Middle school tennis league marks 30 years

The year was 1995. Bill Clinton was the president of the United States, Gary Johnson was the governor of New Mexico and “Forrest Gump” won the Oscar for best picture. Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf won at Wimbledon. Meanwhile, in Albuquerque, junior tennis was not holding serve. The city’s high school programs were feeling the effects. Few kids other than those who’d grown up with the sport, at ...