• Eric Garner   10-11
• Sean Garner 10-10
• Youri Dekker 14-9
• Nick Boldt       8-9
• Daniel Foster  9-8
• Josh Ediger    3-9
• Ben Janzen     3-3

There are several ways to play tennis this summer.  Stay aware by checking this website from time to time.  There already is a summer league through the USTA and Reedley College.  Write to Coach Kirkland for details.  There may be a camp over the summer and there are always lessons, tournaments, and just time to hit with people.  Stay competitive, practice and grow your game.  Improve your game by competition for next season.

It was a tough loss to end the season on Friday night.  The Pirates fell to the Bullpups in a quick match that went to several three set matches.  Eric Garner lost at number one to Carrion 5-7, 2-6, Sean Garner fell to Elliot 6-7(5) 3-6, Youri Dekker just missed at three to DeleCruz 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 4-10, Daniel Foster bailed against Silvera 3-6, 2-6, Nick Boldt won the only singles match for RHS 7-5, 4-6, 10-7, and Josh Ediger fell to Munoz 6-7(5) 2-6.

In doubles, the Garners fell to the team that would knock them out of the valley individual tourney the next day, Carrion/DeleCruz 6-8, Foster/Janzen lost to Elliot/Silvera 0-8, and Ediger/Moreno won against Sutherland/Rhodes 8-5.  Another year out in the second round of the valley team play-offs.  Bummer.

In their final CMAC appearance, Eric and Sean Garner teamed up to take the third place medals in doubles.  The only loss for the twin terrors of RHS tennis were to  Durley/Telesco (the eventual champions) in the semi-finals.  The Garners won the third place match against Ung/Wu of Sanger 6-3, 6-0.  Next up for the Reedley doubles team will be the CIF Valley Championships in Bakersfield on Saturday, May 10th.

In the final CMAC match of the season, the RHS tennis boys were bitterly roughed up against the Knights of Bullard High.  The Knights showed why they are the defending valley champions in division one by trouncing the Pirates 9-0.  Both singles and doubles failed to break through against the team that will probably be the number one seed in the valley again this year.

Singles had the Pirates going to losses quickly.  Sean Garner dropped two sets to Thaxter 0-6, 0-6.  Eric Garner fell to Telesco 5-7, 3-6.  Youri Dekker suffered also against Kraft 0-6, 3-6.  Nick Boldt went out quickly against Bivins 0-6, 0-6.  Foster continued to improve but bowed to Durley 2-6, 1-6.  Finally, Josh Ediger worked hard but couldn't pull it off against Jaramishian 3-6, 0-6.

In doubles, Garner brothers lost to Telesco/Durley 3-6, 1-6.  Dekker/Ben Janzen were held off by McCoy/Jeremishian 4-6, 2-6.  Foster/Moreno finally gave in to Bivins/Stine 0-6, 1-6.  The Pirates settled for third place in the CMAC with this loss but play-offs loom ahead.

The RHS tennis team missed their chance at second place in the CMAC by losing their dual match against Sanger Thursday.  It was a bitter defeat to the arch rivals Apaches.  It ended in singles as Sanger's transfer player, Jordan Harris, from Clovis won both his singles and doubles matches to keep the Pirates at bay.

In singles, Sean Garner lost to Harris 0-6, 4-6.  Eric Garner couldn't hang on against Ethan Anderson 6-1, 1-6, 8-10; Youri Dekker fell to Marcos Mireles 4-6, 6-1, 5-10.  Nick Boldt got crushed by  Kevin Wu 0-6, 2-6.  Daniel Foster won, however, against Adam Ung 3-6, 7-6 (4) 11-9.  Finally, Josh Ediger folded against Michael Ambriz 3-6, 4-6.

In doubles, Reedley took two out of three.  Sean and Eric Garner came back against Anderson/Mireles 4-6, 6-4, 10-2.  At number three doubles, Nick Boldt got some revenge as he teamed with Josh Moreno to drop Randhawa/Randhawa 7-5, 7-5.  Dekker/Ben Janzen fell to Harris/Aaron Mendoza 6-7 (5) 0-6.  Tough match for the Pirates who drop to third place in the CMAC.

The RHS tennis team moved to eleven wins this season as they sprinted past the hapless Hoover Patriots.  Reedley didn't give up a set in this CMAC contest.  Only two more matches left this season before playoffs begin on May 7th.

In Singles, Reedley worked some magic as Sean Garner defeated N. Montanez 6-1, 7-5; Eric Garner won 6-0, 6-4 against D. Holford.  Youri Dekker swept past M. Smith 6-1, 6-2, and Nick Boldt dispatched K.L. Lay 6-4, 6-2.  Daniel Foster topped J. Bier 6-1, 6-1; and Josh Ediger dusted J. Regaldo 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles, E. Garner/Dekker teamed up for a win against Montanez/Holford 8-6.  Then S. Garner/Janzen smashed Bier/Fang 8-1.  Finally, Foster/Moreno crushed Robles/Regaldo 8-0.  A dominating performance by the Pirates will surely earn them a top half seed going into division 2 playoffs in two weeks.

The Pirates celebrated on court after the narrowest victory in Reedley since 2001.  Coach Kirkland gave the play-off nod to the team after three three set tie-breakers in doubles.  The boys won two of the three in dramatic fashion as RHS solved the Sunnyside puzzle this season to win 5-4.  Reedley improved to 10-5 over all with the win and now it looks like play-offs are a definite possibility as the team will end the season over .500.

In singles, Sean Garner could not pull it off against a hobbling Bruno Nagel 5-7, 6-2, 8-10.  Eric Garner, however, won 6-3, 6-3 against Travis Johnson.  Youri Dekker and Nick Boldt both won in straight sets against Yang and Vang.  Their scores were almost identical at 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4.  Daniel Foster fell in three sets against D. Vang 6-1, 3-6, 6-10.  Josh Ediger went down swinging against R. Vang 4-6, 0-6.

In the exciting doubles matches, E. Garner/Dekker came back to knock off Johnson/Yang 1-6, 7-6 (5) 10-8.  S. Garner/Ben Janzen subsided to Nagel/D.Vang 3-6, 6-3, 4-10.  Finally, in the last penultimate three-setter, Josh Moreno/Foster just hung on against W.Yang/T. Vang 6-2, 3-6, 10-7.  What a win.  What a night!  Look out play-offs!

RHS seized their ninth win of the season against the Edison Tigers on Tuesday despite sickness and wind.  Away in Fresno, the Reedley High tennis boys galvanized for the second half of league by rallying and gutting out a good win.  A new line up was much too much for Edison as they subsided in singles and won their only match late in doubles.

Sean Garner won for the first time at number one singles 6-2, 6-4 against Paredes.  Other matches included Eric Garner outslugging Deedwania 6-2, 7-5.  Youri Dekker worked through sickness and his opponent to down Lambert of Edison 6-2, 6-1.  Nick Boldt went three sets in stopping Bittash 1-6, 6-3, 10-8.  Daniel Foster and Josh Ediger each prevailed against Quinlan 6-0, 7-6(6) and Bhakta 6-1, 6-1 respectively.

In doubles, the boys looked improved as Garner/Garner defeated Edison's one and two 6-0, 6-0.  At number three doubles, Ediger/Josh Moreno won against Ulrich/Irani 6-1, 6-2.  The only loss was bestowed on Janzen/Foster with a 3-6, 6-7(1) loss to Lambert/Quinlan.

The Reedley boys tennis team is getting good at squeaking by opponents.  The number one singles match on Thursday was a great example.  Eric Garner was down a set and in a close match when he pulled out the second set 6-4 to set up a third set tie-breaker.  He was down 4-8 and then 5-9 with Montanez of Hoover serving for the match.  The Hoover number one broke a string on that serve and never recovered as Eric turned it around and pulled ahead to win 11-9.  Eric's comeback inspired the rest of the boys.

Sean Garner also won against Holford 6-2, 6-0; Youri Dekker overwhelmed Smith 6-4, 6-2; Foster playing up at number four defeated Bier 6-2, 6-1; Josh Ediger cruised against Fang 6-2, 6-1; and Ben Janzen dropped the only match of the day 2-6, 6-2, 5-10.

In doubles the Pirates swept again with Garner/Dekker downing Montanez/Holford 8-5, S. Garner/Janzen blew away Smith/Bier 8-1, and Boldt Toews hung on against Alfonso/Calliway 6-4, 7-6 (4).  The RHS Racketeers move to 8-5 and 2-2 in league after this convincing victory.

It was a close one for the RHS racket wielders on Tuesday as the boys pulled off a close one against the Highlanders in Fresno.

In singles, Eric Garner hung on against Kou Xiong 7-5, 6-1.  Also, Sean Garner defeated Harry Singh 6-2, 6-1 at number two.  Respectively, Youri Dekker demolished Kham Thao 6-1, 6-0; Nick Boldt lost Deng 6-2, 1-6, 7-10, Daniel Foster lost to Yang 4-6, 6-2, 7-10; and Josh Ediger lost at six to Ovenephet 4-6, 6-0, 5-10.

Doubles was all Reedley as all three teams swept past the Highlanders but not without a fight.  Sean Garner/Dekker defeated Xiong/Singh 6-0, 7-5; Eric Garner/Janzen knocked off Deng/Ovenephet 6-4, 6-2; and Foster/Toews defeated Yang/Yang 6-4, 6-3.  Good job Pirates.

The losing streak came to an end Thursday.  The boys decided to give coach a present for his birthday by overwhelming the Tigers 7-2 for the first league win this season.

In singles, Eric Garner defeated Paredes 6-1, 6-0.  Elsewhere, Sean Garner dispatched Krikorian 6-4, 6-2; Youri Dekker survived Deedwania 6-4, 6-3; Nick Boldt went down swinging again to Nissirian 4-6, 4-6; Daniel Foster outclassed Lambert 6-4, 6-4; and Josh Ediger earned his first varsity win over Brittasan 6-4, 6-4.  Congratulations Josh.

In doubles, the Pirates continue to improve.  E. Garner/Dekker defeated Paredes/Deedwania 6-1, 6-0; S. Garner/Janzen just squeaked by Krikorian/Nissirian 7-5, 6-4; and Foster/Toews continue to look for a win with a tough loss in three sets to Quinlan/Bhakta 7-5, 3-6, 3-10.

The losing streak stretches to three.  Bullard swept the RHS boys tennis squad unceremoniously on April Fool's Day to drop Reedley to 0-2 in league and 5-5 overall.

In singles, Eric Garner lost to Nick Papac at number one 0-6, 1-6.  The scores continued to be one sided for the Knights as follows: Sean Garner lost to Thaxter 2-6, 0-6; Youri Dekker dropped two sets to Telesco 0-6, 3-6; Nick Boldt went down swinging to Kraft 0-6, 1-6; Daniel Foster fell to Bivins 1-6, 0-6, and Josh Ediger was shut out by Durley 0-6, 0-6.

In doubles, a similar fate awaited the Pirates.  E. Garner/Dekker lost to Telesco/Jerimisian 1-6, 3-6; S. Garner/Janzen fell to Papac/Stein 0-6, 0-6; and Foster/Toews went south against McCoy/Tong 2-6, 0-6.  Not a good match for RHS.

Sanger came out last Thursday and shut the Reedley Pirate boys down in tennis action in Sanger.  Reedley went down in singles 1-5 and the match was over before the doubles round began.  Youri Dekker was the lone survivor in singles as he came back with another tough match victory.  He record is very good coming into the midway point of the season.  It looked bleak for Reedley all the way through until Sean Garner and Ben Janzen stopped a tough Sanger team with a win in doubles to end the scoring for the Pirates

Results: Eric Garner lost to Sanger's Jordan Harris 0-6, 1-6; Sean Garner also lost at number two to Anderson 5-7, 6-2, 4-10.  Dekker defeated Sanger's Mireles 7-6 (7) 6-4.  Nick Boldt dropped one to Ung 3-6, 1-6.  Daniel Foster slipped up against Randhawa 2-6, 4-6 and Josh Ediger lost to Ambriz 1-6, 0-6.

In doubles: E. Garner and Foster fell to Harris/Anderson 1-6, 1-6.  Sean Garner/Janzen won at number two against Randhawa/Mendoza 6-2, 6-4; and Boldt/Jeremy Toews fell to Randhawa/De la Concepcion 5-7, 0-6.

The Reedley boys ran into a speed bump on Thursday as they fell 4-5 to the Madera High Coyotes.  It was a close match, but Reedley dropped two third set tie-breakers to drop to 2-4 in the singles round.  The boys made a charge in doubles, but fell short by one match.

Sean Garner played a superb match at number two and two doubles winning against Pacho 6-2, 6-1 and teamed with Ben Janzen to prevail 8-6 in doubles against Sheeter/Pacho.  Youri Dekker also won in singles and doubles with a 6-2, 6-3  win over Singh and teamed with Eric Garner to hold on over Uzair/Singh 8-6.

Other scores included a great match from Nick Boldt where he fell a little short against Panuh 2-6, 6-3, 12-14.  Eric Garner at number one faultered against Uzair 6-7(4) 6-1, (10).  Daniel Foster and Ben Janzen both slipped up in singles 3-6, 1-6 and 1-6, 3-6 respectively.  In doubles, Josh Ediger and Jeremy Toews fell to Bolton/Panuh 0-8 to wrap up the match for Madera.  Reedley falls to 5-3 in the preseason.  League play begins after Spring Break as Reedley plays Sanger on March 27th.

The Reedley boys came into Selma on Tuesday and showed flashes of a genuine play-off team as they outlasted the Bears for a final score of 8-1.

Eric Garner had a fine match at number one as he dismantled Brar of Selma 6-2, 6-1.  Other scores included Sean Garner at number two defeating a game Andy Tang 6-3, 6-3.  The match of the day was Youri Dekker showing excellent conditioning and patience in his win over Cortina 6-3, 6-4.  Also, Nick Boldt topped Diaz 5-7, 6-3, 7-5; Daniel Foster defeated Amtoj Sanghera 6-3, 6-3; and Ben Janzen dashed the hopes of De Guzman 6-3, 6-0.

In doubles, E. Garner/Foster lost to Brar/Sanghera 6-8.  S. Garner/Janzen came back from a 3-6 deficit to defeat Cortina/Diaz 8-6 in a great match.  And Josh Ediger/Jeremy Toews absolutely destroyed Lewis/Felix 8-1.

This brings Reedley's record to 5-2 as they upended the previously undefeated Bears of Selma fresh off their championship at the Visalia Tournament.

3/8/2008 Pirate boys nearly take Redwood Tourney

The boys almost completed the trifecta on Saturday as they were two points away from taking the title of the division three (tier one) championship in Visalia.  After winning two team matches against familiar foes, the Pirates just missed when the third doubles team of Ediger/Toews couldn't quite pull out the victory against Redwood.  Up 8-7, Josh and Jeremy saw their dreams slip away as Smith/Menor came back to win the team title.

Other scores were: Eric Garner defeated Bryant 8-2; Youri Dekker lost to Bookwalter 3-8; Nick Boldt lost to Goodreau 4-8; Daniel Foster dropped to Cox 4-8; Sean Garner and Ben Janzen defeated Porter/Gong 8-2 before Ediger/Toews just missed against Menor/Smith 7-9.

In other matches, Reedley topped Madera 4-2 and then Sunnyside 3-3 and 42-33 in the tie breaker, earlier in the morning.

This brings RHS to 4-2 on the season.

3/5/2008 Reedley boys trounced by Panthers

The Porterville Panthers came into Reedley with a 7-1 record on Wednesday 3/5 and showed why.  They swept singles and then took two out of three in doubles to send the Pirates to an 8-1 defeat.  The Reedley netters gave some close matches before Sean and Eric Garner came up with a win in doubles 8-6 over Woodmansee and Morag.  It was the Pirates first defeat of the year.

Other scores were: Eric Garner lost to Woodmansee 5-7, 5-7; Sean Garner lost to Merag 1-6, 4-6; Dekker lost to Galousha 6-4, 4-6, 9-11; Nick Boldt dropped to Perry 5-7, 3-6; Josh Ediger lost to Nordness 06, 2-6; and Ben Janzen lost to Eggman 6-3, 1-6, 5-10.

In Doubles: it was Garner/Garner def. Woodmansee/Merag 8-6; Daniel Foster/Janzen lost to Galousha/Moreno 4-8; Ediger/Jeremy Toews dropped to Perry/Carillo 2-8.

Most of the matches were close with many deuce games, but the Pirates rarely came up with the winner.  More work to do for RHS.