The State’s Midlands high school boys tennis player of the year
The State is declaring co-winners in the readers’ choice vote for the Midlands boys tennis player of the year — Poojith Reddy of Spring Valley and Rintao Saito of River Bluff.
Here are the bios for all the player of the year nominees.
Rick Hewitt, AC Flora: Hewitt missed the first three weeks with injury but was 9-3, all-region selection, qualified for state singles tournament and picked to play in North-South tennis matches.
David Pope, Camden: Sophomore was 11-3 on season and Region 5-3A Player of the Year.
Nakul Ranjith Irmo: Freshman was 9-2, qualified for state singles tournament and was Region 4-4A Player of the Year.
Poojith Reddy, Spring Valley: Junior was 18-2 this season with both losses coming in a tiebreaker. Qualified for state individual tournament.
Rintaro Saito, River Bluff: Sophomore went 14-3 and was Region 5-5A Player of the Year. Won the consolation bracket at state singles tournament.
Caspar Tarr, Dreher: Was Blue Devils’ No. 1 singles player and helped team reach 4A Lower State championship.
This story was originally published May 11, 2022 at 9:07 AM.
