The Atlantic Boys Tennis Doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott get started with play at the state meet on Friday at Byrne’s Park Tennis Complex in Waterloo. The duo qualified for state with a district championship over a squad from Ballard on May 11th. The coaches meeting is set for 8:00am Friday with a seeding meeting immediately to follow. Play will start as soon as the seeding meeting is complete.

This is the second straight season that Podhajsky and McDermott have made it to State and Head Coach Mike McDermott said the guys will need to be at the top of their game to try to advance in the winners bracket this year.

They lost their first round match to a team from Glenwood last year and then were bumped out of the consolation bracket in the first round by a duo from Waverly-Shell Rock. Coach McDermott said they have shown they have what it takes to have success and a big key will be if their serves are strong early on.