Congratulations to Kyle Hehli of West Salem High School in his successful tennis season ending with the Division 2 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Boys High School Singles State Tennis Championship played at Madison's Nielsen Stadium Sat June 7, 2025 with a 6-3,1-6,10-7 victory over Waukesha Catholic Memorial's Oliver Milleman.

Other Coulee Region local high school boys State bound:

Division 1 Singles: Anderson Fortney (La Crosse Aquinas) Round 3, Brandon McCormick (Holmen) Round 1. Division 1 Doubles: Mitchell Lund/Drake Wonderling (La Crosse Central) Round 1, Tegan Schott/ Jaedan Silcox (La Crosse Aquinas) Round 1.

Division 2 Singles: Jesse Miller (West Salem) Round 1. Division 2 Doubles: Finnian Clark/Mitchell Jarrett (La Crosse Logan) Round 2, Levi King/Owen King (Viroqua) Round 1.

And a shout out to their coaches – Julie Kamla (West Salem), Kevin Roop (La Crosse Aquinas), Robin Roberts (La Crosse Logan), Corey Stauner (La Crosse Central), Ethan Libbey (Holmen), & Layne Hanson (Viroqua).

Kudos To Western Wisconsin Tennis

Holmen High School tennis player and frequent participant of the Green Island Tennis Tournaments, Hailey Olson, completed a Gold Award project for the Girl Scouts!  

A Gold Award is the highest award and requires the Girl Scout to solve a problem in her community, make it sustainable, complete 80 hours of service, and make a widespread impact.

Hailey's project included: installing a tennis backboard and four new benches at the Holmen tennis courts; hosting a tennis clinic for 10 Holmen Middle School students; and created a How-to guide to make tennis backboard.

Hailey received donations from Wisconsin Building Supply and Holmen Athletics Booster Club to complete her project! 

**Thank you Hailey for your service to our tennis community!

HOW-TO: TENNIS BACKBOARD TUTORIAL