Palisadians Lead Comeback as Eagles Take Third Tennis Title in Four Years
Walker Kehrer and Casey Grindon have played many pressure-packed tennis matches at Brentwood. However, neither had been part of a comeback quite like last week’s Southern Section Division II final against San Marino at The Claremont Club. The Eagles won the last five sets to even the match at 9-9. Total games were counted to determine a winner but the teams remained tied at 75 apiece. So the players took the courts again for a series of tiebreakers and finally, after three and a half hours, Brentwood prevailed 12-6 for its second straight CIF championship and third in four years. Senior co-captains, Kehrer and Grindon not only led their school to victory, the Pacific Palisades pair also shared a piece of history by winning championships in three different CIF divisions in their four years on varsity. Kehrer surprised the team by announcing he’d be in the lineup for the first time in weeks following a shoulder injury and he did his part in regulation, winning two of his three doubles sets. Grindon and his partner Caleb Baer did the same, then beat the Titans’ top duo of Nick Chang and Lestter Yeh for the clinching tiebreaker point. Brentwood has reached 11 straight section finals. The victory added an exclamation point to Kehrer’s high school career. A highly-ranked junior player in the boys 18s, he is headed for Stanford.
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