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Tennis Club to host mixed doubles championship

The Chapel Hill Tennis Club will be among the 11 sites this weekend hosting the USTA League Mixed Doubles State Championships.

Check out the expanded Play! recreational sports calendar

The Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships, which start today at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, are just one of the many recreational sports events you'll find listed below in the expanded version of the Play! recreational sports calendar.

Recycle those athletic shoes

 

Your old shoes can get new life.

At the Hershey’s Track and Field Games meets being held at Buffaloe Road Athletic Center on June 15 (8:30 a.m.-noon) and June 24 (4:30-8 p.m.), participants are encouraged to recycle gently worn shoes for Nike’s ReUse-A-Shoe program, recycling shoes into sustainable athletic surfaces.

 
The park is located at 5812 Buffaloe Road.
 
Other drop-off locations through June 24 are Laurel Hills Community Center, 3808 Edwards Mill Road; Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road; and Barwell Community Center, 3935 Barwell Road Collections.
 
 
***Got recreational sports news to report? Call Teri Boggess at 919-829-4831 or email play@newsobserver.com.***

Michael Reilly to play tennis for UNC-Wilmington

Michael Reilly, center, with his mother Mary Reilly and father Tim Reilly (submitted photo).

Michael Reilly, a talented tennis player who grew up in the Raleigh Racquet Club Junior program, signed his letter of intent to play at North Carolina-Wilmington last Wednesday.

Reilly has been part of the RRC Junior program since he was a pre-teen and is still active in the program, helping to coach current RRC Juniors on a regular basis.

Reilly trained on Hilton Head Island at the Stan Smith Tennis Academy.  He joins an elite group of RRC Juniors who have moved on to play in college, including James Coxe and Taylor Meyer, who are both members of the UNC men’s tennis team.

Reilly will join a UNC-Wilmington team that is ranked No. 48 in Division I men’s tennis.

N&O spring sports

The News & Observer looks at many of the top athletes in spring sports in Sunday's sports section. Nine spring sports are profiled along with dozens of high school athletes.

Creedmoor Crazies tennis team just misses nationals trip

The Creedmoor Crazies, a team from the Triangle, reached the championship final, but it was the Acekickers of Palmyra, Pa., who went home with the 3.5 Division championship at the World TeamTennis Rec League National Qualifier played Saturday and Sunday at the Hempfield Sports Complex in Lancaster, Pa.

The Acekickers defeated the Crazies 26-24 in the championshp final to became one of seven regional champions from Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina to advance to the WTT National Finals.
 
Thirty-four teams competed in seven divisions to win spots in the national finals, which will be played Nov. 5-7 at the Indian Wells (Calif.) Tennis Garden, according to a news release from WTT.  Results are below.

Tuesday tennis and volleyball scores

Here are tennis and volleyball scores from Tuesday night.

Raleigh's Anudeep Kodali ranked No. 1 in nation

Anudeep Kodali of Raleigh has climbed to No. 1 in the U.S. Tennis Association Boys 12s rankings, which include 1,445 players.

Among this season's accomplishments, the homeschooled athlete won the July 18-25 USTA Clay Court Super Nationals Championships in Winston-Salem, and he was third in the Aug. 7-13 USTA Hard Court Super Nationals in Little Rock, Ark.

Cary 18-and-under tennis team finishes second in the south

The Cary 18-and-under intermediate team, led by manager Kevin Caccia, finished runner-up at the 2010 USTA Southern Jr. Team Tennis Section Championships on Sunday in Mobile, Ala.

Raleigh player helps Southern Smashers win team tennis title

The Southern Smashers won the World TeamTennis Junior Nationals for the fourth time in the past six years, defeating Texas TNT 37-35 in overtime on Aug. 5 at the George E. Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif.

Roberto Hennis of Raleigh helped the Smashers take their victory, teaming with Chase Baker of Suwannee, Ga., for a boys doubles victory for the U.S. Tennis Association Southern Section team.

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