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Eagle Tennis Club

How Local Media Covered the Club

From groundbreaking to closure, Eagle Tennis Club was covered across Treasure Valley media. KTVB, BoiseDev, the Idaho Business Review, the Idaho Statesman, and others documented the club's rise and its final days. These pieces tell the story from the outside — worth a read if you want the full picture.

How ETA Started

When the club closed, hundreds of Treasure Valley players were left without a place to train — beginners and tournament competitors, young kids and lifelong adult players alike. The coaches who'd built their careers there were suddenly without a home base too. Practically overnight, the region's tennis infrastructure was gone.

The people who loved this game in the valley weren't willing to let that be the end of it. A group of local coaches and former players started asking a simple question: what if we just built something new? Not a fancy facility — they didn't have one — but a real, structured program that could serve every player in the area, no matter their age, level, or which school they went to.

The answer turned out to be straightforward: use what was already here. Eagle High School's outdoor courts were available and excellent. The coaches had their experience, their certifications, and — most importantly — the trust of a community that already knew them.

From a Community Clinic to a Curriculum

What began as an emergency community clinic in the spring of 2025 quickly became something more deliberate. A real curriculum took shape. Returning college players — many of whom had grown up in this same valley — came back to coach and mentor. Age groups were organized. A program emerged.

Eagle Tennis Academy launched in the summer of 2025. The goal was simple: keep great tennis alive in the Treasure Valley, and make it open to everyone who wanted to play.