Junior Challenge Ladder

JUNIOR CHALLENGE LADDER

2020 Ladder Closes Dec. 1

What a Year for the JCL

BY BRENDA MADDALENI, JUNIOR CHALLENGE LADDER VICE PRESIDENT

The 2020 season of the ALTA Junior Challenge Ladder is underway, despite the challenges encountered in a world of Covid-19. The ladder usually begins with a season opening round robin to jump-start the season and help players get ready for active play in the ladder. We moved to a Zoom format for the kickoff which was well attended by players and their families. The ALTA Junior Challenge Ladder has 146 players as of press time. The players were chomping at the bit to get started, as many have been out of competition since schools closed, high school seasons have been cut short, and most tournaments were postponed or permanently cancelled. We are thankful to provide this outlet for junior tennis players!

With 146 players, there will be 1,000 matches or more played during the season that began on August 25th and ends on December 1st. In addition to regular match play, our players will get together for round robins by group. We are thankful to the following sponsors of these events by providing courts for our players. The schedule of this year’s events are as follows:

Blackburn Tennis Center—Upper Ladder Girls Saturday, November 14 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Sandy Springs Tennis Center Upper Ladder/Lower Ladder Boys Saturday, November 14 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

We are excited to announce With 146 players, that we will have a showcase there will be 1,000 event for our top players at the matches or more Riverside Club in Sandy Springs. played during the This event, featuring our Top 10 season that began on boys and girls, is scheduled for August 25th and ends Friday, November 6 from 6:30 to on December 1st. 9:00 p.m. With limited doubles competition due to COVID-19, we plan to have an all-doubles event. It should be an exciting night of tennis! Thank you to Cindy Pietkiewicz for coordinating our events.

The ladder is managed using Tennis Rungs software, and the players get support from their ladder managers. Thank you to Anthony Swatski who is helping with the software and ensuring all matches are counted. The ladder managers facilitate matches getting played, coordinate with players, hear about good sportsmanship, mediate conflict, and often work as a help desk and mentor, especially for the new and younger players. We could not do without them. Thank you to Stacy Simmons (Upper Girls), Trish Winfrey (Lower Girls), Dee Jones (Upper Boys) and Michelle McKinnon (Lower Boys) for the work and dedication to the players in the ladder.

To date, there are more than 250 matches played and more than 80 matches scheduled for play in the next week. The standings as of October 5 are reflected on the next page. We are excited to hear who makes the Top 10 at the end of the seasons, how many sportsmanship awards will be given, and how many players will earn three in a row awards!

Junior Challenge Ladder Mid-Season Standings Boys

DAVIS TAYLOR JOHN LASANAJAK ROBERT BAUER ANDREW PIETKIEWICZ FREDDIE LAWRENCE ARSAL FAROOQ MATTHEW SLOAN BLAKE STODDARD QUINN WICKLUND ELI HIRSHBERG JAKE GRIMES LOVA METOR NIKHIL KULKARNI JACK HRASTAR JAKE YOUNG CHRIS CIANCIOTTI REILLY MCNAMARA REESE PHILIP HILSEN PAUL FRIDMAN STEPHEN ZHU MITCHELL FREEMAN JORDAN WINFREY PARTH MODY 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 MATTEO MADDALENI REID KANEMASU JAIDEN DODIA ETHAN SWATSKI RYAN COZAD LUKE ATKINSON SHAURYA BAJAJ JASON EIGBEDION KELLEN SIMMONS ROBERT FRIERSON SIMON HAYAL JAKE SOLOMON LONDON VASILESCU SHREYAN BAJAJ TEO JOHNSON RISHAV RANGANATHAN ANISH MADIREDDY ANDREW RUDER PETER CRAIG MATTHEW SONG HARRIS UNELL VIKUNTH VENKATESH BRENDAN PICKELL

Girls

KATE SHARABURA LAUREN KHOU JO-YEE CHAN MAI NGUYEN LEEZA KURTZ CONLEY RAIDT NEENA KATAUSKAS JADA YOUNG GERMANY DAVIS ANYA NELSON CHERYSH HENRY SARAY YLI-PIIPARI FRANCHESCA BROWN CLAIRE GIDDINGS ISABELLA THEODORE JAALA SCREWS ASHLEY BENTZ MICHELLE JONES NICOLE EIGBEDION OLIVIA HOOPER MARA OPRE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 JONAY BRITTAIN SAMANTHA SLATON ALYSSA DAVIS JENSEN DIIANNI CLEO MOORE CARRINGTON BROWN KENNEDY HILL JADE LASANAJAK MCKENZIE SHELTON SYDNEY BRANTLEY ASHLEY COOKE CAROLINE EADS SHAYLI DODIA MEHER BAJWA MARY JACOPPO PRISHA MODY MYRA WU MADISON ANDREWS KENNEDY TALBERT MCKENZIE OLIVER KYLIE JOHNSON 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 SHAAN MAJEED KEVIN SCREWS TYLER AUSTIN OWEN HEYBROEK RIJUL RAPELLY BRANDON KIM SHIV KINNARKAR SHRIYAN SATHISH GRAYSON PERLMAN HENRY WALTER SAM FLICKER WESLEY FLICKER ADITYA MADIREDDY SUSHIL MUDDALA JOSHUA WARREN HEMIL THAKKAR AUSTIN TURNER TRISTAN SLOWEY ROCCO DICARLO ARJUN SHAH ETHAN SMITH ALEXANDER SLOAN

43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ALYSSA KHOU SOPHIA CLEMENTS TERI BRANTLEY LAURYN SWATSKI AMANDA TANAKA SEJAL JOSHI KIMAYA PARANJPE VICTORIA LOUIS-JACQUES BERNADETTE KOTSCHER TRINITY PORTER MEGAN MCKINNON GABRIELLE CESAR JULIANA DIIANNI SEDONA CORNELISON SAMANTHA RUDER ANWITHA ANBUCHELIAN BROOKE SAYE JORDAN BALLARD