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| Pirates
drop finale without number one 5/3/11
Again, the number one player for
Reedley decided to miss a match to rest for a
tournament. The team tried to pick up their play,
but it was much of the same. Chris Vidrio fought
valiantly at number one, but gave up after a tie break
loss in the first set. The lone bright spot was
Jared Hirata at number two. He prevailed 7-5, 6-3
against Rodriquez of Madera South. It was a
disappointing development that likely will keep the
Pirates out of team playoffs. In doubles, the
match was decided, so both teams played lower level
players in spots for experience. Reedley won at
numbers one and three doubles in the meaningless rubber
matches.
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| Reedley
staves off Hoover in home finale 4/28/11
It was a struggle, but finally, the
RHS Pirates finished the home season versus Hoover
High. The Pirates came out strong and finished the
first round with a 4-2 advantage going to the doubles
round. The Pirates looked good even after losing
players to grade checks and injury. The boys ended
up with two out of three doubles wins to clinch the
match. Chris Vidrio and Josh Ediger brought the
bragging rights in. They dominated doubles and are
beginning to man-handle tennis opponents. They
cruised to clinch with a 6-1, 6-2 result. Good work
boys.
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| Boys
dodge a bullet in final home win 4/14/11
The boys got a break when McLanne's
number one player had to miss the match Thursday.
With an injured number three, Jared Hirata, and a
scrappy McLane team fresh off a big win, Reedley
survived. That is the best that can be said.
Josh Ediger and Chris Vidrio won in straight sets.
Hirata won a tie breaker and breezed in the second to
win over Prem Xiong. Wes Ruments scored the fourth
singles victory with a three setter over Kewn Lee to set
up the clincher in doubles. Vidrio and Ediger
powered past Xiong/Xiong 6-0, 6-2 to give the Pirates
their fourth win of the season.
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| Tennis
team splits two matches in two days 4/13/11
On Monday and Tuesday, the Pirates had
back to back matches. After a great 5-4 win
against Roosevelt on Monday, the boys dropped an
uninspired match to Fresno High 2-7.
In those matches, Josh Ediger went
undefeated beating Vang Moua 7-6(3) 6-0. Tuesday,
Ediger blasted past Kong Thao 6-2, 6-2. Chris
Vidrio Survived on Monday against Xiong 6-4,
7-6(4). However, on Tuesday, Bethke continued to
plague Vidrio by winning 0-6, 6-2, 7-10. Wes
Ruments won two matches in the two days by topping Yang
of Roosevelt 6-1, 6-2. Then, he outlasted Lee of
Fresno 6-1, 1-6, 10-3.
Still working on doubles and being
aggressive and hitting all of our shots in practice.
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| Home
losing streak drags to four matches 4/5/11
Due to injury, the team looked flat in
singles. It was an emotional drain to lose Ediger
to a mysterious leg injury. Without the team's
number one, the line up moved up and could not muster a
win against Madera South. The Southies destroyed
Reedley in the first round by sweeping. Chris
Vidrio fought valiantly at number one, but fell 1-6,
5-7. Jared Hirata lost another three setter 6-2,
1-6, 2-10. Jaasiel Gonzalez also worked hard to
come back yet still lost in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 5-10 at
number four singles. In doubles, Ediger and Vidrio
prevailed 8-6, and Claudio Erherrara and Jacob Del Cid
easily won 8-3. Reedley has lost all four home
matches this season. It is frustrating and sad
that the team has had such lousy luck.
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| Pirates
start winning streak 3/31/11
The Pirate tennis squad began the
season winning streak with a spirited victory over
Hoover for the Battle of the Green. Both teams
sport the green and white, but Reedley earned bragging
rights in the first meeting between the two teams.
Ediger continued his run through the NYL with another
straight sets victory over Mike Vasquez 6-0, 6-3.
Chris Vidrio finished his first straight sets win over
Shawn Trocke 6-1, 6-1 at number two singles. And
Wes Ruments put on a dominant performance at three with
a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Cory Rudolph. The most
impressive win of the day was fill in number six,
Freshman Jacob Del Cid. The rookie hung on to give
the Pirates an all-important fourth win in singles round
6-4, 7-5 over Kalassay of Hoover. This gave the
Pirates the advantage of needing only one win in
doubles.
In doubles, Ediger/Vidrio got off to a
poor start and trailed 0-3. The second team of
Ruments/Franz trailed also. But hard luck third
set finisher Jared Hirata and his partner Senior, rookie
Claudio Erherrara breezed through the first set 6-0, and
came back from a 4-1 deficit in the second to win 7-5 to
clinch the victory. "I feel like we are
beginning to become a team," mused Coach Kirkland
after the victory. "Just some more work and
experience and this team could take off."
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| Long,
dark streak comes to an end 3/29/11
The RHS tennis team took a trip to
McLane High School on Tuesday not knowing what to
expect. The boys came away with the first
win. After Ediger and Vidrio, numbers one and two
on the team, put away their opponents in straight sets,
numbers five and six went down to ignominious
defeat. However, Tuesday was a new day. Both
Wes Ruments at three and Jared Hirata were able to come
back and claim tie-breakers they would probably have
lost earlier in the season. Ruments hung in there
against Xiong of McLane 7-6 (6) 7-6 (5). Hirata
waited for Lee of McLane to make mistakes and
capitalized in a 7-6 (4) 4-6, 10-5 emotionally charged
match. It was a great first victory in singles for
Hirata and the first team win of the year by the
Pirates. I hope that some of the leadership for
this team starts to assert itself and we realize we can
win if we work hard and hang together. In doubles,
the first team of Ediger/Vidrio closed it out with a
6-1, 6-1 cruise in to victory. Hirata and Ruments
held off a game McLane team 7-5, 6-3. At that
stage, Reedley had secured the clincher took home the
win.
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| Pirates
run loss streak to seven 3/28/11
Josh Ediger managed to win twice, but
the rest of the Pirates could not muster any wins.
Chris Vidrio came the closest with another three set
nail-biter. The tie breaker wasn't close, but
Vidrio continues to improve. In the end, Ediger
continues his pursuit of a league title while the rest
of the team continues to settle. Change needs to
come for this team. We need to reestablish some
basic skills of tennis and match play. We will see
how this team responds.
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| Roosevelt
rebuffs Reedley in NYL opener 3/22/11
The Pirates had no answers for the
Roughriders as they rode roughshod over the boys on
another chilly afternoon. The boys clung to a slim
hope after Josh Ediger won in straight sets 7-6 (18) 6-2
over Vang Moua of Roosevelt and Chris Vidrio survived
yet another third set tie-breaker. Vidrio did it
this time against Ko Xiong 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 in the third
set tiebreaker. Yet, the match of the day had to
be Ediger's first set marathon that ended 20-18 in the
first set breaker. He then regained his balance
and whooshed to an easy second set. Ediger is
figured to be the player to beat in the league tourney
this year Another match worth mentioning was Wes
Ruments against Chue Xiong and another third set
breaker. Wes fought back from 4-6 down one set,
then seized the second 6-1 before falling in the tie
8-10. Doubles was entertaining but it still
remains apparent that the Pirates need a lot of work and
experience before they win.
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| Chieftains
turn bad luck worse for Pirates 3/17/11
Things couldn't get much worse in the
preseason for the RHS boys tennis team. Reedley
ran its record to 0-5 this season in the final warm up
for the league season which begins next. The boys
could only muster one win in singles. Number four,
Wes Ruments, held on for a valiant win against Sierra's
Leland Corn 6-2, 4-6, 12-10. It was a great win in
spite of the rest of the team already off of the court
with nary a victory. There were four tie-breakers
played in all, and Reedley only managed to win one of
those breakers. This is a sign that the Pirate
boys are close, but continue to have hard luck. In
doubles, Reedley's first team of Chris Vidrio and Josh
Ediger built momentum after their second place finish at
the Visalia tournament with a doubles win over Feilding
and Lemay from Sierra 7-5, 6-2. We are just about
to turn a corner, but it must be before league
starts. Goooo Pirates!
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| Netter
boys just miss again 3/15/11
In Lemoore, the Pirates just missed
another opportunity. With a mixed up doubles
lineup and down 2 to 4 after singles, the boys fought
tooth and nail to come back for their first
victory. Alas, the Tigers prevailed in the final
match at third doubles.
With just two victories by one and
two, Josh Ediger 6-1, 6-0, and Chris Vidrio 6-7 (4) 6-4,
11-9, the team decided on a power heavy doubles
lineup. Jared Hirata and Vidrio teamed at first
dubs and shelacked Lemoore's one and two 8-2.
Ediger teamed with Doug Franz for the first time and the
result was an easy 8-3 victory. At third doubles,
Wes Ruments and Claudio Erherrara also teamed up for
their first match together and could not put it
together. They fell 3-8 and had trouble making
unforced errors.
Many players have been missing
practice and coach has had conferences this week.
It is unfortunate that we are still looking for our
first victory.
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| Bears
Bust Pirate Home Opener 3/8/11
Selma came to town on Tuesday, and
they left the RHS rackets still hungry for that first
win. Reedley hosted the home opener having lost
two straight to Selma and they allowed the Bears to
squeak out of town with a narrow 5-4 win. That
drops Reedley to 0-3 in the preseason and a tough road
ahead.
Winning for RHS at number one singles
and doubles, Josh Ediger had to endure two third set
tie-breakers. He prevailed in singles against Sanghera
6-4, 4-6, 10-5. In doubles, teamed with Chris
Vidrio, Ediger out lasted Sanghera/Antunez 6-2, 2-6,
10-7. Other victories came only in singles as Wes
Ruments came from behind to outlast Gonzalez 1-6, 6-4,
10-8. Eduardo Barragan-Sanchez won his first set
6-3, then lost the second 2-6, before prevailing in the
breaker 10-7. Jaasiel Gonzalez for Reedley lost in
three sets at number six singles to Negrete 6-3, 4-6,
8-10.
We see some improvement in the varsity
boys, but will they be able to improve enough by the
time NYL action begins? Tune in next time to find
out.
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| Broncos
buck Pirates
The RHS Boys Tennis Pirates capped a
tough week with a hard-fought but lopsided loss to the
Clovis North Broncos. It was unraveling fast until
Reedley number one, Josh Ediger, split sets with Haseeb
from CN. He narrowly succumbed in an 8-10
tie-break. The final score of 6-3, 6-7(3) 8-10 is
the type of war the rest of the RHS team will offer with
more experience. The team is close, they just need
more time and practice. The NYL is not far off,
but the RHS rackets will be ready.
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| Pirates
drop first match at Madera The
Reedley Racketeers got off to a slow start on Tuesday
when they dropped a one-sided contest to Madera.
The final team score did not represent the progress the
Pirates have made since last season. The top
singles slot was a tough one as Josh Ediger fell to one
of the valley's best players in Jacub Sheeter 0-6,
0-6. The rest of the singles ladder was
encouraging. Everyone scored in their matches some
games. Freshman Eduardo Barragan-Sanchez won
three games in the first set of his loss at number five
singles and Jaasiel Gonzalez, a rookie Senior, won four
games before losing his first set at number six.
In doubles, Chris Vidrio and Ediger
played well in a 4-6, 3-6 loss to Sheeter and
Nash. The match of the day was Wes Ruments and
Jared Hirata come back from a 1-6 first set to even
things up with a 6-4 in the second set. Alas, the
Pirates stumbled in the tie-break third set 6-10.
Great improvement over last year, boys.
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