PERU — The Nighthawks earned victories against the Knights in tennis Wednesday.
Peru won by scores of 5-0 and 4-1 in boys’ and girls’ tennis, respectively.
There were three forfeits by the knights in the boys’ matches.
In the matches played, the Nighthawks’ Collin Powers in the No. 1 singles and Camden Sweeney and Isaac Hathaway in the No. 1 doubles won easily.
The match of the day came in the No. 1 girls’ match. After nearly two hours, Seton Catholic’s Grace Bleeker defeated Allie Brubach 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4).
Madison Mero and Olivia Gauthier in the No. 1 doubles improved to 3-0 on the season and earned Peru a point. Mia Winters and Brooke Taptick in the No. 2 doubles sealed the win for the Nighthawks.
No. 1- Sweeney/Hathaway def. Yan/Pezzi (SC) 6-2, 6-1
No 1. Bleeker (SC) def. Brubach (PCS) 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 1- Mero/Gauthier (PCS) def. Samson/Perez (SC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2- Winter/Taptick (PCS) def. Martinez/Conti (SC) 6-1, 6-2
ELLENBURG — Northern Adirondack grabbed two hard fought wins against AuSable Valley.
AVCS’ lone win came in the No. 1 singles as Liam MacDougal defeated Kacy Hatch.
NAC scored the remainder of points with Jake Manor winning the No. 2 singles and Shane Gilmore and Kameron Chinchilla winning the No. 1 doubles.
On the girls’ side, AuSable won the No 1. singles match as Ardyn Post won in three sets. The second point for the Patriots came from the No. 1 doubles pairing of Becca Uss and Veronica Uss.
The Bobcats got the decisive three points with Lilly Davies winning the No. 2 singles. Bella LaBombard and Abby Brooks along with Emalynn Myers and Kinsley Trombley won the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, respectively.
“This was a great win for the Bobcats,” NAC girls’ tennis coach Jess Barnhart said. “Our girls played hard and made great decisions and adjustments. I am very proud of our girls.”
No. 1- Gilmore/Chinchilla (NAC) def. Spooner/Greedy (AVCS) 6-0, 6-1
No. 1- B. Uss/V. Uss (AVCS) def Decosse/Labarre (NAC) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2- Labombard/Brooks (NAC) def. Brandt/Goddeau (AVCS) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
No. 3- Myers/Trombley (NAC) def. Mins/Debusk (AVCS) 7-6, 6-3