ISL All League Recipients

ISL All League Recipients

I should have done this post a long, long time ago but I got a little bit lazy at the very end of my senior year and I never posted it.

Carl Reid won the MVP award as expected; he has to be one of the first underclassman in a while that's won the Boys' MVP.

All-ISL List
Belmont Hill - Carl Reid '13, Jack Welch '11, Peter Yanofsky '10
Governor's Academy - Nate Collins '10
Milton Academy - Andrew Lebovitz '10, Matt Lebovitz '12
Nobles - Cam Chapman '13
Roxbury Latin - Carl Defranco '11
St. Sebastian's - Conor Haughey '12
Thayer Academy - Richie Robbie '11

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The Coaches Meeting is Tonight

The Coaches Meeting is Tonight

The coaches meeting to decide the all-isl team is tonight and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a copy of the list but I'll make sure to cover it when the globe prints it.

Final Power Rankings

Final Power Rankings

1. Belmont Hill School (Previously: 1) 15-0

Belmont Hill lost a tough match to Brunswick in the New England Semi-Final but they pretty much dominated the ISL this year except for an 8-7 win over Nobles.  Belmont Hill graduates its 2, 4, 5, and 6 but it will return the leading MVP candidate, Carl Reid.

2. Milton Academy (3) 14-1

Milton lost a tough match to Hotchkiss in New England Class A's which they may have won if Noah Bragg had played this season.  Milton graduates at least its 1, Andrew Lebovitz, its 3, Anthony Blake and its 4, Josh "J. Chill" Cohen.  Next year definitely looks to be a rebuilding year.

3. Nobles School (2) 13-2

I honestly think that with Anthony Laurencio-Twymer that Nobles would have beaten Milton, but we will never know.  After Nobles' loss to Milton I had to move them down by default.  This squad is graduating only its 4, Will Shames, as a far as I know and they look to be the favorites to win next year's title.

4. Roxbury Latin School (4) 12-3

I think that RL had a slightly disappointing year because it wasn't able to crack the top 3.  RL only graduates its number 2, Ryan Sullivan, so I'm picking RL to finish 2nd in the league next year.

5. St. Paul's School (5) 11-4

St. Paul's had a very respectable season and just imagine what they could've done if their number 1, Jamie Raffini, had been healthy. St. Paul's only graduates its 3, Will Schoder, and its 5, Mark Poon.  They will be very solid next year and look for John Hwang '12 to have a breakout year.

6. Rivers School  (7) 10-5

Rivers finished up one of its most successful seasons ever and it was able to win the Class C Title.  I think that Rivers will return all of its starters and T.J. Moor will hopefully be able to serve overhand again.  Rivers will likely crack the top 4 or 5 next year.

7. BB&N (14) 7-8

BB&N had a lot of ups and downs this season but it dismantled St. George's in the second to last week of the season to return to 7th in the power rankings.  BB&N only loses its number 5, Alec Terrana, its number 6, Adrian "Kamikaze" Pfhorzeimer and its injured number 1, Cam Woodsum.

8. St. George's School (7) 6-7

St. George's had a solid season, especially after graduating a few players last season.  Look for this team to be somewhere in the middle of the pack next year because I know that they're graduating their number 3.

9. St. Mark's School (8) 7-8

St. Mark's graduates its number 1, Chris Bassett, and maybe its number 2.  St. Mark's should be somewhere in the middle of the ISL next year.

10. Middlesex School  (9) 6-8

Middlesex was very tough this year, defeating BB&N, Groton and St. Seb's.  They are graduating a few players.

11. Groton School (12) 4-10

Groton started strong but ended up dying at the end of the season.  They did beat St. Seb's and Thayer though.

12. St. Sebastian's School (13) 4-11

St. Seb's returns a bunch of strong players next year and hopefully they'll continue to improve.  Conor Haugey '12 had a very strong season at 1st singles.

13. Thayer Academy (10) 4-11

Thayer had a bunch of clutch 8-7 wins and they return Richie Robbie '11 next season.

14. Governor's Academy (15) 3-12

Governor's looked solid at the beginning of the year when they beat Groton but then they kind of fizzled out and lost a bunch of close matches.

15. Brooks School (11) 2-13

Brooks showed promise with a win over Groton, but other than that they didn't make too much noise.

16.  Lawrence Academy (16) 0-15

I'm not quite sure why Lawrence is in the ISL to be perfectly honest; they won 2 sets all season (against Middlesex).

Final Standings

Final Standings

I don't have a score for the Groton-St. George's match or the Middlesex-St. George's match.






School Wins Losses


Belmont Hill 15- 0







Milton 14 -1












Nobles 13- 2












Roxbury Latin 12- 3












St. Paul's 11- 4












Rivers 10- 5

St. George's

8-

7

BB&N 7- 8












St. Mark's 7- 8









Middlesex 6- 9












Groton4- 11












St. Sebastian's 4 -11












Thayer 4-11












Governor's 3 -12












Brooks 2 -13












Lawrence 0 -15

Results from Yesterday

Results from Yesterday

Final Standings, Power Rankings, MVP Race Update, etc. are coming soon.

Belmont Hill beat BB&N 14-1
Belmont Hill finished up their undefeated season with an easy win.  Carl Reid pretty much solidified his bid for MVP (more on that later).

Hotchkiss wins Founders League Title

Hotchkiss wins Founders League Title

The writeup is from the Hotchkiss Website.

"The boys varsity tennis team concluded their perfect season with a 7-0 sweep of Loomis on May 19.

The win gives the team a 17-0 record on the season and also earned the team its third consecutive Founder’s League title. The Bearcats have also won the New England championship, the KITT tournament, and the SNETL tournament this season.

Wednesday’s sweep included wins at singles by Robert Lightbourn ’10, Matt Shapiro ’10, Charlie Hough ’12, Will Campo ’10, Jeff Kontulis ’10, and Gonzalo Mocorrea ’13. The team also had doubles wins by Lightbourn & Kontulis and Shapiro & Julius Dixon ’12.

The win capped a remarkable season for the team in which the boys on the team won 85 of a possible 91 points in head-to-head play. Only twice during the season was the team pushed to a 4-3 score, a match against Cheshire on April 28 and the New England finals against Deerfield on May 16.

Hotchkiss last finished undefeated in 1999, when David Bolmer was coaching the team. The team was also undefeated in 1995 under current head coach Bill Markey."

Top 10 Boys' Tennis Players in MA: ESPN RISE vs. ISL TENNIS BLOG

Top 10 Boys' Tennis Players in MA: ESPN RISE vs. ISL TENNIS BLOG

I randomly came across the Greater Boston: May/June 2010 version of the ESPN Rise magazine, and as I was flipping through it I noticed that the magazine has a list of the Top 10 Boys' Tennis Players in Massachusetts.  Cool Right? Yeah, that's what I thought, until I read the list.  If you're going to make a list, why not make it good? I've always respected ESPN for being the leader in sports reporting but I have to say their list is not good.

ESPN RISE TOP 10:

10. Aaron Segal (Needham, So.)


9. Christian Heaney-Secord (Westwood, Sr.)


8. Andrew Lebovitz (Milton Academy, Sr.)


7. Roland Hence (Cambridge, Sr.)


6. Mesa Mei (Somerville, Sr.)


5. Aaron Revzin (Needham, So.)


4. Christian Boulanger (Winchester, Jr.)


3. William Spector (Weston, Jr.)


2. Cameron Ghorbani (Lexington, Sr.)


1. Alex Steinroeder (Concord-Carlisle, Jr.)


I have to say at first glance that I don't/ can't understand how ESPN Rise compiled this list.  Initially, I figured that they went by high school results, but I know that at least one (Roland Hence) of these players don't play high school tennis.  My next instinct was that maybe they combined tournament results and high school tennis but there's no way that's possible becaues Boulanger is ranked 47th in the 18 & Unders.  ESPN needs to keep it real and take Boulanger and Segal out of the Top 10 (no offense to them) because there's no way to justify ranking them that high.  In response to ESPN's rankings, I'm going to create my own top 10.  Without putting myself at number 1 (because it's too controversial) here is my top ten:

ISL TENNIS BLOG TOP 10:

10. Chris Barnhart, Longmeadow


9. Lavrensky Araghamia, Sharon


8. Andrew Lebovitz, Milton Academy


7. Carl Reid, Belmont Hill


6. Roland Hence, Cambridge


5. Aaron Revzin, Needham


4. Mesa Mei, Somerville


3. William Spector, Weston


2. Cameron Ghorbani, Lexington


1. Alex Steinroeder, Concord-Carlisle

Steinroeder

I made my list using high school results, TennisRecruiting.net and USTA New England Rankings.

I'm very interested to see what people think of my list and of the ESPN Rise list. Please comment below.