Who are We?
Prexies!


The Girls' Tennis Team is a family of diverse girls representing Washington High School. Our players are also in Band, Cheerleading, Track and Field, Softball, and participate in part-time jobs outside of being students. Our players range from 9th to 12th grade in general, advanced, CHS, and AP courses as well as Vo-Tech.

Our players are only expected to try their best, despite any challenges that they may face during the season. Hard work and determination make for exceptional individual work, but cooperation and patience make the teamwork the dream works.

Like Tennis?

Join the Tennis Team next year by talking to Mr. Burtch!!!

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Meet the Coaches!

Mr. Burtch has been coaching Girls' Varsity Tennis for 31 years.
He has fun with the girls while also ensuring they are learning and improving each and every year.
The girls on the Fall 2017 team are very appreciative to have him.
While shy and not being fond of the camera, Mr. Burtch is very energetic with the team.
Hopefully he sticks around for a while; the team loves him!


In her first year, 2016, the team shortened her name to Mrs. Hof to get it out quicker while playing.
Mrs. Hof improves with the players as well as run drills and play quick games.
Having her around makes life easier because she can warm up with the girls while Mr. Burtch is
getting ready and also be the one we can go to for "girl talk."
Mrs. Hof is very generous with helping the girls, while also providing oranges on occasion and
even getting the 2017 team T-shirts.

Meet the Players!

# Name Grade / Experience Brief Player Biographies
1 Senior / 4th Year Toni is playing tennis because her older sister played tennis 10 years ago at Avella High School.
She wanted to be better than her sister, but then tennis became Toni's new passion.
2 Freshman / 1st Year When asked why she plays tennis, Samantha responded, "My mom forced me to play since Toni plays.
Yeah, I guess I'm starting to like it a little bit."
3 Junior / 2nd Year Nicole says she joined tennis because her family told her to do something.
She enjoys it more than she expected to and definitely plans on playing tennis more often.
4 Junior / 2nd Year Amanda enjoys playing tennis because it challenges her.
She learns new things from each team and becomes better with every match.
5 Junior / 3rd Year ***
6 Junior / 2nd Year ***
7 Junior / 1st Year Shay said Tennis was a great new experience.
She loves the new things she's learned as well as her teammates.
8 Diamon Butler Senior / 1st Year Diamon wanted to try something new, so she joined tennis and has a great time.
She is learning a lot and improving quickly, so it's sad that she'll be graduating this year.
9 Noelle McKinney Junior / 2nd Year Noelle chose not to comment, but she has spent lots of individual time with Coach Burtch and is improving her skills daily.
She is quiet, kind, and supportive.
10 Callie Brown Junior / 2nd Year *** (player quit the team)
11 Theorie McCracken Junior / 1st Year Unable to join cheerleading, Theorie wanted to occupy her time in the fall and chose tennis.
She gives great pre-match speeches and is considering joining next year.
12 Arrianna McCracken Freshman / 1st Year ***
13 Lei Johnson Sophomore / 1st Year *** (player quit the team)
*** N/A

Schedule

Day Date Opponent Place Time Score
Wednesday 8/23/2017 Jeannette High School AWAY 4:00pm N/A
Monday 8/28/2017 Greensburg C. C. HOME 3:45pm 2-3
Wednesday 8/30/2017 West Mifflin H. S. AWAY 3:30pm N/A
Tuesday 9/5/2017 Brownsville High School HOME 3:45pm 5-0
Thursday 9/7/2017 South Park H. S. HOME 3:45pm N/A
Monday 9/11/2017 Mt. Pleasant AWAY 4:00pm N/A
Wednesday 9/13/2017 Southmoreland H. S. AWAY 3:30pm N/A
Thursday 9/14/2017 Derry High School HOME 3:45pm N/A
Monday 9/18/2017 California High School HOME 3:45pm N/A
Wednesday 9/20/2017 McGuffey High School HOME 3:45pm N/A
Tuesday 9/26/2017 Avella High School HOME 3:45pm 3-2
Thursday 9/28/2017 Trinity High School AWAY 3:30pm N/A
Tuesday 10/3/2017 Central Valley High School AWAY 4:00pm 1-4
Monday 10/9/2017 ***SECTION SINGLES*** AWAY 10:15am 1-2
Monday 10/16/2017 ***SECTION DOUBLES*** AWAY 11:30am 2-2

What is Tennis?

Tennis is...

a sport that can be played with either 2 players (1-1) or 4 players (2-2) that hit a felt-covered rubber ball with a racket across a 78x27 (for 1-1) or a 78x36 (for 2-2) square feet.

Scoring

In a game, the person who serves the ball first will announce their score preceding their opponents' ("x - y") for each point. It is scored from love (0) to 15 (1) then 30 (2) and lastly 40 (3) until someone wins the 4th point. If the score is 40-40, it is then called "Deuce". When that point is won by a player, the next point is either "ad in" (for the server) or "ad out" (for the receiver). If the score is the same, with the exception of Deuce, it is called as "x - all". Before serving the next game, the set score is called out similarly to the game score, but by ones. Typically, the games continue until a player reaches 6 games. However, you have to win by 2, so you may have to play to either a 7-5 game or a 6-6 game with a tiebreaker (explained below.) A match consists of up to 3 sets, however the player still has to win by 2. Therefore, if the same person wins 2 sets in a row, the match is over. If one player wins the first set and their opponent wins the second, the third set is played.

Tiebreakers

When the set score is 6-6, a tiebreaker is used to determine the winner. The server begins the point with one serve on the right side. After that point, the opponent then serves from the left first and then the right, and the points continue to switch servers after every 2 points. After every 6 points, the players are to switch sides, so they will switch and have the same person serving. Tiebreakers play until someone gets 7 points and wins by 2.