South wins state tennis championship

Eddie Lewis, a junior, and Whitney Williams, a sophomore, won their final matches in straight sets to lead South to the team victory with 107 points. West placed second with 93 points and East finished third with 72.

Lewis, the No. 2 seed, downed top-seeded Derek Noland of Service 6-2, 6-0 and Williams capped an undefeated season with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over West's Grace Weinstein.

"We're really confident in Whitney, because she's never lost in Alaska high school tennis. Eddie has lost a couple matches but he just played fantastic," South coach Bob Jones said. "We couldn't have won it without them.

"When you have really strong singles players, it really helps the whole program."

Service, East and Lathrop each boasted a state doubles champion.

Patrick Walgren and Gareth Schultz took the boys double title for Service, Emma Neslund and Julia Rumley won the girls doubles crown for East and Mackenzie Calvillo and Kade Fitzgerald claimed the mixed double championship for Lathrop. Calvillo and Fitzgerald both won conference singles titles last week for the Malemutes, making them a powerful duo in mixed doubles.

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State tennis championships

Team scores -- South 107, West 93, East 82, Service 72, West Valley 65, Dimond 64, Juneau 58, Lathrop 57, North Pole 20, Eielson 13.

Boys singles final -- Eddie Lewis (South) d. Derek Noland (Service) 6-2, 6-0. Semifinals -- Lewis d. Nick Raugust (West Valley) 6-3, 6-4; Noland d. Reed Lekander (West) 6-2, 6-3.

Girls singles final -- Whitney Williams (South) def. Grace Weinstein (West), 6-0, 6-1. Semifinals -- Weinstein (W) d. Leah Fortson (East) 7-5, 6-4; Williams(South) d. Adrienne Fox (Dimond) 6-2, 6-0.

Boys doubles final -- Gareth Schultz-Patrick Walgren, Service, def. Robert Vehmeier-Jeremy Weaver, WV, 6-2, 6-2. Semifinals -- Schultz-Walgren d. Crandell-Lottsfeldt (West) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Vehmeier-Weaver d. (4) Elson-Haines (South) 6-1, 6-4.

Girls doubles final -- Emma Neslund-Julia Rumley (East) def. Sheema Lee-Katie Monus (Dimond) 6-1, 6-1. Semifinals --Lee-Monus (D) d. Davenport-Sloss (Juneau) 6-3; 6-2; Neslund-Rumley d. Clark-Flynn (South) 7-5; 6-1

Mixed doubles -- Mackenzie Calvillo-Kade Fitzgerald (Lathrop) d. Emma Good-Johnny Joyce (Juneau) 6-4, 6-4. Semifinals -- Good-Joyce (Juneau) d. Drake-Sedor (Dimond) 6-4, 7-6; Calvillo-Fitzgerald d. (1) Gutsch-McKee (West) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.