{"id":264639,"date":"2025-11-01T09:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T09:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264639\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T09:16:09","slug":"kalamazoo-area-tennis-p-central-phenom-completes-perfect-season-with-state-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264639\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalamazoo-area tennis: P-Central phenom completes perfect season with state title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/highschoolsports\/\" title=\"Navigate to High School Sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High School Sports<\/a>Updated: Oct. 31, 2025, 9:57 p.m.|Published: Oct. 31, 2025, 2:59 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"MHSAA Division 4 boys tennis state championship 2025\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GXLNBD7GKJGGZKO7L7BYF6W42Y.JPG\"\/>A view of the indoor matches during the MHSAA Division 4 boys tennis state championship at the Greater Midland Tennis Center on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"N5DJWMUOL5E7BPFOP7NFUX5YEI\">A few more bounces his way and Sam Schumacher could have very well walked away with the state\u2019s ultimate prize last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5YFCOV2VDJDIDHLMFGNQ2YS3IQ\">But that eventual loss only made him stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Ehler is a sports reporter for MLive.com and covers local sports in Kalamazoo, including high school sports and Western Michigan University athletics. Matthew has gained experience covering high school&#8230; more<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High School SportsUpdated: Oct. 31, 2025, 9:57 p.m.|Published: Oct. 31, 2025, 2:59 p.m.A view of the indoor matches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-264639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}