Girls Tennis Banquet 2013

So this was my last year playing Girls Tennis at East Lyme High School. Our banquet was heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, and absolutely endearing as i enjoyed time with manyof my friends who i've grown close to in our years of playing tennis in good weather and bad, through wins, losses, drama, school, and everything else. No matter what, we were always a team

so meet our coach, Laurie Zrenda. She coached me for four years of hard work and dedication. I loved her as a coach. She gave you back exactly as much as you put in. 

So here are the Seniors as we received our flowers and final certificates-with tear-stained eyes, smiles, hugs, and definitely lots of love in our hearts.

Here are the small group of juniors that made up a very important part of the team, as they hopefully will fill our shoes when we leave. We have faith they'll do a great job and lead our team to great successes!












I was so proud to have so many talented sophomores on our team this past year. They were motivated, fun-loving, and completely dedicated. They brought 110% to the court and the game every time, and were aptly rewarded






 East Lyme Girls Tennis had a huge group of freshmen this past year, and we were grateful. They worked hard, and will fill the team with talent and heart, and their experience as they stick with it will be invaluable.

As I hopefully expressed aptly, The Girls Varsity Tennis team 2013 was a beautiful group of young ladies who were so, so talented! I can't express my gratitude enough to every one of them, and i hope they'll all continue to excel as i continue onto my next adventure- COLLEGE!

xox-Martian

Baskteball-SENIOR SEASON

This Post has been a long time Coming. Boys' basketball this year was something else. I worked like a dog, found a new app to make life easier, and ended up working harder due to extra time...Go figure.

Here are some of the posters made on Senior Night for the boys. I didn't make them (I was busy, not being recognized) We lost four Seniors- Wade, Kevin, Nick and Anthony. And me. The boys got me flowers, to which i could only say a flustered "aww thanks"

 

These are the boys returning their uniforms after the last game.

 

The season is over now, but I know the game will go on next year, and I can only hope they find a manager as great as me.

So that's boys Basketball 2012-2013. My senior year. I guess i should say it now- I'll miss you all!

xx Martian

Girls Tennis 2013

So This is Girls Tennis 2013. I'm terrible with names (sorry everyone). this year, We have a huge group of seniors. The front row, (from left to right) is Kiki, (junior) Kyrra Gelinas (me), Caroline, Priti, Joan, Puja , Shivani, and Shruti (junior) The back row is mostly new players, with some returning.

This is from Fitch High School, our first match of the season. (I won, thank you very much).

Joan Li is our first single's player. This means she is literally the best player on the team. And she is too. Here she is kicking butt at Fitch.

 This is a Saturday Practice Shivani and Shruti are the left, and Priti and her partner are on the right.

Another picture from Saturday Practice. From Left to Right is Julia (Junior) and Seniors Caroline and Puja

 Here is pictures from the first or second practice. In the back is Alex, and in the grey tshirt is Maya. Beside her in the stripes is Olivia

Here is the senior picture; missing is Rachel . From Left to Right is: Kyrra Gelinas (me), Joan , Priti, Caroline, Shivani, and Puja.

Here's what sums us up pretty well- Pizza, (You may remember, We love pizza) So here's a bunch of us snuggled together, eating pizza and bonding while we wait for our turn on the courts.The foreground is all freshman and sophomores, but in the back is a couple of seniors and in the way back, in pink, is Kiki.






So that's the Girls' Tennis team 2013. Keep it here for more updates!

xx Martian

East Lyme Girls Tennis at New London

So this is one of those times I was finally inspired to take some photos at a tennis match. Sort of a get-to-know my team type thing, as well as just a good morale boost. We won, although I don't particularly remember the score... So anyway, here's my team...

So this is two of our Varsity Teams, on the left is Sam Hart, a captain, as you may recall. On the right is Sagune Sakya and Caroline Costa, although you can hardly tell.

One description of the Girls Tennis team you will never hear is photoshy. That we are not. We Love taking the funniest photos we can think of, and they tend to show up at the end of year banquet, followed quickly by a couple of groans about "Oh my gosh, you caught us doing that?"

So this is one of those ridiculous photo ops we decided to take, I'm second from the right. On the far left is Rachel Sullivan, the next three are freshman singles players, and then Sagune Sakya, me, and Liz Miller. I can already hear the groans at the banquet...



What you want to know about us and what you need to know about us are never one and the same, of that i can be sure. For instance, we love cheese pizza. Not neccesary knowledge, unless you happen to be bringing us pizza. (thanks, Mom.) Anyway, we're all really tight. Rachel, Shivani, and Puja posed for me in the top left, we call ourselves "Advanced" JV, a story that kinda has a bit of a back story...

So this is our coach, Laurie. We all love her. She's so sweet and supportive. No one Doesn't like her. We have another coach, Maryann, but good luck getting her in front of the camera. Coach Laurie's daughter played with us last year. She doesn't play this year, but we got to keep her mom!

Whats the point of this photo? Does a photo need a point? This is Kirsten Whitlach and Rebecca Willems, two "Advanced" JV players. There wasn't a whole lot of New London JV players, so we sorta played against each other and ourselves.

So that's East Lyme at New London, keep coming back for more updates on our awesome tennis season!

Martian

East Lyme Girls' Tennis

So, you may or may not know this about me, but I play Girls' Tennis, and I'm totally in love with the sport. I'm not good at it, but I do enjoy it. Our Season is in full swing now, so, i thought i'd do something for them.

This is two of our Three captains, the third (not pictured) Is Liz Miller. On the Left is Sam Hart, and the Right is Sagune Sakya, seniors. With her head down is Caroline Costa, a junior.

So This is some of us relaxing. That's really primarily what our games...excuse me, MATCHES, come down to. Pictured on the right going counterclockwise, is Rachel Sullivan (with her back to the camera), Puja Patel, Rebecca Willems-Clement, behind her is Shivani Dandekhar, (sorry if i spelled her name wrong) Kristen Whitlatch, and, in all white with the Awesome Tan, is Sam Hart. Excluding Sam, the rest of us call ourselves "AJV" or Advanced Junior Varsity. In The photo on the left are some of the sophomores, and Emitt, a Girls' Tennis fan. Tara, Lourdes, and, in the back, Kiki Vymola, are the only faces able to be made out, also known as just regular JV.

This is what a typical tennis match looks like for doubles. Sagune and Caroline play doubles together, and they're a great pair

Really, all our players are amazing, and I'm lucky to play with such a great group of people. As for me, well, my overall record is 3-1, not that i'm bragging. I would hate to get cocky not even halfway through the season. Wish us Luck!

Martian