Through the Years: Tennis 1925/72-2015

July 19, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tennis is another sport that goes back to the start of MHSAA championships for boys in 1925 and girls in 1972.

Today's "Through the Years" takes a look at the storied histories of both.

This feature is from the spring issue of benchmarks, built and written by Rob Kaminski. Scroll to the bottom of the page for a link to our first installments. We'll look at more MHSAA postseason events every Tuesday and Friday throughout this summer.


Previous installments 

July 15: Boys/Girls Golf - Read
July 12:
Girls Soccer - Read
July 8:
Boys Track & Field - Read
July 5:
Girls Track & Field - Read
July 1: Baseball - Read
June 28:
 Softball - Read

Moment: Tennis Powers Begin Surges

May 8, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, Midland Dow, Detroit Country Day and Ann Arbor Greenhills concluded the first decade of the 2000s with Lower Peninsula boys tennis championships.

They also gave previews of a successful decade the come.

Today’s “Moment” takes a look back at all four teams’ 2009 title runs as part of a postseason wrap-up by the MHSAA Network.

Dow in Division 2 won its first championship since 1984, and the first of what would be five straight. Greenhills’ Division 4 title was the second in a run that would stretch to eight consecutive.

Country Day’s win in Division 3 started a string of 10 top-two finishes, with five of those championships. And although Brother Rice is still seeking its next Division 1 title, the Warriors have finished runners-up four of the last nine seasons.