Timko sisters

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The Timko Sisters of Houston, Pennsylvania became the first girls to win a WPIAL Boys Doubles Tennis Title.

Karli, 17, and Tanya, 16, were students of Chartiers-Houston High School. They became involved in male tennis when the school failed to provide a girls tennis team due to lack of interest.[1] The sisters eventually defeated Tin Chu and Drew Gallatin of Thomas Jefferson (6-2, 6-1) for the title. Tanya, will be competing her senior year against the boys again. This time, without her sister.[2]

Family

Their father, Mike Timko, was quarterback for West Virginia University in the mid-1980s.[3] There he met his wife, Shari Retton, a four-time All-American gymnast, who was later inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2001.[4] Shari’s younger sister, Mary Lou Retton, was the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around gold in gymnastics. Ronnie Retton, the girls’ grandfather, captained West Virginia University’s 1959 NCAA runner-up basketball team, team member of Jerry West, as well as played minor league baseball for the Yankees.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/2009-05-02-tennis-sisters-win_N.htm
  2. ↑ http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30535804/%20NBC%20Sports
  3. ↑ http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/44272297.html
  4. ↑ http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/44272297.html

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