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Tragically Beautiful: Locked Tennis Courts

Last Saturday was a beautiful sunny day in my hometown. It was also perfectly windy. It is Wichita Falls, after all. Lately I have been making a point of hitting serves on windy days while facing the sun. My plan to hit a couple of baskets of serves with some backboard work for a full workout was thwarted by a red ball kids tournament fully occupying all the courts at the club. (Huzzah!) This is what brought me to the tragically locked gates of a local junior high school blocking my access to beautiful tennis courts and a backboard.