WILKES-BARRE – Tennis may be a gentleman’s game, but Dallas had reason to let decorum slide just this one time. One by one, the Dallas players entered the Kirby Park gates, raced down the courts […]
KINGSTON — Dallas changed venues, starting times and even playing surfaces while moving from outdoor to indoor courts to finally get in its District 2 Class 2A semifinal match late Thursday afternoon. One thing remained […]
WILKES-BARRE — Chris Kocin, Will Ziegler and Nick Harth each upset higher-seeded opponents Tuesday to make it to Wednesday’s District 2 boys tennis singles semifinals as the tournament’s underdogs. With nothing but first and second […]
WILKES-BARRE — They call it a bagel in tennis. And, yet, there is nothing remotely appetizing about it. Pittston Area’s Nick Harth was handed a bagel — tennis speak for a 6-0 set (hold the […]
Stephanie Mazurek originally resisted her father Greg’s attempts to introduce her to tennis. By the time she was a junior-high student more aware of her own fitness, the sport that her father once coached became […]
FIRST TEAM Brianna Pizzano Wyoming Area, sophomore Pizzano, the only district singles champion in school history, made it 2-for-2 on District 2 Class 2A titles. Last year’s Times Leader Player of the Year lost just […]
WILKES-BARRE – Hazleton Area waited a quarter of a century for the school to produce its first district team tennis championship. Another hour wasn’t going to matter. District 2-4 Class 3A Subregional singles finalists Stephanie […]
WILKES-BARRE — Hazleton Area’s Stephanie Mazurek and Wyoming Area’s Brianna Pizzano repeated District 2 girls tennis championships Friday at Kirby Park, but Mazurek was able to find a way to add to that accomplishment. Mazurek […]
KINGSTON — Camryn Cassetori did not mind switching venues and playing well into Thursday evening. The Holy Redeemer sophomore was just happy to have avoided an early morning match. “It was a very long day,” […]
WILKES-BARRE — Lily Nowak is not the type of athlete to hide her emotions on the tennis court. When the Hazleton Area junior was down, the frustration wore on her face like the sweat dripping […]
The 2017 Wyoming Valley Conference high school girls tennis season is underway, and it looks to be a highly competitive race to the top. The Hazleton Area Cougars look to be the team to beat, […]
KINGSTON – Allison Joanlanne won’t forget Eamon Gibbons as a freshman. A quiet young man, the Wyoming Seminary head coach was impressed by his knowledge of the game, and how hard he was willing to […]
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