Grier Tennis Victorious Versus Windber

It was a beautiful fall day for tennis, and the Grier Tennis Team played a great match against Windber on Wednesday and came away with a 5-1 victory. The doubles teams came out strong with Jax and Christina winning 8-1 and Tara and Rebeca winning 8-0. Lucy and Kyubin played well but came up a little short 8-3.

In singles Eva and Regina were on fire with their groundstrokes and defeated their opponents 8-2 and 8-0 respectively. And Marcela, playing her first singles match, played great hitting a variety of shots to win her match 8-3. Grier Tennis is now 3-1 on the season.

The Grier tennis team fell to Mercersberg 7-1 on Wednesday. The team had several tightly contested matches that started with Emilia winning her match 8-6!  Eva and Regina battled their opponents but fell 6-8 and 5-8 respectively.   Danny and Rebeca lost their matches 8-0. In doubles, Jax and Christina played a very good match but came up just short and lost 8-6, and the teams of Marcela and Tara, and Lucy and Kyubin played valiantly but fell 8-4 and 8-2 respectively. Grier Tennis is now 2-1 on the season.
 

Grier Tennis Team Wins Home Opener

The Grier tennis team is now 2-0 after beating Shanksville-Stoneycreek 6-1 on Wednesday.   The singles team members started out the match strong with Emilia winning 10-1, Eva winning 10-1, Regina winning 10-0, and Danny winning 10-3. The doubles teams had really great contests as well, with Jax and Christine playing to a 10-10 match but losing the tie-breaker 10-8, Marcela and Rebeca playing to a 10-10 tie and winning the tiebreaker 7-4, and Lucy and Kyubin playing well and winning 10-5.  The team keeps improving and will be ready for 2 more matches next week. Go Foxes!

Grier Tennis 2023 Season Off to a Nice Start

The Grier Tennis team defeated Shenksville-Stoneycreek 6-1 to start off the 2023 season!!  The team’s singles players played great matches and received wins at number 1 singles by Emilia (10-1), number 2 singles by Eva (10-2), number 3 singles by Regina (10-0), and number 4 singles by Danny (10-3). Our doubles teams played very strong matches also. At one doubles, Jax and Christina played a tough match but fell just short (8-10), Marcela and Tara played well and won at number 2 doubles (10-8) and
Kyubin and Rebecca finished their match with a 10-1 victory. Great job by everyone. Go Foxes!

Erin Guydish Buchholz, PhD - 9/27/22

Time to celebrate another Foxes victory! Varsity Tennis earned some hard-fought wins against Shanksville-Stonycreek High School last night just in time to stay dry and warm up!

Maria and Sofia won their doubles number 1 match at 10-0 and Nancy and Fernanda fought against the cold and their opponents to secure an 8-6 victory. 

All our singles players also were also triumphant. Our first-time singles player 4 Jimena with a 10-0 victory. Singles 3 player Eva was also successful with a 10-0 match. Delialah  earned a 10-2 win. Finally, Anna played a grueling hour-and-a-half match to earn a 10-8 win.

Thanks to all the fans who made time to support us, especially in the chilly fall weather! Keep an eye out for scores after our next away match at Huntingdon Area High School!

- Jeff Livermore - 10/26/22

It was senior night and the final match of the 2022 season for the Grier tennis team. The evening started out with recognizing our seniors, Anna, Nanlin, and Tran for their contributions to the tennis team this year. Their leadership, talent, and work effort epitomize the Grier School spirit and they represented our team really well.

Grier fell to the Mercersburg tennis academy 6-2 in a very competitive match. Our number 1 doubles team, Nanlin and Fernanda made and amazing comeback down 7-4 to win their match 9-7!!  Eugenia and Sophia won a difficult battle at number 2 doubles 8-6. At number 3 doubles Daniela and Kyubin won 3 games in only their 2nd match playing together but fell 3-8.

In singles, our team had very tightly contested matches. Anna lost 5-8 in number 1 singles, Maria fell 2-8 to her opponent at number 2 singles, Eva played well at number 3 singles but lost 5-8, Delilah played a great match but lost in a tie breaker 8-9, and Jimena lost a difficult battle at number 5 singles 5-8.

We are very thankful for all of our fan support at our match and throughout the year. The team finished with a 7-2 record and completed a great year of competition. Go Foxes (Vamos Zorros!).