For those of you who limit your bakersfield.com use to the work week, well, first of all, shame on you. Your weekend fun is here, not at the beach.

No, no, I'm kidding. Hope you had a fantastic Fourth of July. But you did miss the first few installments of the Year in Review segments we're doing here at School House Zach. We'll be doing a recap of one sport from the past school year each day. Here's a linked index to help you catch up, sport by sport:

July 3: Football
July 4: Volleyball
July 5: Boys cross country
July 6: Girls cross country

Today, we move on to the next fall sport on my list, girls tennis.

2007-08 Kern County GIRLS TENNIS

Outlook: It certainly was an intriguing year, with a No. 5-seeded team — Liberty's Estefiana Limpias and Darcy Smith — winning the Central Section doubles title, a big turnaround in the singles final and section titles from Stockdale, Garces and Bakersfield Christian.

Best player: Within a few points of the Central Section title, Bakersfield Christian sophomore Lyndsay Cooke couldn't close out Visalia-Redwood's Gabrielle Gatewood — after taking the first set 6-0, she lost the second in a tiebreaker and the third 6-3. Still, Cooke was unbeaten to that point and clearly was the best player in Kern County.
Honorable mention: Estefiana Limpias, Liberty; Darcy Smith, Liberty; Nancy Ramirez, East; Frances Ellison, Stockdale

Best team: No doubt it was Stockdale, which survived a semifinal test against Clovis East 5-4 before ripping Redwood 7-2 in the championship. The Mustangs lacked a dominant player but enjoyed depth unmatched in the section.
Honorable mention: Liberty, Bakersfield Christian, East, Garces, Highland

Best event: Between Limpias and Smith making a run past Stockdale's top two doubles teams and Cooke's untimely lapse in the singles final, the section's individual competition takes the cake. There was intrigue everywhere you turned.
Honorable mention: Stockdale 5, Clovis East 4, Division I playoffs; East 5, Visalia-Mt. Whitney 4, Division II playoffs; Bakersfield Christian 6, SLO-Mission Prep 3, Division V playoffs.

A look ahead: The best news for Cooke after the section final loss is that she was only a sophomore; I'd expect her to reign over the section for the next two years. Ramirez, meanwhile, was just a freshman at East. On the team scale, there's no reason Stockdale can't repeat as the D-I champ.

Tomorrow: Girls golf