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The Wheelersburg men's tennis team has a strong 16-3 record in 2026, led by five senior players. Coach Jodi Ruby praises the team's growth and eagerness to improve throughout the season.
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For many years now, the athletic programs across the Wheelersburg Local School District have typically found themselves at or near the top of the heap.
That’s no different with the Wheelersburg men’s tennis program in 2026.
With a 16-3 overall record and a 9-3 mark in SOC competition, Jodi Ruby’s outfit has been highly competitive throughout the year both inside and outside of the SOC realm.
Ruby credits that to the work of each of her 11 kids — and the five senior leaders who are heading the group’s efforts in 2026, including upperclassmen in Isaac Mott, Brady Schomburg, Kody Evans, Alex Richey and Mason Billiter.
“They have been an amazing group to coach this year,” Ruby said. “The seniors that I’ve had for four years have just shown tremendous growth. Even the freshmen that are new are growing and improving with every match. They’re just a fun group of boys to coach. They just soak up everything that I and my assistant, Wes Bussey, tell them. We can tell them to go out there and try just about anything, and they’ll do it. They’re just eager to grow, learn and be better than they were the match before. It’s been a lot of fun and an amazing season to watch so far.”
Evans, who has firmly entrenched himself as Wheelersburg’s No. 1 singles talent, leads the singles lineup. Fellow teammates in junior hand Luke Sarver and freshman Cash Watkins follow Evans up.
Evans ultimately finished the 2026 regular season with a 16-3 overall record, while Sarver and Watkins each finished 14-5 overall.
As the top gun, Evans’ only losses on the year were to Waverly’s No. 1 singles talent, Carson Nibert, as well as a nonconference setback to Chillicothe in a match that Wheelersburg still pulled out by a 3-2 margin.
“Kody was the No. 1 last year as well,” Ruby said. “His spot’s not new to him, but this season, his play is just night and day to what it was last year. He just grows with every single match. It’s just phenomenal to watch how he performs out there on that court.”
Sarver and Watkins combined to go 28-10 in their singles positions during the regular season. Both return for 2027 to add to what will most likely be yet another competitive Wheelersburg lineup once again.
“Luke’s game’s also grown,” Ruby said. “He started out the season a little rough, just because he was trying to find his groove. With a little bit of suggesting from me and Wes, he’s picked up on it and done tremendous. Cash has slid into that No. 3 singles slot really nicely. He’s just fit that gap that I knew that I was going to have.”
Wheelersburg’s four remaining seniors fill out the doubles order for Ruby’s squad.
Schomburg and Billiter, who are also 14-5 at the No. 1 doubles position, have accomplished their record despite playing with one another for the first time in 2026. Together, they won six out of their last seven doubles contests to end the regular season.
“This is their first year playing together,” Ruby said of Schomburg and Billiter. “They have meshed well. They’re really good together. They communicate, which is very important in a doubles team, and they are vocal, which is a lot of fun to watch. They really get into their match. Their first couple of matches was just getting some of the kinks worked out, getting to know each other and their feel for how they wanted to cover the court with each other. They’re going to be a strong contender in the SOC Tournament as well as sectionals.”
The Wheelersburg men's tennis team has an overall record of 16-3 in 2026.
The senior leaders are Isaac Mott, Brady Schomburg, Kody Evans, Alex Richey, and Mason Billiter.
The team has a 9-3 record in SOC competition.
The coach of the Wheelersburg men's tennis team is Jodi Ruby.
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Richey and Mott, who complete the main lineup at No. 2 doubles, have fit the trademark ‘Ol Reliable’ saying at the position. In fact, Richey and Mott didn’t lose a single doubles match from the season’s commencement on March 30 until April 24 — a span of over three weeks’ time.
The pair finished the year 17-2 overall.
“They’re still doing really well,” Ruby said. “We’ve really been thrilled with their results.”
Sophomore Josh Ferguson and freshmen Grant Warner, Eli Salyers and Colton Wilson, who have served as Wheelersburg’s junior varsity players for the duration of the season, complete the remaining lineup. At the time Ruby was interviewed on April 26, the quartet had gone undefeated.
Their play has kept the pressure on the main seven individuals in the main lineup for Ruby’s unit, which has led to a group that Ruby, along with Wheelersburg assistant coach Wes Bussey, has enjoyed coaching immensely.
“They know what to do,” Ruby said. “They go out there and they get the job done. It’s nice because we’ve been working hard in practice, and that makes the matches easier for us. They’re all coachable kids. All 11 of the kids that I have are that way. I’m truly blessed with a group of boys that love the game and love to work on things. Their goal is to get better, and they do it in every match.”
Two coaching items that Ruby has incorporated into her wheel, she says, has seemed to help.
First, Ruby gives each of her players a newsletter, which she calls a tennis talk, that goes over what each particular player can improve on. That also includes a quote from a tennis pro.
“When I have given them those things to think about, I have actually seen them do some of that stuff in the match,” Ruby said. “That makes it really nice.”
Secondly, Ruby gives her seven varsity starters — the singles trio of Evans, Sarver and Watkins and the doubles tandems of Schomburg and Billiter along with Richey and Mott, a card after every match, which Ruby refers to as a drop shot.
That ‘drop shot’ consists of the player’s singles or doubles record, something that each player did well at, and something that Ruby wants that singles or doubles player to work on.
“They want to be the best tennis players that they can be, represent themselves and Wheelersburg the best that they can, and at the same time, grow as a player and have fun,” Ruby said. “I want them to have fun out there. The tennis season is too short to be angry or upset about how one is playing. When a mistake is made, you just have to move onto the next point. They’ve done pretty well at that.”
With a highly competitive SOC that includes fellow frontrunners in Clay and Waverly as well as teams capable of giving the Panthers, Pirates and Tigers top run in New Boston Glenwood, Minford, Valley and West, Ruby has continued to reinforce to her team the importance of not underestimating any match that Wheelersburg comes across, particularly as the SOC Championships are played on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“I tell them all the time, ‘We have to take every match as it comes and take it one point at a time,’” Ruby said. “We never, ever enter a match thinking that we’ve got it. Tennis is a different sport. In singles play, you don’t have a teammate to lean on like in basketball or football, and 80 percent of tennis is in your head. When you get in your head, that’s when mistakes usually arise and really start to affect your game as a result. I tell my boys, ‘One point at a time. One game at a time. Try to forget about those errors and move past them.’ They’ve done a really good job at that.”