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PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh defended its home court with a sweep over Lake Placid in tennis Thursday. The lone point for the Bombers came in the girls’ No. 2 match as Raquel Arreaza won, 6-3, 6-4. But the rest of the day belonged to the Hornets. On the boys’ side, Ruhan Bamber won the No. 1 singles match, 6-1, 6-1, as the No. 2 was a forfeit, giving two points to PHS. The doubles matches all fell to Plattsburgh with Teddy Raut and Soumar Bachawaty at No. 1, Owen Doorey and Aiden Drolette at No. 2, and Kane Ready and Eli Wisonl at No. 3; all won in straight sets. On the girls’ side, Emma Slattery helped the Hornets split the singles’ points with a 6-2, 6-1 win. For doubles, the tandems of Mazie Sellars and Charlie Boule, Dana Lavalley and Resse Boire, and Elizabeth Chase and Delaney Faucher won the No. 1, No 2 and No.3 matches, respectively. — Boys Plattsburgh 5, Lake Placid 0 Singles No. 1 Bamber (PHS) def. Gotham (LP) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles No. 1- Raut/Bachawaty (PHS) def. Contreras/Munson (L...

CHAMPLAIN — NCCS and NAC met Monday at the net and both walked away with wins in tennis. The Bobcats took a 3-2 victory in boys’ tennis, as they won three doubles matches. In singles, however, Kaze Carpenter and Ben Bresnahan won in straight sets at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, respectively. NAC grabbed three points as Shane Gilmore and Kameron Chinchilla at No.1, Brycen LaBombard and Jake Manor at No. 2, and Milo Wilson and Corbin Darmour in the No. 3 won competitive matches. Two of three matches — the No. 2 and No. 3 — went three sets. On the girls’ side, it was a complete 5-0 sweep for NCCS. Allie Langlois and Talia Peryer won the singles matches at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. The doubles matches went in straight sets as Lucy Hicks and Shai Juneau at No. 1, Alexa Gregory and Tenley Peryer at No. 2, and Lexi Arno and Grace Prairie won at No. 3. — Boys NAC 3, NCCS 2 Singles No. 1- Carpenter (NCCS) def. Hatch (NAC) 6-1, 6-0 No. 2- Bresnahan (NCCS) def. Tucker (NAC) 6-3, 6-3 Double...

Oct. 21—MINNEAPOLIS — Singles play lifted the fourth-seeded Litchfield girls tennis team over fifth-seeded Pine City in the Class A state quarterfinals on Tuesday morning. Litchfield swept the singles matches in its 6-1 victory against Pine City at InnerCity Tennis. The win marks the second consecutive season that Litchfield has advanced to the state semifinals. It finished as the Class A state runner-up in 2024. Blake won 6-1 in the state championship. Litchfield advances to play top-seeded Breck in the Class A state semifinals at 8 a.m. Wednesday back at InnerCity Tennis. Breck beat Thief River Falls 6-1. "It feels great knowing that our team put in all this hard work — we earned it — and getting the win that we wanted feels amazing for our team," Litchfield's Emma Wuotila said. "We earned this together." Wuotila, a junior who has been a mainstay at No. 3 singles for a second straight year, kicked off the quarterfinal match with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Alys...

EBENSBURG, Pa. – Strong collective play from across the lineup helped the Central Cambria girls tennis squad repeat as District 6 Class 2A team champions Thursday with a 5-0 victory over second-seeded Westmont Hilltop at Ebensburg Tennis Center. The top-seeded Red Devils won their second straight district team title and sixth overall. Thursday was the 11th consecutive year Central Cambria and Westmont Hilltop met in the district team championship match. Central Cambria also won in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024. Westmont Hilltop prevailed in 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023 against its fellow Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference foes. “We feel both teams have really good tennis players at each singles and doubles positions,” Central Cambria co-head coaches Jeff Livermore and Jim White said. “We know Westmont Hilltop is well-coached and has a great program in our district and knew it would be a difficult challenge. We are very proud of our team and how well they competed today to win th...

Sep. 30—The No. 9 seeded Austin girls tennis team lost a Section 1AA play-in match to No. 8 Albert Lea 7-0 in AL Tuesday. The Packers finish with a record of 0-14 overall as a team. Singles No. 1 Gaby Tufte (AL) def. Yazmine Huerta (A) 6-0, 6-3 No. 2 Lauren Schuhmacher (AL) def. Sophia Meyer (A) 7-6 (7), 3-6, 10-4 No. 3 Paige Rasmussen (AL) def. Gisele Hinks (A) 6-0, 6-3 No. 4 Isabelle Tufte (AL) def. Lucy Annis (A) 6-0, 6-0 Doubles No. 1 Brooke Tufte/Ellery Schewe (AL) def. Isabelle Owens/Kayla Ball (A) 6-2, 6-1 No. 2 Anna Shaw/Evalyn Holcomb (AL) def. Megan Grush/Lydia Masara (A) 6-0, 6-0 No. 3 Carley Ladlie/Evelyn Koepke (AL) def. Paw Clay/Eve Snater (A) 6-3, 6-1 * This article was originally published here

The Pirates played host to EIAC foe Lawrenceburg Tuesday in tennis action. Greensburg notched the 4-1 victory. At No. 1 singles, Greensburg's Mason McNulty defeated Safaviyan in a super tie-breaker 6-3, 2-6, 10-4. At No. 2 singles, Greensburg's Will Weber knocked off Bray 6-2, 6-3. Greensburg's Brody Sanders lost the No. 3 singles match 6-3, 6-4 to Frickle. Greensburg's No. 1 doubles team of Reece Chapman and Wade Schutte defeated Wunderlich and Plumb 6-2, 6-2. At No. 2 doubles, Greensburg's Max Buening and Jaxson Phillips rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win against Plumb and Tufts. In junior varsity action, Logan Fisse won 8-2. Luke Schwering also won 6-2. The doubles team of Jonah Wheat and Simeon Wheat won 8-4. Batesville The Bulldogs hosted Waldron in a tight match Tuesday with the Mohawks edging the Bulldogs 3-2. Batesville's Jevan Smith won the No. 2 singles match 6-2, 6-2. At No. 3 singles, Batesville's Carson Meyer prevailed 6-2, 6-1. At No. 1 singles, Batesvil...

The Carl Junction girls' tennis team logged a pair of wins over Joplin and Webb City in a three-team round-robin Wednesday at Joplin High School. Joplin vs. Webb City In the first battle of the day, Joplin (7-10) won one of three doubles matches and four of six singles matches to claim a 5-4 win over Webb City (1-4). In the No. 1 doubles match, Joplin’s Lylah Fry and Lily Compton fell 8-2 to the Webb City duo of Maecy Beverlin and Katelyn Cox. The Cardinals also claimed the No. 2 doubles match when Lorelai Fisher and Sadae Reid defeated Joplin’s Julia Reyes-Alvarado and Louisa Curchin 8-5. Joplin closed in on the Cardinals with a win in No. 3 doubles when Kylea Thulleson and Elaina Ramos held on for an 8-6 win over Webb City’s Aubrey Peterson and Aranza Gamez. In single’s action, the Cardinals No. 1, Beverlin, beat Joplin’s Reyes-Alvardo 8-4, but dropped the No. 2 match when Joplin’s Fry defeated Peterson 8-5. Joplin’s Thullesen fell 8-5 to Webb’s Fisher in the No. 3 singles match,...

Aug. 17—PARK RAPIDS — The Minnewaska girls tennis team had a singles player and a doubles team go undefeated in four matches at the Park Rapids Invitational on Saturday. The Lakers finished second in the five-team tournament with 20 points. Fergus Falls took first place with 20. Senior Addy Heid went 4-0 at No. 2 singles for Minnewaska. That included three-set wins over East Grand Forks' Madi Wallace (2-6, 6-4, 15-13) and Park Rapids' Haley Larson (5-7, 6-4, 10-6). At No. 2 doubles, Lakers junior Norah Vanzee and freshman Clara Rankin won two three-set matches en route to a 4-0 record. The pair beat Fergus Falls' Carsyn Lill and Dillyn Lill 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-5 and East Grand Forks' Daisy Omang and Adelie King 3-6, 6-3, 10-3. Freshman Isabelle Wallin was 3-1 at No. 4 singles. The senior doubles team of Alia Randt and Olivia Danielson also went 3-1 for the Lakers. Minnewaska competes in a quadrangular at Litchfield at 9 a.m. Wednesday along with Willmar and Rock Ridge. * ...

WASHINGTON — Now in her eighth year as a professional tennis player, Hailey Baptiste doesn’t get rattled very easily. But when the 23-year-old Washington native was asked to attend Saturday’s unveiling of the men’s and women’s draws for the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Rock Creek Creek Park Tennis Center, she had some reservations. “I hate looking at the draw,” she acknowledged more than 30 minutes before the ceremony kicked off at 3 p.m. “I usually never do [look]. [But] they want me there, and it’s my home tournament. So I’ll do it today.” As much as Baptiste might have hated the exercise, she was the star of the draw. More than 100 fans — standing and seated — crowded a makeshift stage to get a glimpse at the upcoming matches. And when Baptiste was introduced to the crowd, she earned the biggest round of applause and cheers among the handful of speakers who took the microphone. A few minutes later, Baptiste learned that she will open her stay at the tournament against No. 6 seed Sofia K...

Jun. 9—LEWISTON — The only thing different for the Yarmouth boys tennis team was the seeding. The second-seeded Clippers won their sixth straight Class B South championship Monday, shutting out No. 1 Lincoln Academy 5-0 at Bates College. It is the third straight year they have defeated the Eagles to reach the state final, doing so as the top seed in 2023 and '24. In Class A South, Falmouth returned to the final for the second straight year and fifth in seven seasons with a 4-1 win over Thornton Academy. The Class C South boys final between Waynflete and Maine Central Institute was in progress at press time. From Spain to a final While the Clippers were in the B South final last year, their No. 1 player was not. Andre Violette played second singles as a sophomore, but spent his junior season abroad in Spain at the Emilio Sanchez American School, a school and tennis academy in Barcelona. Violette, a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Eli Melanson on Monday, said he was happy to contribute to a tit...

May 20—FARGO, N.D. — The Minnewaska boys tennis team is headed back to state. The top-seeded Lakers clinched their second straight Section 8A team championship with a 6-1 victory over third-seeded Crookston Tuesday at the Courts Plus Tennis Center. Minnewaska is state bound for the third time in four seasons (2025, '24, '22). The Class A team state tournament takes place on June 3-4 at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis. The Lakers swept doubles play against the Pirates. At No. 1 doubles, senior Riley Thorfinnson and sophomore Marshall Kopp beat Crookston's Hudson Rick and Jack Everett, 7-6, 7-5. Then at No. 2 doubles, sophomore Landon Schiffler and freshman Xavier Johnson also won 7-6, 7-5 over Crookston's Colton Osborn and Alex Zammert. Minnewaska freshmen Carson Beyer and Easton Palmer completed the doubles sweep at No. 3, 6-3, 6-2. Tenzin Dahl, Drew Bleick and Carter LeClair all won at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 singles for the Lakers. Dahl beat Reggie Winjum,...

Apr. 11—WILLMAR — After 13 years away, Brandt Lager is back patrolling the courts for the Willmar boys tennis team. An assistant coach for the Cardinals from 2009-12 under coaches Loren Holter and Jim Anderson, Lager jumped into the head coach role this spring. He replaces Forrest Rice. "I actually coached Forrest," Lager said. "He was on the team the last year I coached." Lager added: "I just got the opportunity. When I coached before, my joke was that I'd have four kids in between and get back into tennis." Well, Lager has his four kids now. "I'm back at it," he said. Now, he's hoping to rebuild a Cardinals tennis squad that went 1-9 in the Central Lakes Conference last season and lost in the opening round of the Section 8AA-South tournament. Lager has tried to get players back that previously played tennis. He also recruited athletes looking for a spring sport while acting as a site supervisor during boys basketball games at the hi...

Apr. 9—SEATTLE — Eastern Washington women's tennis fell on the road against non-conference opponent Seattle Redhawks 6-1. "I'm definitely happy with the win Olivia [Marais] had at the five in singles. I thought she played her game and used her strengths. She showed excellent fight and I'm super happy for her to get that win," head coach Dustin Hinson said in a release from Eastern Washington Athletics. "The overall takeaway message from today is to learn from and build off of the match. All the girls on the team are definitely on board with that idea. This is one [match] that we have to learn from and be prepared for next weekend, as we have two big conference matches at home. Today, I want the team to learn and build on our game, so we are ready to go and fight next weekend," he said. Freshman Olivia Marais battled aggressively to win at No. 5 singles, defeating Larissa Teramura in a contested 7-5 first set. Marais then closed out Teramura in the second...

Apr. 8—EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers girls tennis team went on the road and pulled off a tight 3-2 win over the Ellensburg Bulldogs on Thursday. It was a hard-fought win. The Tigers would drop both singles matches, putting them in a 0-2 deficit. From there, it would be left to the doubles matchups. However, head coach Emily Allsopp was confident. "I told my girls that we need to just play the tennis that we know we can play and focus on the basics," she said. The Tigers stayed true to that goal in their doubles matches, winning all three to secure a comeback victory. The first doubles match was won in two sets by Erika Morford and Ali Helaas. It was much closer in doubles two and three, and it took the Tigers three sets to pull off the comeback. Jessica Mathis and Lilly Brewer had to stick it out the longest against the Bulldogs. They won the first set 6-4, dropped the second 3-6, then retook momentum, winning the third set after being down 0-4 and fighting back to 6-4. Allsop...