a tough loss to Allen in their previous match, Jesuit started off with a bang, dominating the singles rounds in which they only conceded four losses and nearly clinching the...
"Our practices, hard work, and teamwork paid off." Quoting Freshman Nico Elizondo '18, the Jesuit Tennis program truly has lived up to it's goals this season, improving their record to a perfect 6-0 with a sweep of the White Longhorns on September 30th. Surprisingly, only freshmen participated in this Varsity level match, proving to Head Coach Paul McDaniel that the...
On September 16th, the Jesuit tennis team faced Irving High School in their third match-up of the season. Jesuit continued building on their early season success, blanking the Tigers 15-0. Clark Shannon’17 dominated in his single match, sweeping his opponent 8-0. Easily winning, Clark was “pleased” with his performance, but knows “these early matches serve mainly as practice for the tougher competition...

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