Fuller says good-bye to Kennedy tennis
As a longtime ardent booster of the Iowa high school coed tennis tournament, it’s fitting that veteran Kennedy girls coach Vance Fuller would finish his career at the meet this week.
And his Cougar duo of Sarah Lasecki and Riley Galbraith sent him off on a high note, finishing second at the event Tuesday in Des Moines to an all-star pair from Ames in a nail-biter.
“This may be hard for some people to believe,” said Fuller’s friend Randy Krejci, who has been involved in state tennis circles for more than 40 years, “but Iowa remains the only state in the union that still has a coed program.
“Vance has had a team at the tourney since he began his distinguished career. I can’t think of a better way for him to end it.”
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