There were a lot of H-words Covington Catholic could’ve used to describe Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Center in Nicholasville. Start with hollering. If CovCath sophomore Kalei Christensen wasn’t motivationally screaming after almost every point in the doubles final, there were Colonels fans above the court bellowing their support. Continue with hugging. After Christensen and […]
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Watanabe, Hussey, Christiansen/Yeager reach state tennis semifinals
Covington Latin’s Sara Watanabe is in a familiar spot. So is Covington Catholic’s Brady Hussey. And ditto for CovCath’s Alex Yeager. Hussey, Watanabe and Yeager are in the semifinals of the state tennis tournament Thursday at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville. Watanabe, the girls singles top seed, takes on Lilah Jane Shallcross of Sacred Heart. It’s her third consecutive […]
Watanabe, Fullenkamp-Meenach win 9th Region tennis titles, Notre Dame takes team title
Sara Watanabe and Tapanee Boonyawat had been talking about Friday for at least a week. Watanabe, a Covington Latin senior, and Boonyawat, a Dixie Heights junior, figured they would share a Boone Woods court and battle for the Ninth Region girls singles title. They forevermore did, with Watanabe winning her third straight championship, 6-4, 2-6, […]
Watanabe, Hussey go for third straight Ninth Region tennis singles titles
Covington Latin senior Sara Watanabe lost just two games on the way to last year’s girls Ninth Region singles tennis title. So it makes sense that she’s the top seed in this year’s regional tournament that begins Monday at Boone Woods Park near Burlington. As it did in 2021, Watanabe’s 2022 run ended in the […]
State tennis tournament: Latin’s Watanabe, CovCath’s Hussey, doubles team battle hard in semifinal losses
Covington Latin junior Sara Watanabe found herself in another battle to advance to the girls singles championship game. She lost in the tiebreaker last year 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (11) to the eventual state runner-up in Sacred Heart’s Ellie Eades. Watanabe came in as the top seed and a perfect 13-0 record in the semifinals this […]

