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Chris Hill’s journey from tennis dreams to winning an Open Championships Eagle

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:30 pm
Chris Hill’s journey from tennis dreams to winning an Open Championships Eagle
Greg Thomas, left, and Chris Hill won the 2016 USBC Open Championships doubles Eagle with 1,401. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Chris Hill once was a very good tennis player, but it didn’t take him long to realize his talent didn’t match up with his dreams. Hill played on a conference championship team in college at Valparaiso University and in 2001 was the No. 1 ranked player in the Wisconsin men’s adult open division. He even taught tennis for a while and played weekends with guys “who were super high ranked once,” he said in a recent interview. “I quickly learned that those guys...