Setting the Season

Lauren Sexton, Copy Editor

March 29, 2024

Trenton Wood is ready to take on his last season of tennis! “I keep that same mindset that I’m not gonna stop until I get to do what I’m aiming for,” Wood said.

Milana Ilickovic

The boy’s tennis team is ready to serve this season!

From Central to Trinity, Boy’s Tennis has a lot of matches to look forward to.

Last year’s region win holds the team high while they prepare to dominate this season. “We had been so close on numerous occasions. We had finished 3rd, or runner up several times and to finally break through and win regions as a team was really cool,” head coach Dustin Armstrong said. “When I was hired, I told the athletic director that I planned on doing this as long as I am physically able to.”

Seniors Trenton Wood and Andrew Kruse prepare for their last season on the team by improving skills from last year, and emotionally preparing to leave their team. “It’s, I mean it’s bittersweet, I’m excited to move onto bigger things, but it’s sad to see the sport I’ve been playing for 6 years, I won’t be able to do anymore on this team, so definitely a little bit of sad,” Wood said. Both claim to have taken away a sense of sportsmanship from the team, and are looking forward to new and future endeavors.

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With the seniors leaving, the future of the team rests on the shoulders of the new players, and remaining members. However, this does not seem to be a challenge for them. “I think this season Barrett Armstrong, he is a sophomore [has majorly improved]. It’s been great seeing how he’s grown and got progressively better at his game,” Wood said.

About the Contributors

Lauren Sexton, Copy Editor

This is Lauren Sexton. She is a dedicated member of both Speech and Debate and Beta Club at Bullitt East. She is a Sophomore and first-year staffer of Livewire, as a Copy Editor. She is very enthusiastic about starting this new chapter.

Milana Ilickovic, Social Media Director

This is Milana Ilickovic. She is a senior, and it is her third year on staff. Sophomore year she was Livewire’s Photography Editor, junior year she was the Website Editor, and this year she is the Social Media Director. This year she is also the president of the media arts internship, Charged Media. She loves to take photos, and gets excited about writing about her personal interests and passions. Outside of school, she has hobbies in sewing, fashion sketching, creative photography, and a passion for 80s/90s music. She is a part of the New Voices program which advocates for student press freedoms, Quill and Scroll, NHS, and loves working for Livewire and Charged Media.