The team from Satellite High won the Mike Cherry Skills Competition on Sunday for the seventh year in a row at the Kiwi Tennis Club.
Satellite High tennis team celebrates their 7th year winning the Mike Cherry High School Skills competition held Sunday afternoon at the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach.
The contest helped open the annual Revolution Technologies Pro Tennis Classic, which is in its 11th year. The high school event, named after the former FLORIDA TODAY sports writer, staged its eighth annual contest this year, the sixth named for Cherry.
High school players competed in skills involving accuracy and timing and using a variety of tennis strokes, from the serve to the backhand. The winning team received $250 to help fund its program.
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“What I loved about Mike Cherry was he was so passionate about tennis,” Scorpions coach Jim Crane said. “He was a great sports writer.”
Anne Laird of MCC competes in the Mike Cherry High School Skills competition held Sunday afternoon at the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach.
For the second year in a row, Oliver Hoffman scored two perfect 21s in the contest. He is now a Satellite senior.
Cherry died in June of 2010, just weeks after covering the pro tennis event, and the high school contest took his name a year later.
The women’s pro tennis event, a part of the USTA circuit, continues Monday with the second round of qualifying at 10 a.m. Admission is free.
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The first day of competition in the main draw is Tuesday.
The final will be Sunday.
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