Top-seeded players have historically cleaned up at the Cook Inlet Conference tennis championships, but this year’s boys doubles bracket was messy. The title was up for grabs and the stiff competition brought out the best in the field as third-set tiebreakers were...
Anchorage tennis player Charlie Rush is going to Rome. OK, it’s Rome, Georga, but it might as be the Eternal City because the thrill of winning a regional title and qualifying for a national event will stay with him forever. Rush and doubles partner Artem Manov...
Their names are Syriana Albritton, Hlee and Nou Lao, and Mimi Xiong, but you can call them the ‘Golden Girls’ after the seniors helped the Bartlett Golden Bears’ tennis team serve up a historic win last weekend. Experienced in the agony of a program that traditionally...
It took three matches and eight sets spread over two days for West’s Cyrus Clendaniel and Will Sedwick to tap out West Valley twins Jaken and Logan Reinheller at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Tennis State Championships. In a series separated by a knife’s edge,...
Anchorage tennis player Emma Lewis made her name in doubles at Bowdoin College, but her claim to fame came in singles. In 2012, she rallied for a thrilling three-set victory in the decisive match to lift Bowdoin to a 5-4 win over Middlebury in the NCAA D3 national...
Christine Hemry of Anchorage did not lose a game en route to posting her career-high 16th win of the season for the Westmont College tennis team. The sophomore posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory to help Westmont beat Arizona Christian 4-0 in the best-of-seven matchup in the...
Eagle River High School's Braden Olmstead graduates after an outstanding baseball career. His senior season was canceled due to COVID-19, but during his first three years of high school Braden was a two-time team MVP, at two-time All Conference pitcher, and a two-time...
South High School's Gage Webster is off to pitch for the University of Utah after a decorated high school career on the diamond and in the classroom. The left handed pitcher won numerous awards over his four years on the Wolverines varsity squad including being...
Dimond tennis standouts Layna and Kate Debenham won the girls doubles tennis State Championship three-straight years in their sophomore through senior years. The twin sisters remained undefeated for all three years they played tennis for the Lynx. They were also...
Anchorage’s Christine Hemry posted her first wins for Westmont College tennis in singles and doubles. She also suffered her first heartbreaking loss. Hemry dropped a topsy-turvy three-set decision at women’s No. 5 singles to Alice Marques of Fresno Pacific by a 6-0,...
Anchorage’s Eddie Lewis recently made Alaska tennis history after winning his first doubles match on the International Tennis Federation World Tour at a M15 Futures event in Guam. The 24-year-old second-year pro player joined Japan's Masayoshi Ono to defeat a Swedish...