Tiger tennis team win Frenship tournament

By Zach Tijerina FrenshipToday.com The Frenship tennis team placed first in its own tournament on Feb. 6 at the Frenship High School tennis courts. The tournament almost didn’t happen after weather caused it to be rescheduled for one week later, and weather threatened to end it for another week. “We had some teams not be [...]

Tennis team plays for charity

Frenship tennis did not have a scheduled tournament last weekend. Instead of competing against other high schools, the Tiger tennis team took part in their first annual philanthropy project with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lubbock at the organization’s tennis tournament at the Burgess-Rushing tennis center in Lubbock. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lubbock hosted [...]

All UIL events postponed due to swine flu

The swine flu is effecting UIL sporting events.  The UIL has announced today that all UIL sporting events including baseball, softball, tennis and track have been postponed until May 11 in order to help prevent the spread of the disease.  This immediately effects Frenship sporting events that were to take place this week. The baseball [...]

Metlzer, Rey lead way for tennis

Chelcee Metzler and Morgan Rey led the way for the Tiger tennis team last weekend when they competed at the Sweetwater Invitational. Metzler and Rey finished first in the girls doubles division. Sarah Miller and Katie Hicks finished in second place. The team of Jesse Wilkinson and Jon Michael Sisson finished in third place of [...]

Frenship tennis team receives honors

The Tiger tennis team continues to receive honors under first year head coach Ted Phillips. This week several players were named to the District 4-4A all district team. The boys doubles consisted of Jon Michael Sisson and Jesse Wilkinson at the first position honorable mention. Davis Oborizzi and Landon Roberts  made second position second team [...]

Tiger tennis qualifies for regional tournament

The Tiger tennis team has not let youth stand in its way this season.

Frenship begins the regional tournament today at Wichita Falls.

“We have 11 of our top 16 kids who are freshmen and sophomores,” said Frenship head coach Ted Phillips. “We have had a real strong sophomore class. Several of the kids made varsity last year and got their feet wet as freshmen and that has really helped out.”

Frenship tennis team hires coach from Snyder

Frenship hired Ted Phillips as its new head tennis coach on June 4.

Phillips is familiar with the Frenship tennis system because his former team of seven years, Snyder, is on the Tigers’ schedule twice a year.