MHS tennis court revamp includes pickleball lines

Middlesex High School (MHS) standout tennis player Maddie Green tries a backhand stroke as she practices pickleball this past fall on the revamped MHS courts. The tennis season for MHS and other Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck high schools starts this month. (Photo by Don Richeson)

Community invited to try out resurfaced courts weekends, after 5 p.m. on weekdays

by Don Richeson – 

Middlesex County Public Schools recently had Middlesex High School’s (MHS) tennis courts resurfaced and new nets added. Additionally, pickleball lines were added to two courts in hopes the community could get some more use out of the courts. There is also a revamped practice wall.

The courts are available for the public to use after 5 p.m. weekdays and dawn to dusk on the weekends, MHS Head Tennis Coach Matt Short told The Rivah Visitor’s Guide. 

“I’m also part of a small group of community tennis players that play at the courts on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m.-noon,” said Coach Short, a Technology Education teacher at St. Clare Walker Middle School in Locust Hill. “We’re always looking for new tennis players to join us.”

The courts are wired for easy installation of lights for after-dark play, but funds are currently unavailable for the installation. There are currently no public lighted tennis courts in Middlesex County, including at the Deltaville Community Association courts in Deltaville. 

Rivah Visitor's Guide Staff
Rivah Visitor's Guide Staff
The Rivah Visitor’s Guide provides information about places to go and things to do throughout the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region, from the York River to the Potomac River.

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