A Mount Pleasant youth tennis team has earned a bid to the Junior Team Tennis Nationals this month in Orlando, Fla. The local 14-and-under advanced team received a wildcard berth into the national tournament after placing second overall against nine different states in the United States Tennis Association Southern Sectionals last month in Rome, Ga. The team won the South … Read more
Lambs Elementary School PE Teacher Darrell Wilson was named the Lowcountry Youth Tennis Association (LYTA) School Coach of the Year. The award was presented to Coach Wilson by LYTA Board Chair, Dr. Bob Stevens. In presenting the award Stevens recognized Coach Wilson’s work as a volunteer, “un-paid” tennis coach as well as a mentor for students who has a positive … Read more
A recent commentary in the Post and Courier highlighted the advocacy work of Barbara Jones and Bonnie Sue Duncan. Written by Sheryl McAlister, Director of Community Development for the USTA SC, the commentary touches on the work done by Jones (an early LYTA board member) in the St. George community. Duncan’s work in the upstate to advocate for tennis is … Read more
