Tennis team ready to swing into spring

Coach Janis Quiros won’t have any trouble filling her tennis team’s roster this spring.

Twenty-six girls came out for the tennis team this year. The team is ready for the season to begin.

Marigrace Marshall, Brittany Wimer and Brianna Wellman are Nos. 1-3 in singles.

Quiros told The Nugget that Wimer and Wellman will challenge each other frequently for the No. 2position.

Adrienne Bryan will play No. 4 singles.

Quiros said, “My singles numbers 1-4 are pretty strong. I didn’t lose any players from singles.”

The Lady Outlaws will be rebuilding their doubles teams since losing six seniors, including the No. 1 doubles team of Kelly Fitzjarrell and Ashley Sweeney, who made it to the state championships last year.

This year Elizabeth Dale and Elyss Clasen will be the No. 1 duo team, Jillian Zepeda and Amanda Sarles will be No. 2 and rounding off the doubles teams at No. 3 will be Heather Schaab and Maren Burck.

“I think we’ve got a really strong team even though we lost six seniors,” said Quiros. “Our goal this season is to win District for the third year in a row.

“We’ve got a good chance of sending the first three singles and the first three doubles to State,” added Quiros. “The girls are smart athletes and strong players and they’re serious about their game.”

The Lady Outlaws will play at Central in a non-league match on Tuesday, March 29.

Two days later on Thursday, March 31, the Outlaws face Molalla, one of their toughest conference competitors.