HTA in the News

With the great results our players had at the IHSA tournament the academy and our members have been showing up a lot in the newspapers recently. Below are links are excerpts to some of the stories.

Zverkovskiy turning up his game for future
By Dan Shalin, Pioneer Press

"He plans to spend several days a week at the Herrmann Tennis Academy in Northbrook. It's the same place where local tennis stars like Glenbrook South's Michael Moore, Evanston's Joseph Collins, and many of New Triers top performers train.

Twice a sweek Zverkovskiy will have lessons with Ben Pettinari, a Frenchman who has been his coach at Herrmann since Vova was 14."

All-Area North Stars Boys Tennis Team
Glenbrook South teammates see stars
by Dan Shalin, Pioneer Press

"His (Moore's) second place finish earned him the distinction of being the only GBS singles player to medal three times at the state meet.

For his performance Moore is name the 2009 Pioneer Press North Stars Singles Player of the Year. Moore's teammates, senior Tommy McNichols and freshman Michael Sellitto, comprise the North Stars Doubles Team of the Year."

(All five of the First Team Singles Players are HTA Academy Members)

Bazarnik tops Moore for state tennis title
By Mike Garofola, Daily Herald Correspondent

"The Moore-Bogatov match was a classic, taking nearly 3 1/2 hours to complete, with Moore outlasting the Warren senior 6-1, 6-7(3), 7-6(3). Together, they wowed the ever-cheering audience with abundant highlight reel shots.

'In the end, Michael hit more of the clutch shots, and just didn't miss when it counted,' said Bogatov, who came back to defeat Redlicki in the third place match."

Odd couple proves to be perferct pairing
By George Wilcox, Pioneer Press

"Glenbrook South's doubles team of McNichols and Michael Sellitto may have appeard to be an odd, first-time pairing when the season began, but the senior and freshman matched their state tournament top-four seed.

McNichols and Sellitto becamse the third doubles team from GBS to finish third in the state meet."


Glenbrook South boys tennis may have state's top one-two punch
By Mike Helfgot, Chicago Tribune

"Ben Hoogland didn't think high school tennis was good for his game. Then he saw what it did for Michael Moore. Now Glenbrook South High School has two of the top players in Illinois.

Moore, a senior headed to Notre Dame, and Hoogland, a junior, just might be the state's top one-two punch; the seeding committe for this weekend's state tennis tournament believes they are."

Titans Lead Local Effort at State Finals (Recap of Glenbrook South at IHSA Tournament)