Category Archives: Tennis – Boys

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Tennis Stud Andrew Ferris named “All-Star Athlete”

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Andrew Ferris is captain of the tennis team at Creekside High School and finished the season as the district tournament champion of Class 4A in both singles and doubles, leading the Creekside boys to their first district team championship since 2009.

Outside the classroom, Andrew was a founding member of both the Sports Management and American Sign Language Clubs at Creekside. He also teaches private tennis lessons to a student with special needs once a week, as well as running group tennis clinics for kids 10 and under that are just learning the sport.

Andrew has a 3.8 GPA and has chosen to attend Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fall and play on the men’s tennis team.

 

https://www.news4jax.com/sports/all-star-athlete/2021/06/06/andrew-ferris-honored-as-all-star-athlete/

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Tennis DOMINATES District Championships

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Creekside Tennis put on an absolute CLINIC this year during the the District Tournament!

The boys team took an amazing 5 out of 7 District Titles this year, with Andrew Ferris earning a trip to States after taking the position 1 title. Additionally, Andrew and Aryan will head to States after taking the no. 1 doubles title.

Not to be outdone by the boys, the Lady Knights Tennis Team also took home a staggering 5 out of 7 District Titles!

 

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Knights Tennis Poised for Deep Playoff Run

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The Knights Tennis Team is ready for the playoffs as they finish up their regular season play and head to the District Tournament.

The Lady Knights sit at a record of 9 wins and 3 losses while the Boys Team holds a record of 7 wins and 4 losses.

The Knights are led by their senior leaders Devon Reid and Andrew Ferris.

We are excited to see what the Knights Tennis Team can accomplish in Districts and beyond!

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Boys Tennis Coach Announcement

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Creekside High School Athletics is excited to announce that Patrick Diegan has been hired as the Knights’ head boys tennis coach.

 

Coach Diegan is a British LTA and PTR Professional with over 34 years of teaching and international playing experience. He is the author of the bestselling four-book series, “Coaching and Learning Tennis Basics.” Coach Diegan has coached in the United Kingdom, Spain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and the United States and his extensive playing experience includes professional and amateur events in the UK, France, Croatia, UAE, Oman, and the USA. Coach Diegan has played and won events on all surfaces, including outdoor hard, grass, indoor hard and carpet, indoor and outdoor red clay, and “Hartru” green clay.

 

With his extensive coaching experience, Coach Diegan’s philosophy is to establish good fundamentals as quickly as possible, then allowing his students to express themselves with their own interpretation of stroke production and style of play.