For Information contact Head Coach Paul Kardel at rushncrush10s@aol.com

ALL NEW PLAYERS INTERESTED IN THE TENNIS PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT COACH KARDEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU MAY BE INCLUDED IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO THE SEASON. 

THE GIRLS 2024 TENNIS SEASON BEGINS: Monday, February 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM at LP tennis courts.

In the event of bad weather an indoor meeting will take place at an LP location TBD

All players must have all physicals, fees, and forms into the LP Athletic Department by 2/26/24

DAY 1 is used to meet, gather information in order communicate, distribute tryout information, confirm all the necessary forms and fees have been submitted into the LP ATHLETIC OFFICE, and determine the number of players on the team.

Depending on the number of players involved, team tryouts will begin to take place.

PLEASE BE PREPARED TO PLAY ON DAY ONE.

Daily PRACTICE SCHEDULE on non-match days M-F is 3:00-4:45

The majority of in-season dual matches occur on Tuesday and Thursday. The majority of dual matches start at 4:00 PM until conclusion. Matches can and do occur on other days of the week.

The 2024 Girls Tennis Season will run from 2/26/24 and conclude with Varsity State Individual Finals on 5/9-11 2024 and 5/14 2024 for Team Finals

"Strength and Honor"

Thank you for your interest in Lewis-Palmer Ranger Tennis. As a school and a team we have developed a history of quality tennis teams made up of fine students and athletes. Through a philosophy of sportsmanship and honor, our tennis teams have developed a winning history. The Lewis-Palmer Tennis Program has long been considered among the top high school tennis programs for many years. Success, is however not simply the number of wins, placements, trophies and titles. For all the titles cannot replace a positive playing environment, team experience and developing players of good character.

- Paul Kardel, Lewis-Palmer Varsity Boys and Girls Coach since 1999.

"Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of tranquility."

"Tennis is like chess at 90MPH."

During each season each player will take their own personal journey, both alone and together as a team. Can each of us improve not only as a player on the tennis court but as a teammate and a person off the court? 

Can the skills we learn on court have value and transfer both into the classroom and throughout our daily life?

In order to become better than someone else, we must first become better than ourselves.

It is important to view tennis or for that matter any sport as an experiment. As in any experiment, we may succeed but we also may fail. Failure is not to be seen as negative but simply the opposite side of the same coin. The other side being success. The coin is that of doing, participating and involvement. 

The Lewis-Palmer Boys Tennis Team has 5 First Place Regional titles.
Six-time second place Regional finishes.
Placed within the top ten finishes in State several years.
The team has amassed many First and Second place finishes and trophies in season tournaments. 

“Tennis can be described as boxing with a ball." 

Tennis is reality.

These are challenging times in terms of cyber and virtual addiction. It is important to move more body parts than simply our index finger and thumbs. 

Interacting with teammates and the reality of actually participating physically lends great benefit to each player both mentally and physically.  

Tennis is a lifelong sport.

As we get older it becomes increasingly more difficult to gather a group of participants needed for many other sports. 

For tennis singles, ONLY one other person is needed. For tennis doubles, ONLY three other players are required to play.

Tennis can be played and enjoyed for a lifetime.

Tennis is a safe sport.

The incidences of serious injury in tennis are far below the average sport in occurrence.

With concussions and injury to the brain being among the lowest in incidences among active sports.

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