With its 4-1 victory at home over Huntington North, the Norwell Knights’ tennis team was crowned Northeast 8 Conference champions for the sixth straight season on Saturday.
This season, head coach Holly Kimball’s squad did it with a perfect 7-0 record in conference play and is now 13-2 on the season. They’ll play their final match of the regular season on starting at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Carroll.
Individual results:
• Addy Heyerly (N) defeated Kylee Burnau 6-2, 6-0 at No.1. singles.
• Ava Christiansen (HN) defeated Delaney Hoover 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
• Macie Saalfrank (N) defeated Riley Wilson 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
• Annabelle Johnson and Macy Felger (N) defeated Morgan Betterly and Olivia Craig 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
• Jordyn Xayyachack and Ciera Hiester (N) defeated Reece Bomewitz and Kelsie Lundmann 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
The junior varsity tennis team won the junior varsity invitational at Norwell. The team won 5-0 over Huntington North and 4-1 over Columbia City. Their record is now 14-1.
Results for JV:
Vs. Huntington North
• Aubrey Meyer defeated Sarah Crist 8-2 at No. 1 singles.
• Gabbi Hoeppner defeated Elsa Fortney 8-3 at No. 2 singles.
• Lucy Gerbers won 8-5 at No. 3 singles.
• Hope Mitchell and Emmaline Johnson defeated Mia Nava and Gracie Shopoff 8-0 at No. 1 doubles.
• Sam Evans and Charli Swindell defeated Addison Strone and Aver Szelis 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Vs. Columbia City
• Aubrey Meyer (N) defeated Saylor Yoder 8-1 at No. 1 singles.
• Gabbi Hoeppner (N) defeated Baylie Patton 8-2 at No. 2 singles.
• Sadie Lyse (CC) defeated Lucy Gerbers 8-3 at No. 3 singles.
• Hope Mitchell and Emmaline Johnson (N) defeated Ava Ward and Amaya Hedrick 8-1.
• Sam Evans and Charli Swindell (N) defeated Kendra Hunter and Leslie Sims 8-3.
The sectional tournament will begin on Tuesday, May 14 at Bluffton High School. The drawing will take place Monday at 7 p.m.
