We Want “Moore” Tennis
November 17, 2021
By Charlie Hex
News Editor
The Millikan Girls Tennis team has been making our school proud and dominating on the court all season long, beating their rivals like Poly, Lakewood, Cypress, and more. They made it all the way up to the Moore League championship game against Wilson on Oct 26, but after several grinding rounds, Millikan unfortunately lost the Moore League title to Wilson’s undefeated team 10-8.
Although they lost the Moore League title, Coach Frapwell said that she is “proud of the team that showed up that day,” and that they were able to increase their overall score by five points that day.
Sadly the team lost in the first round of CIF on Nov 3, so their team season has now come to a close. However, Coach Frapwell reported that they still have three players in the running that will compete in CIF individuals.
According to Coach Frapwell, maintaining confidence will be key in winning future matches. She says, “our mental toughness is our biggest struggle,” and she hopes that the team will be able to improve on that in the future.
Coach Frapwell says that the team is “a strong unit.” She says that the leaders on the team such as captain Ava Medure are really bringing the players together, and that efforts like this have contributed largely to their success as a team.
Girls Tennis Captain and QUEST senior Ava Medure says that the team “really rallied together and motivated each other this season, pushing each other to take challenges head on.” Medure did say that the one thing she thinks could be improved upon for future seasons is the team being able to pick themselves back up from a loss and really put their best foot forward.
Photo Courtesy of the562.org article written by Mike Guardabascio titled CIF Tennis: Millikan, Long Beach Poly Win Playoff Openers
This picture depicts the Millikan Girls Tennis team standing together.
Sienna Robinson • Jan 4, 2022 at 2:24 pm
In issue 2 (published November 17th 2021), Charlie Hex wrote an article titled, “We want “Moore” Tennis.” The article shows a lot of insight about our Girls Tennis team that we probably did not know. Even though we lost to Wilson we still kept up a good fight with all the schools we have gone against. This makes me happy and excited to see this article, as I am a Junior Varsity tennis player for Millikan with a hope to be on Varsity junior year.
Lucy Bruechert • Nov 29, 2021 at 9:54 am
In Issue 2/2021 (published November 17th, 2021), Charlie Hex wrote an article titled, “We want ‘Moore’ Tennis”. The article, with its punny name, summarizes the Millikan Girls Tennis team’s exciting season that just ended in the beginning of November after an upsetting loss to Wilson at the CIF championships. Up until then, the team worked together to beat Poly, Lakewood, Cyrus, and more, making Millikan proud! Prior to reading this article, I had no idea that our girls tennis team was in the championships, and this makes me really joyful of their amazing accomplishment! The article includes quotes from Coach Frapwell and the team’s captain, QUEST senior, Ava Medure. The team is hoping to improve next season by not giving up after a loss and still pursuing tougher to win the next game. After the girls incredible season, there is a lot of expectation for the boys tennis team and how well they will compete after the girls incredible season! I am very invested in this story, because my younger brother, Harrison Bruechert, is on the boys Junior Varsity team, and he is very excited to start the season after the girls successful run! He has been practicing with the Varsity Team and says that Millikan has many amazing players that are sure to put our school in the lead. I really enjoyed this article, and can’t wait to read more about Millikan’s variety of sports teams throughout the year.
Sofia Uy • Nov 19, 2021 at 12:00 pm
In the Issue 2/2021 (published November 17, 2021), Charlie Hex wrote an article titled “We Want ‘Moore’ Tennis”. The article talks about the Millikan Girls Varsity tennis team and how they did in season. It states the main facts about how we made it all the way up to the final Moore League championship game against Wilson, which we sadly lost 8-10. I really like how it gets quotes from our coach and our team captain Ava. I also really like how the title is like a pun. Instead of saying more, it says Moore as in Moore League, which goes to how the team almost won Moore League. Although I really enjoyed reading this article, not only as a student, but also as one of the players on the team, I do think more could have been written. I think it should have included how Maya Alvarez, the player in the top picture, won the Moore League individual championship. She is a QUEST Senior and she won singles first place against Wilson’s number one singles player, which is a huge accomplishment. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this article and I completely agree with what Coach Frapwell and Team Captain Ava Medure said.
Isabella Harper • Nov 18, 2021 at 7:55 pm
Dear Corydon Editor,
In Issue 2/2021 (Published November 17, 2021) Charlie Hex wrote an article titled “We Want “Moore” Tennis” The article mentions how far the girl’s Millikan tennis team went. Before reading this article I didn’t know that the girl’s team had made it to the Moore League Championship game. I had no idea that their rivals are Poly, Lakewood, Cypress, and even Wilson. I believe that Wilson is good at all of their sports. Is Wilson the biggest rival that girls tennis has? And I really like that highlighted Coach Frapwell and made sure to include her thing about mental toughness. I also really like that you went and talked to the captain of the team. She said the same thing about mental toughness and how they are all motivating each other to keep going. I also like that you capitalized “QUEST” to show that she is a student-athlete and can balance it all. I wonder what Ava Medure has done to keep the team’s spirits high and make sure that they are all in the right headspace? Thank you for introducing me to the world of girl’s tennis team, and thank you for teaching me about Coach Frapwell and the team Captain Ava Medure.