Logan Jergenson and Kepler Jacobik advance to the MHSA Class A State Tennis Tournament
Jergenson earns second, and Jacobik battles through five matches to take third. Sophomore Chloe Shinn's play is incredible despite her quarterfinal loss.
By: Jeff Schlapp
John McEnroe was quoted once saying, “He showed me that the greats had another gear that I didn’t know until then existed. Somehow, he picked it up in the fifth set. I had a very tough time on his serve. I thought he’d get tired mentally after I won the fourth set. It would have gotten me a little bit down, but it didn’t get him down.”
He was talking about Bjorn Borg after McEnroe came back to tie their 1980 Wimbledon singles championship at 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7 (16–18). Borg won the final set 8-6 in what many consider the greatest tennis match ever played.
Tennis is a mental game. The top professional players are equal in physical talent, but at some point during a match, the game comes down to the mental aspect.
On Saturday, at the Divisional tennis tournament in Hardin, Logan Jergenson and Kepler Jacobik advanced to the MHSA State Tennis Tournament, which begins on Thursday in Billings.
Both number one tennis players for Park High faced the need to reach down and find another gear—and they did, according to Rangers head Coach Carren Jacobik.
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