C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â Whenever a sports team is overcoming the odds and soaring to great heights, thereâs an oft-quoted maxim players love to go to â something along the lines of, âWe werenât supposed to be here.â
Well, the 2021 Mount Pleasant boys tennis team â the same group that has a chance to win its fourth consecutive conference title this season â almost WASNâT here.
Literally.
As the season dawned, Tigers coach Elizabeth Webb learned that sheâd have just four players available, partly because of the graduation of three key seniors and partly because of coronavirus concerns. Usually, a tennis team features at least six players, and many squads have twice that many.