JOURNAL SPORTS
For the first time since 2019, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Junior Tennis Classic will return to the Shreveport-Bossier area, hitting the courts on Saturday, April 6.
Registration for the Junior Tennis Classic is open now. Applicants can sign up online at RadianceTechnologiesIndependenceBowl.com/community-events.
The Junior Tennis Classic is a USTA Southern Level 5 Open tournament featuring singles and doubles format for boys and girls 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s. Matches will be played from Saturday, April 6 through Monday, April 8 primarily at Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club in Shreveport, with matches also possible at North Bossier Tennis Center and Cockrell Tennis Center in Shreveport.
The USTA Southern Section comprises the following nine states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. During the 2018 and 2019 Junior Tennis Classics, players and their families came to Shreveport-Bossier from all nine states. Current entrants hail from various states, including Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Kansas.
The singles draw will feature up to 16 entries for each age group, and doubles will have up to eight teams in each. Singles will be a “modified feed-in consolation” format, while doubles will be single elimination.
Boys and girls 12s and 18s will be played on hard courts, while boys and girls 14s and 16s will be played on clay. Admission to all match sites will be free and open to the public for the entirety of the tournament.
The Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl and Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club renewed the Junior Tennis Classic in 2018, bringing the tournament back for the first time since the early 1980s. The tournament is returning for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The 2024 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Junior Tennis Classic is supported by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, USTA, Louisiana Tennis Association, Carter Credit Union, CB&T, SOBO Promotions, Honeybaked Ham, Raising Cane’s, Coca-Cola Bottling United, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, Dillas Quesadillas and On the Geaux Catering. Sponsorships for the tournament are still available and include logo placement on signage and promotional materials. For sponsorship inquiries, contact Director of Events and Operations Jennifer Rider at jennifer@independencebowl.org or Director of Partnership Development Matt Shanklin at matt@independencebowl.org.
For more information, questions, or messages about the tournament, contact Tournament Director Hassan Abbas at hassan.potc@gmail.com.