Yadaa.at<\/a> Kal\u00e9 Crimson Bears tennis team recognized its six senior players during this week\u2019s Region V tennis championships at Juneau\u2019s Alaska Club Valley tennis courts.<\/p>\nFollowing are the JDHS senior tennis profiles.<\/p>\n
ISAAC HILL<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Isaac Hill strokes a backhand shot during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Hill has played four seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
Isaac Hill is a fourth-year tennis player on the team. His teammates know him for his enthusiasm at practice, his unreturnable serve and his obsession with grind drinks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isaac started playing tennis during the summer before his freshman year, but grew up as a strong soccer player. He wishes he had started learning tennis earlier, but he thinks his freshman-year self would \u201cthink highly\u201d of his skills now and \u201cbe intimidated,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isaac was chosen to represent JDHS at the 2025 ASAA Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament last year with his teammate, 2026 graduate Bella Reyes-Boyer, and hopes to compete again this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Throughout his four years of tennis, he says his favorite memories have been on the Anchorage Invitational team trips. \u201cThey were a great way to spend time with the team and have fun and get experience,\u201d he says, especially remembering \u201cplaying card games and getting food\u201d with the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After graduating high school, Isaac hopes to attend college somewhere outside of Alaska and \u201cdefinitely keep playing tennis.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He says he will miss the high school team, especially the \u201cfun coaches, teammates, and environment at practice.\u201d Isaac hopes to be remembered for his \u201cbright pink tennis shoes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
RILEY DALE<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Riley Dale hits a forehand return during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Dale has played four seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
Riley began playing tennis during the summer before her freshman year, taking lessons with Coach Mona Mametsuka, like many new tennis players in Juneau.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019s enjoyed all four years on the team, but her favorite memories are \u201cwinning girls\u2019 doubles in the region tournament\u201d during her junior year and \u201changing out and watching movies with the team,\u201d she says. Riley believes her freshman-year self would be surprised by how much she has grown and improved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last year, Riley was chosen to represent JDHS at the 2025 ASAA Girls\u2019 Doubles Tennis Tournament with her partner, current senior Aurora Madsen, and hopes to compete in the event again this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After graduating high school, Riley hopes to attend nursing school and earn her CRNA license in pediatric anesthesia. She also hopes to continue playing tennis for fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
DAN DEGENER<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Dan Degener hits a forehand shot during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Degener has played three seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
Dan Degener is a third-year tennis player on the team. His teammates know him for his laid-back nature and fondness for shawarma.<\/p>\n
He started playing tennis during his sophomore year of high school, taking lessons with Coach Mona Mametsuka.<\/p>\n
Dan was chosen to represent JDHS at the 2025 ASAA Boys\u2019 Doubles Tennis Tournament last year, with his partner, current sophomore Isaac Kirsch, and hopes to compete again this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During each season, Dan has managed being a multi-sport athlete, often coming straight from cross-country practice to tennis practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dan notes that he particularly enjoys \u201ctraveling with the tennis team and making memories.\u201d His biggest piece of advice to younger players on the team would be to \u201ckeep playing during the off-season,\u201d which he points out makes a big difference in maintaining skill consistency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
After high school, Dan plans to study mechanical engineering at a college on the West Coast. He also hopes to keep playing tennis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
KATHERINE HEIB<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Katherine Heib waits to return a ball during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Heib has played three seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
Katherine is a third-year player on the team, having started the summer before her sophomore year of high school. Tennis is the first sport she has played, which was difficult for her, but also extremely rewarding. She\u2019s enjoyed building her endurance and agility each day at practice and hopes her teammates remember her for \u201cthe significant effort\u201d she put in and her \u201centhusiasm on the court.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her advice to younger players on the team is to \u201ckeep going at it. Even if you have a day where none of your shots go in, you just have to keep going.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After graduating high school, she hopes to study anthropology or a history-related subject. She also hopes to keep playing tennis for fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
STAHLY SHEEHAN<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Stahly Sheehan hits a forehand return during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Sheehan, who has 11 years of hockey in Juneau, has played one season of tennis with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
Stahly Sheehan is playing her first year on the team, having started tennis just two months ago \u201cjust to try something new,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
However, Stahly is a lifelong hockey player who will be entering her 11th year in the sport this winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her biggest struggle has been joining the tennis team later than her teammates, but she notes that this season has been \u201csuper fun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her favorite memory from the season was an intense mixed doubles match at the Anchorage Invitational earlier this month. She recounts a \u201creally difficult but really fun tiebreaker,\u201d in which she won the match with her teammate, current sophomore Oscar Lamb, against a mixed doubles team from West Anchorage High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hopes to be remembered by her team for her \u201csilly and fun attitude at practices.\u201d<\/p>\n
After graduating high school, Stahly hopes to study psychology at a university down south and keep playing tennis for fun.<\/p>\n
NOTE:\u00a0JDHS senior Aurora Madsen is in her third year as editor of the school’s newspaper, the Crimson Chronicle. Madsen is also a contributor to the Juneau Independent. Following is her senior tennis profile.<\/p>\n
AURORA MADSEN<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Aurora Madsen follows through after hitting a forehand shot during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Madsen has played four seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n
\u00a0Aurora is a fourth-year player on the team, having started playing tennis her freshman year of high school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aurora represented JDHS at the 2025 ASAA Girls\u2019 Doubles Tennis Tournament last year with her partner, current senior Riley Dale, and hopes to compete again this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her favorite memories with the team have been getting froyo and jumping into Auke Lake after practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She believes her freshman-year self would be proud of the hard work she has put in and happy to see it has paid off.<\/p>\n
After graduating high school, Aurora plans to study engineering at a university on the West Coast and continue playing tennis for fun.<\/p>\n
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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 senior Aurora Madsen serves during the Region V tennis championships at The Alaska Club in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Madsen has played four seasons with the Crimson Bears. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crimson Bears seniors reflect on careers during Region V tournament The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9 tennis team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-905822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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