Twelve Qualify for IHSA State Tournament
Twelve players from the Herrmann Tennis Academy qualified for the Illinois High School Association 2009 State Boy’s Tennis Championships, which begins on Thursday, May 28th.
The HTA players participating in the tournament include: Bill Angel(Fr., Glenbrook North), Marcus Ampon(Sr., Highland Park), Etham Frenkel(Sr., Stevenson), Ben Hoogland(Jr., Glenbrook South), Brantner Jones(Jr., New Trier), Michael Moore(Sr., Glenbrook South), Kevin Prescott(Sr., Chicago Latin), Andrew Scholnick(So., New Trier), Michael Sellitto(Fr., Glenbrook South), Robert Stineman(So., New Trier), Jooho Yu(Sr. Glenbrook North), and Vova Zverkovskiy(Jr., Niles West). To qualify for the state tournament players must finish in the top four at their respective sectional.
Moore and Scholnick were each sectional singles champions with Michael winning the title in Schaumburg and Andrew capturing the championship in Skokie. Sellitto teamed up with senior Tommy McNichols to take the doubles title in Schaumburg, while Jones paired with John Beam to win in Skokie.
Moore, Hoogland, Sellitto, Scholnick, Jones, Stineman, Ampon, Frenkel, and Prescott each represented a school that won a sectional team championship.
“We are really proud of the way our kids have represented their High Schools during the season,” said HTA Owner Ken Herrmann. “I am excited to see everyone play this week and I wish all of the players best of luck!”
Moore took fifth in 2007 and sixth in 2008. Last year Stineman and Jones teamed up to take third in the doubles draw.
The twelve players look to join Ryan Heller as academy players who have won IHSA Championships. In 2002 Heller, representing Glenbrook North High School, won the state singles championship as a junior.
In 2008 Denis Bogatov(Warren H.S.) won the singles championship and Ben Woldenberg and Sam Barnett(Highland Park) won the doubles championship.
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