Tennis twins II: Berardis bear down for Bradshaw Mtn.
April 15, 2011
by
Don Ketchum,
AZPreps365
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By Don Ketchum
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With their high school athletics days starting to dwindle to a precious few, Nick and Bob Berardi want to make sure they wrap up their careers with a noteworthy achievement. "="">
Their goal is to claim the Division II tennis doubles championship. The tournament began on Friday (April 15) at the Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale.
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The top-seeded fraternal twins from Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, will have a first-round bye and begin play on Saturday (April 16) at 5 p.m. against Dan Goldstein and Andrew Good of Tucson Catalina Foothills. The winner will get a two-week break and resume play on April 29.
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The Berardis enter this match with a lot of motivation. They fell to another Catalina Foothills team, John Perkin and Brandon Anhart, in last year’s semifinals, and were defeated by a team from Phoenix Sunnyslope in the third-place match.
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“Knowing Catalina Foothills, that team we play is going to be very good,’’ said Nick Berardi. “The team we played last year also was very good. We were off our last two matches. I would have a hot game and Bob wouldn’t or he would have a hot game and I wouldn’t. We just weren’t consistent, couldn’t put anything together.’’
