Lewiston High School tennis players Caden Smith, left, and Ben St. Laurent return shots during their singles matches at the Class A North regional championship against Brunswick at Colby College in Waterville on Wednesday. (David Leaming/Waterville Morning Sentinel) WATERVILLE — Lewiston gave Camden Hills a fight in Wednesday’s Class A North regional boys’ tennis final […]
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Girls Tennis: Underclassmen leading young Blue Devils
Lewiston’s Abby Svor tosses a ball during a serve Saturday morning’ during her match against Camden Hills. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Anita Murphy has been at the helm of the Lewiston girls’ tennis team for 40 years, so one might think she has seen everything in her coaching career. Well, 2018 was a first […]
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Girls' tennis: Wailus battles for her point as Lewiston reaches the regional final
Lewiston’s No. 2 doubles player Jillian Pelletier hits a backhand during Saturday’s match against Camden Hills. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The Lewiston girls’ Class A had won three out of four matches, so their regional semifinal tennis match against Camden Hills has long been decided. That didn’t diminish what happened in the third singles […]
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Boys' tennis: Hall-Dale zips past Dirigo in C South semis
Dirigo’s Brandon Harris returns a shot in a doubles tennis match against Hall-Dale Saturday morning at Hall-Dale High School. (Jennifer Bechard photos) FARMINGDALE — End-of-match drama never materialized in Hall-Dale’s semifinal boys tennis meeting against Dirigo on Saturday. The Bulldogs pulled off a couple of unexpected wins in third singles and second doubles and coasted […]
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Boys' tennis: Blue Devils breeze past Brunswick for regional final berth
Lewiston’s No. 3 singles player Sam Frechette hits a drop-shot winner during Saturday’s boys’ team tennis playoff match against Brunswick’s Nuri Rosen. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Ethan Weiss and Jeremy Hepler wasted no time Saturday. Lewiston’s No. 2 doubles team, who grinded out a three-set match Thursday to clinch a victory over Hampden Academy, […]
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H.S. tennis: Lewiston boys grind out a victory, girls cruise into semis
Julia Svor, from Lewiston, plays in the tennis quarterfinals at Lewiston High School on Thursday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Four words from Lewiston’s boys’ second doubles player Ethan Weiss summed up not only his and Jeremy Hepler’s match, but also the Blue Devils’ entire contest against Hampden Academy in the Class A North quarterfinals […]
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Forester, Grace Campanella win MPA tennis titles
PORTLAND — Indoor tennis in late May always carries with it an antiseptic air, absent sun and wind and noise from passing traffic. On Monday afternoon inside the Racket & Fitness Center, yet another element was missing: partisanship. Both girls and boys championship matches of the Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament pitted teammates against […]
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H.S. tennis: Lewiston freshman Svor reaches state quarterfinals
Alex Klemperer of Falmouth reaches during a volley with Clay Canterberry of Freeport during MPA state singles tennis championships at the Racket and Fitness Center on Saturday. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Like 56 other players at the Maine Principals’ Association tournament, Abby Svor’s singles season came to an end at The Racket and […]
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MPA singles tourney: Lewiston’s Abby Svor among top seeds to advance to Round of 16
Lewiston High School’s Abby Svor sets to return a forehand during her match Friday against Eleanor Bridgers of MDI in Portland. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — It was good to be a seeded player Friday in the first round of the Maine Principals’ Association singles tournament. Aside from the obvious — the extra rest and […]
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H.S. tennis notes: Doubles tournament returns to KVAC
This past Saturday, boys’ and girls’ doubles teams across the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference squared off at Lewiston High School to decide the best doubles teams in the conference. The KVAC doubles tournament had been played in the past, but was shelved because of scheduling issues. However, there was a desire to bring it back. […]