Brothers

Facebook Post: Luke Hostetter, Sept. 3, 2018

It is hard to believe that 10 years have gone by since playing tennis alongside these awesome guys at Bethany Christian Schools. And getting to celebrate by going to the US Open for the first time was absolutely electric. Seeing that this team still has the same passion and energy as I remember from the good ol' days will never be forgotten. Thanks for the memories!

P.S. Happy birthday from all of us to our coach, Matt Miller, the man who always taught us to take "serious tennisly."

What this means to me...

These guys were the first Bethany Christian tennis team to win the Sectional title. Luke was the anchor at #1S, but this entire team worked hard together to accomplish something great. And in doing so, they were really the first team to buy in to what I had hoped Bethany Christian tennis could be: Brothers, taking care of each other, chasing down their very best. 

This group provided some of my very favorite tennis memories...

- Coming back and beating Fairfield 3-2 in the first round of Sectional after losing 5-0 just 10 days before that, with Jonny and Luke winning in 3 set comebacks.

- Johnny and Jeremy winning a third set tiebreak in the Sectional Semi-Final over Goshen to give us a 3-2 team victory.

- Jeremy's dad defending Luke's honor from a disrespectful fan at the Warsaw Invitational

- Daniel and Mikey's comeback from down 1-5 in the third set to advance past Fairfield in the Sectional.

- Jared's incredible improvement between his junior and senior year.

- Beating Penn 4-1 as they opened up their new courts and we beat them badly.

- Watching Johnny and Jeremy play with such passion against NorthWood in the Sectional final, providing us with the clinching point.

But even more, it is awesome that this group still remains tight. Friendships and relationships that you can count on are the purpose of life. Tennis is just a rallying point around which to build. I love that these guys built around their passion for the game, but still love each other like family. I wish I could have made it to the US Open to hang with them. 

I hope you guys dive into that. I hope that you will forge relationships within this tennis realm that last. I hope that ten years from now you using whatever technology replaces Snapchat to communicate about the results of the US Open 2028. I hope that you go to each other's weddings, visit each other in big cities, and more.

Thanks, team of 2008. I hope your US Open time was great!

If you want to read more about this team, check out the 2007 and 2008 reviews, or even better click on this link to Match Memories.