Lower Tri Level Results

Final Results

Team Bazan 3-0
Team Kelsey 2-1
Team Hess 1-2
Team Dewan 0-3

Some great matches at all levels and some good tennis some of the time. Referencing an old blog chat I got that bagel on Craig Kotlarek I wanted but unfortunately I lost the next set but won in a match tiebreak.

The weekend came down to this morning with 2-0 Team Kelsey and 2-0 Team Bazan facing off for the title.

All the matches were tight but we prevailed in all of them. But I would be remiss if I didn't brag about Steve Harrigan and I clawing back from a 1-6, 1-4 deficit to win in a 3rd set tiebreak against Zach Stein and Jeromi Kesley. Oh Batman you need your Robin back very soon and you will get your chance when we take on those Garland chumps in the next Blog Challenge and also as we rip up the competition in the Leaguetennis.com doubles league.

I will say Jeromi and Zach played awesome to start this match we just caught some breaks and were able to get back in the match and then take over in the match tiebreak.

The studs award of the weekend would have to go to Candelario Jauregi and Greg Wiley who won in straight sets all weekend and never really looked to be in trouble.

Thanks to all of you who participated I enjoyed it, can't wait to do it again next year and we will try and represent Dallas well down in Houston.

Best of luck to those players next weekend I will be posting some odds soon.

Tri Level Weekend

1st weekend of Tri Level (Jan 4-6)

So the 2nd annual Tri Level tournament has expanded this year to include a lower level tourney with 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 players.

Thanks to many of you on this blog and your answers to my constant email cries for help we were able to create 4 very good teams to compete against one another this coming weekend for the right to represent Dallas in February at the Sectional Tri Level tourney in Houston-Kingwood.

Team Bazan
Team Hess
Team Kelsey
Team Dewan

I of course would love to say my team is the strongest but I took a lot of players on referral so many I haven’t met at all especially the 3.0 players so this should be pretty evenly matched up. The final match I will get another match against Marcus/Kelsey unless I decide to send in my ringers to beat you all. :)

I look forward to playing this weekend and I have been checking out the rosters of week two of the tournament (3.5, 4.0. 4.5) and there are some very good rosters there as well. I will update my predictions once you all have a schedule.

Senior League Starting

So unless I can get a fake ID I cannot play in the senior league that starts this coming weekend but good luck to all of you “old” guys as you start up this weekend. Everytime I look at a senior roster I think "no way that guy is 50."

3.5
It looks like all the favorites are in Flight A: High Point/Bender, Canyon Creek, Shores and Oakridge. Flight B has some good entires as well High Point/Northcut and Kayser’s team should be the favorites but Jim Burn’s LB Houston has some good players including himself since he just got bumped back to 3.5.

4.0
Bartlett returns everyone to his Sectional team but there are some other strong teams and they are all in one big flight. Other favorites should be Pearlman’s BH team, HP/Northcut, T Bar and Springpark.

4.5
I truly have no idea but Springpark looks to have a good roster as well as Oak Creek.

Best of luck as you start this weekend.

Cotton Bowl Tourney (Two Days away)

So only two days till the Cotton Bowl starts. I don't play on Friday so three days for me but here are some interesting early matchups. Let me know if you see some others.

Singles

3.5
2nd round-- Robert Wisdom v. David Prather

4.0
1st round-- Kelsey v. Kraemer
2nd round--Buford v. T Nguyen, Dutchover v. Russell, Mcintosh v. Marcus

4.5
Favs to win: JD Miles, Warren and Griggs, anyone else who can beat these three???

Doubles

3.5
2nd round--Bostick/Muniz v. Leclair/Nichols

4.0
1st round--Kelsey/Marcus v. Kraemer/Ludwig
2nd round--Dutchover/Nguyen v. Helterbrann/Mattes