Tennis Tidbits August 2014
*Kelly Eldridge is beginning her second season as the head varsity women's tennis coach at Chatham Charter School in Siler City this fall. Eldridge coached middle school tennis for 20 years before moving up to the high school program at Chatham Charter.
*Jason Lemley runs a no-cut high school women's tennis program at West Davidson High School. Last year, Coach Lemley had 32 players on his team, and none of them were seniors.
*Barry Nethercutt is starting his 27th season as the women's tennis coach at Rocky Mount High School this fall.
*Julie Hayes runs a no-cut high school men's and women's tennis program at Providence Grove High School. She has 23 girls on the team this fall, and she had 24 guys on her men's team last spring.
*Anne Proctor is starting her fifth season as the women's tennis coach at North Forsyth High School.
*Rocky Mount High School's Barry Nethercutt will serve as a 3-A voter for the NCHSTCA high school women's tennis poll this fall.
*Wayne Knight has resigned as the women's tennis coach at Reidsville High School.
*Michael Ellsworth is the new women's tennis coach at New Bern High School.
*Jeana Powell is Michelle Cooper's new assistant women's tennis coach at Wilmington New Hanover High School.
*Ryan Norman is starting his sixth season as the women's tennis coach at Starmount High School.
*Deanna Chesson is beginning her first season as the head women's tennis coach at John A. Holmes High School in Edenton after serving as an assistant for Dr. Allen Hornthal last year.
*Mt. Airy High School's Rodney Pell will serve as a one of our 1-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Draughn High School's Wayne Giese will serve as one of our 3-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Rollin Mackel runs a no-cut program at East Lincoln High School.
*Men's tennis coach Troy McGee runs a no-cut program at Topsail High School.
*Rich Dowler will be starting his 12th season as the women's tennis coach at Western Alamance High School this fall.
*Jonathan Waugh is beginning his third season as the women's coach at Louisburg High School this fall.
*Women's tennis coach Joe Scism runs a no-cut program at Shelby Crest High School.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Will Tyer runs a no-cut program at Ayden-Grifton High School.
*Raleigh Enloe coach Steve Spivey will be one of our 4-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*East Chapel Hill High School coach Lindsey Linker will be one of our 4-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Clayton High School coach Kenneth Stivason will be one of our 4-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Serena Smith of Avery County High School will be one of our 1-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Nathaniel Blalock of Panther Creek High School will be one of our 4-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Brandon Rains has resigned as the men's tennis coach at Parkwood High School.
*Molly Harnden of Leesville Road High School will serve as one of our 4-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Jason Lemley of West Davidson High School will serve as one of our 2-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Mike Murphy of Weddington High School will serve as one of our 3-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Rom Teague of Hickory High School will serve as one of our 3-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Women's tennis coach Phil Woolard runs a no-cut program at North Pitt High School.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Ryan Norman runs a no-cut program at Starmount High School.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Rich Dowler runs a no-cut program at Western Alamance High School.
*Andrew Carucci is starting his second season as the women's tennis coach at Lee County Senior High School this fall.
*Melissa Smith is starting her third season as the women's tennis coach at Elkin High School this fall.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Scott Alston runs a no-cut program at North Lenoir High School.
*Louisburg High School's Jonathan Waugh will serve as one of our 1-A voters for the NCHSTCA women's tennis poll this fall.
*Women's tennis coach Lynn Ward runs a no-cut program at Roxboro Person High School. Coach Ward has 16 players on his 2014 squad.
*Ed Flynn is starting his 11th season as the women's tennis coach at Charlotte Myers Park High School this fall.
*Women's tennis coach Melissa Smith runs a no-cut program at Elkin High School.
*Men's tennis coach David Benson runs a no-cut program at Southern Alamance High School.
*Lisa Smedley is the new women's tennis coach at Raleigh Athens Drive High School.
*Men's and women's tennis coach Vic Ramsey runs a no-cut program at Currituck County High School.
*Rita Stroud is the new women's tennis coach at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy. She and her husband Dewey own Peachtree Racquet Club in Forest City.
*Art Abbott is the new women's tennis coach at Charlotte Providence High School.
*Patton High School senior Taylor Fredrickson has signed to play at Lenoir-Rhyne University next year.
