Lutz resident Samuel Frizelle placed second at the USTA (United States Tennis Association) Florida Level 3 Boy’s 14 Singles Championships on Jan. 16, at the Hunter’s Green Sports Center in Tampa. Frizelle advanced to the finals, before falling in three sets to Solomon Giles, of Pembroke Pines. The tournament featured more than 60 players from across the state. Frizelle, an eighth-grade home-school student, trains at Eric Dobsha Tennis Academy at Van Dyke Farms. Tennis Recruiting Network lists Frizelle as a four-star prospect, ranking him as the No. 15 player in Florida and No. 119 nationally for the 2022 recruiting class.
