You may have walked into school on Wednesday, and noticed three boys dressed in tennis clothes. Or maybe you noticed that our usually empty tennis court was a bit busy that afternoon. Or you noticed nothing at all, and have no idea what I’m talking about. Fact is: Hopkinton’s tennis team had their first practice on Wednesday.
Of course, ‘team’ and ‘practice’ are the operative words here, but there were four young men out playing tennis on Wednesday. Players Ben Dalzell, Sam Hayden and Ben Spaulding, with Coach Max Sink, held their first practice out on the tennis courts, with all intentions of having a good time getting out and doing something. As they played, people started to show up. I love tennis, and followed them right to the courts. We were soon joined by numerous JV boys’ soccer players, and a few others. Racquets were passed around, and everyone who wanted to got a chance to play. A few even went or called home to get their own racquets.
After a short warm-up, the guys had their first game. Ben and Ben versus whoever had the racquets on the other side of the court. The key rule of the game: there are no rules. If the ball was moving and in reach of someone’s racquet, then it was still in play. In the end, our tennis team won. But seeing how it was half the team versus the other half, everyone won. It was all in good fun.
