Rewind your mind back to February 3, 2013. The Baltimore Ravens were in complete control of SuperBowl XLVII as they had built a 22 point advantage in the third quarter. The 49ers were listless and on the verge of a crushing defeat. Then the lights went out. Following...
Eddie Herr is one of the torch bearers of junior tennis tournaments. According to IMG Academy, the host of the tournament, Eddie Herr evolved from a 100 player local tournament in 1987 into an international event attracting the best international junior players. A...
On National Signing Day last week, seven Junior Tennis Champions Center players cemented their futures in collegiate tennis by signing letters of intent. The early signing period for basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, golf, swimming, volleyball, gymnastics and...
With Halloween around the bend, the results were fittingly eerie. On consecutive weekends this month, a former and current Junior Tennis Champions Center player secured a convincing victory at a top-level tournament. Their singles matches were dead ringers for one...
Nicholas Schultz of the Junior Tennis Champions Center received a medal for his winning composition (see below) in the Mid-Atlantic 10 and Under category for the annual Arthur Ashe essay contest. Arthur Ashe changed tennis throughout his life's achievements and...
Andrew Leung of the Junior Tennis Champions Center penned the following winning Arthur Ashe contest essay in the 13/14 Division: Arthur Ashe was a bold man who stood up for what he believed in. When Ashe was at the peak of his career, he was denied a visa to play at...
The Mid-Atlantic section winners for the 15th Annual Arthur Ashe Essay Contest were selected earlier this month. National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) participants were asked to answer this question: “If you could follow in Arthur Ashe’s footsteps and ‘give back’...
The following is a letter written by Bonnie Vona, USTA Mid-Atlantic Competitive Tennis Manager, to Junior Tennis Champions Center players and parents concerning schedule adjustments, ranking changes and the pathway to National tournaments: Dear Players and Parents,...
Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the area's world-class tennis training facility in College Park, Md., is proud to announce that Usue Arconada will take center court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, August 24 to help kick off the US Open. Arconada is one of...