Coach ‘K’ chalks up career win No. 500 in 5-0 triumph
Daily Globe Sports Editor
Shelby wrapped up a share of the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference girls tennis championship after rocking Galion 5-0 Tuesday evening.
The Lady Whippets, winners of 16 consecutive outings, improved to 10-0 in conference and stand at 16-2 overall.
“One more step to an undefeated MOAC championship,” said SHS coach Jeff Kurtzman. Against the outmanned Tigers, the red and gray didn’t drop a set and lost just a total of three games en route to the regular season sweep.
The victory was also a milestone for Kurtzman — the 500th of his coaching career. He has accumulated 235 victories as the girls coach at Shelby. The veteran coach has also won 265 contests as the boys coach. Results of the match were:
No. 1 singles — Grace Mahek, S, walloped Jerika Cassady 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 singles — Sadie Smith, S, bounced Kadence Fairchild 6-0, 6-0.
No. 3 singles — Aly Deane, S, tripped Kyah Coulter 6-0, 6-3.
No. 1 doubles — Raegan Gurney and Anna Vogt, S, blanked Emma Maguire and Lydia Mccabe 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 doubles — Madison Sharrock and Olivia Fordyce, S, tamed Zoe Neagand and Taylor Henry 6-0, 6-0.
“Aly did a good job filling in tonight,” said Kurtzman.
Junior varsity doubles winners for Shelby were Gracie May/ Alexis Mcclain, Morgan Adkins/ Olivia Hicks and Addie Mayer/suzie Huston. Kayla Niese prevailed in a reserve singles clash.
Today the Whippets welcome Ottawa Hills in third round play of the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association team tournament. Thursday and Saturday the red and gray will host the MOAC tournament with doubles being played Thursday and singles on Saturday.