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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PHOTOS: Lewiston girls' tennis serves up win over Hampden
Lewiston’s No. 1 singles player Abby Svor follows through on a backhand during her match against Hampden Academy’s Elise Lynn on Friday afternoon in Lewiston. Svor defeated Lynn 6-2, 6-2. Lewiston moved to 11-0 on the season with a 5-0 victory. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Lewiston’s No. 1 singles player Abby Svor winds up for a […]
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Face Time: Joseph Crocker, working the court
Joseph Crocker knows his way around a tennis court, so much so that in January he accepted the Maine Tennis Association’s 2017 Recreation Department of the Year award on behalf of Lewiston Recreation. Crocker’s been a program coordinator for almost two years and in the recreational field in one way or another for 12. He’s […]
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Girls' tennis: Coach steps up to save Oxford Hills' season, other schools help out
Coach Elizabeth Cheevers-Youngs, left, with the Oxford Hills tennis team, Megan Mitchell, Paige Lord, Culiandra Nero, Hanna Ney, Gabrielle Bergeron, Olivia Rowe and Hunter Roast. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — When practices got underway March 26, the Oxford Hills girls’ tennis team was unsure if it was going to have a season. That’s because the […]
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College roundup: Bates' Fakorede claims New England title
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Bates College senior Adedire Fakorede claimed his third consecutive New England discus title Friday at the New England Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at MIT. Fakorede’s throw of 171 feet, 9 inches, was more than 7 feet longer than the runner-up. Also for the Bobcats, sophomore Brendan Donohue finished second […]
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Tennis news and notes: Teams still feeling the effects of the weather
For teams across the region, it has been a slow start to the tennis season as Mother Nature has played havoc with the schedule since the season officially got underway on April 12. There are some teams, like the Mountain Valley boys, who had their first regular season match this past Saturday against Hall-Dale — […]