The Tennis team for Dutch Christian boys won its first state championship in more than half a century.
Of course, the chestnuts were almost every year for the two, which questions regional titles and qualifications for the state tournament – year after year.
How does a program continue?
Talented athletes of course, but even Moreso is the talented layers of training.
Chestnuts appreciated three coaches of the temple of the renown of the tennis coaches of Michigan High School in Clare Pott, Tom Buursma and John Knoester. Current coach Steve Gorno was a must for tennis in high school and Hope College.
But with more than a dozen players on the list and eight flights to train during a match, a large part of the success of the Brown Coming back to the assistant coaches.
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Martons have two of the best assistant coaches in the company for many years in Sally Swets and Chuck Brower.
The duo was honored by MHSTECA Assistant Coach Award this year for their contributions to the program, not only this year, but throughout their careers. They helped the chestnuts qualify for the state touranment in each of the last 17 seasons, with the exception of the cocovid season of the boys.
“Their positive influence over the years has been one of the main reasons for the continuous success of Holland Christian,” Gorno at Mhsteca told.
Swet played Holland Christian during their first girl team in 1972 before playing Missouri. She began to volunteer when her nieces played in Holland Christian and led the chestnuts to a state title in 2005.
Brower played tennis at West Ottawa and started volunteering when her children started playing West Ottawa.
“Sally and Chuck, as a coach tandem, have been cornerstone in the HC tennis program for almost two decades,” said Gorno. “One or the other could be a head coach for a tennis program in high school, but both prefer to work behind the scenes and help teach children to be better tennis players on the field and better people Outside the field. emotionally.
“They train because they really like players and don’t want anything more than helping them succeed.”
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This article originally appeared on the Holland Sentinel: Dutch Christian Christian tennis coaches gain assistant coaches of the year
