Boys Tennis Journal Star

Newspaper Articles

2015 Season – Peoria Journal Star

5/23/15  “Richwoods Aces Dunlap Tennis Sectional”

5/21/15  “Re-Tooled Redbirds Courting Next Crown”

5/18/15   “Metamora Flies High at M-I Tennis Tournament”

4/1/15    “Mid-Illini Tennis Starting at Deuce”

2014 Season – Peoria Journal Star

6/17/14    “A Fourth, Of Course”  (Will Koehrsen Player of the Year)

5/31/14    “Morton Tennis Duo, Redbirds’ Koehrsen Still in Tournament”

5/30/14    “Sweet 16s for Trio of Area Players”

5/29/14    “Seeking More Senior Moments at State Tennis Finals”

5/25/14    “Metamora Aces Tennis Sectionals”

5/20/14    “Metamora Tennis Perfect in Mid-Illini”

4/2/14      “Metamora Tennis Team Has Deep Well of Talent”

2013 Season – Peoria Journal Star

6/13/13    “Metamora Junior Will Koehrsen Awarded JS Boys Tennis Player of the Year”

5/26/13    “Metamora Tennis Duo Finishes Sixth at IHSA State Tournament”

5/25/13    “Doubles Teams from Metamora, Morton Advance to State Tennis Quarterfinals”

5/24/13    “Metamora’s Goettler and Koehrsen, Morton’s Reiman Brothers in Main Draw”

5/22/13    “Doubles Teams Get 5-8 Seeds at IHSA Boys Tennis Tournament”

5/19/13    “Richwoods Ends Birds’ 6-Year Run”

5/17/13    “Area Boys Tennis Teams Stepping Up to Sectionals”

5/11/13    “Potters Unseat Six-Time Defending Tennis Champs”

5/7/13      “44”

3/27/13    “Wealth of Boys Tennis Talent Returns”

2012 Season – Peoria Journal Star

6/12/12    “Metamora Sophomore is Boys Tennis POY” (Will Koehrsen Player of the Year)

5/25/12    “Doubles Teammates Are Only JS-Area Players Still in Championship Bracket”

5/24/12    “State Tennis Notes – Mid-Illini Well Represented”

5/20/12    “Metamora Aces Dunlap Tennis Sectional”

5/12/12    “Metamora Nets Sixth Straight M-I Tennis Title”

5/2/12      “Metamora Fares Well at Pitchford Invite”

4/18/12    “Redbird Winning Streak Halted”

4/4/12      “Redbird Schedule is Fierce”

3/29/12    “Metamora Talented, Deep”

3/29/12    “Journal Star Boys Tennis Preview”

3/29/12    “Metamora Tennis Kicks Off Spring in Style”

2011 Season – Peoria Journal Star

6/9/11    “Lots of Good Will” (Will Koehrsen Player of the Year)

5/22/11  “In With the Old, and New”

5/17/11  “More First-Place Finishes for Metamora”

4/23/11  “Metamora Boys Tennis Continues Hot Streak”

4/6/11    “Redbirds Finish High”

4/6/11    “117-0”

4/6/11    “Journal Star Boys Tennis Preview”

4/5/11    “Youth is Served in Mid-Illini Tennis”

2010 Season– Peoria Journal Star

6/14/10  “Game . . . Set . . . No Match” (Stephan Rauh Player of the Year)

5/30/10  “Metamora Finishes 10th in Team Standings”

5/29/10  “Tough Second Day for Metamora Trio”

5/28/10  “Metamora Comes Up Aces on State’s Day 1”

5/27/10  “Filling Seniors’ Shoes No Small Feat”

5/23/10  “Metamora Completes Mastery”

5/22/10  “Metamora Secures Title at Richwoods”

5/21/10  “Sectional Shuffle Not Kind to Area”

5/15/10  “Metamora Cashes Plenty of M-I Checks”

5/12/10  “Remarkable Run for Redbirds Tennis”

4/21/10  “Full Nest”

4/14/10  “Rollin’ Redbird”

4/5/10    “Journal Star Boys Tennis Preview”

2009 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/30/09  “Top-Seeded Team Beats Metamorans”

5/29/09  “Metamora Tennis Duo Into Round of 16”

5/28/09  “New Metamora Duo is Food for Thought”

5/24/09  “Metamora Earns Sectional Title”

5/19/09  “Metamora Tennis Three-Peat”

5/6/09    “M-I Conference Showdown Set”

4/22/09  “Mid-Illini Update”

2008 Season– Peoria Journal Star 

5/16/08  “Metamora No Longer a Sectional Surprise”

5/10/08  “Redemption for Metamora”

4/30/08  “Mid-Illini Race Gets Down to Business”

2007 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/20/07  “Metamora Wins Ottawa Sectional”

5/19/07  “Area Teams go their Separate Ways in Postseason”

5/15/07  “Ahead of Schedule”

5/12/07  “Metamora Sees Youthful Success”

3/29/07  “Baby ‘Birds Ready to Leave the Nest”

2005 Season– Peoria Journal Star

4/29/05  “Metamora Tennis Tops Dunlap”

2004 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/24/04  “Metamora Defends Sectional Title”

5/22/04  “Metamora Senior Hopes for a Doubles Delight”

4/21/04  “Metamora Boys Tennis is M-I Perfect”

2003 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/25/03  “A Historic Afternoon for Metamora”

5/23/03  “Four All The Marbles Is How Metamora Sees It”

5/18/03  “Metamora Kings Of Mid-Illini Nets”

5/9/03  “Metamora Boys Tennis Gets Revenge on Road”

5/7/03  “Mid-Illini Homestretch”

2002 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/18/02  “Today State, Tomorrow the Sectional”

4/5/02  “Metamora Records Key Mid-Illini Tennis Win Over Morton”

3/28/02  “Rapidly Improving Redbird”

3/27/02  “Tennis Tournament Unqualified Success”

2001 Season– Peoria Journal Star

6/22/01  “A Flock of Redbirds Descend on T-C”

4/1/01  “Redbird Tennis Tandem Just Got Acquainted in First Place”

1999 Season– Peoria Journal Star

5/7/99  “Metamora Coach Takes Doubles Potential Into Account”