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TENNIS
Romeoville’s Rayos del Sol competes at state meet By Mark Gregory sports reporter
mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard
For the second-straight season, Romeoville’s Miguel Rayos del Sol advanced to the state tennis tournament and like last season, he went 2-2 in the finals. He was the first Spartan to go to back-to-back state tournaments since Greg Kusnierz in 1997 and 1998, when the IHSA began keeping records.
This season, he opened with a 6-0, 6-4 loss to Yahn Gawrit of Lane. He followed that up with a pair of wins, defeating Jace Hardy of LaSalle-Peru 6-0, 6-0 and Braden Ward of Antioch 6-2, 6-3. Rayos del Sol was eliminated with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Stevenson’s Brian Weisberg. “Weisberg is definitely the stronger player, but it could have been a better match if Miguel weren’t so exhausted,”
said Romeoville coach George Joyce. “That is something we are certainly going to stress this offseason and into the start of next spring.” Rayos Del Sol was happy with his performace. “I am proud of myself for making it to state, all the hard work really paid off,” he said. “My goal was to play my game and see where it goes and just get as far as I can. This season
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