{"id":194476,"date":"2015-03-23T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=194476"},"modified":"2015-03-23T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T18:00:29","slug":"mhs-is-first-miso-tennis-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mhs-is-first-miso-tennis-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"MHS is first MISO tennis champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marianas High School overcame a slow start to clinch the inaugural Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization co-ed high school tennis crown last Saturday at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

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The Marianas High School Dolphins\u2019 coed tennis team celebrates with coaches Jim, left, and Mihoko Tuttle after winning the inaugural Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization tennis tournament. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was MHS\u2019 fourth straight title in the 2014-2015 MISO season after also ruling girls volleyball and boys and girls basketball.<\/p>\n

MHS dropped its first two singles matches against Saipan International School by default but managed to hang on before escaping with a 5-4 decision.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins and the Geckos played three matches each in the boys and girls singles, one game apiece in the boys and girls doubles, and one in mixed doubles.<\/p>\n

SIS\u2019 Colin Ramsey and Julia Ishikawa gave the Geckos an early 2-0 lead after winning by walkovers against Tommy Choi and Negahr Rastguiy, who both skipped the opening singles matches.<\/p>\n

The Geckos were a win away when they went up 4-2 after Luther Lizama and Michael Ren scored similar 6-1 decisions in the boys singles over Steven Lee and Brandon Masga, respectively.<\/p>\n

Mika Lopez and Emily Jones kept the Dolphins in the contest by pulling off wins over Isabel Heras (6-1) and Adele Hudkins (6-2), respectively.<\/p>\n

SIS, however, squandered their advantage and allowed the Dolphins to win the last three matches in the doubles events.<\/p>\n

Masga and Lee teamed up in the boys doubles in pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Ren and Chris Park, while Rastguiy and Jones scored a 6-1 demolition over Ishikawa and Hudkins to tie the count at 4-4.<\/p>\n

Choi and Lopez then took advantage of a number of unforced errors by the Geckos\u2019 Heras and Lizama for a 6-1 decision that completed the Dolphins\u2019 comeback.<\/p>\n

It was a double black eye for SIS as it also suffered a 7-2 setback against Saipan Community School in the junior high division. SCS swept the matches in the boys singles and all doubles events.<\/p>\n

Vincent Tudela overpowered A.J. Hudkins, 6-1; Ken Song needed a tiebreak in beating Clayton Izuka, 7-6 (6); while Haruya Eda blanked Daniele Colombo, 6-0. Carol Lee won in the girls singles scoring a 6-0 crushing of Tania Tan.<\/p>\n

It made up for Mimi Sakano and Conatsu Kaga losing their respective girls singles matches against Malika Miyawaki, 2-6, and Ami Tsukagoshi, 3-6.<\/p>\n

Tudela and Song blitzed past Hudkins and Michael Lee, 6-0, in the boys doubles; Sakano teamed up with Kaga to beat Tsukogoshi and Miyawaki, 6-2; while Lee and Eda tripped Tan and Izuka in the mixed doubles, 6-1.<\/p>\n

Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Federation president Jeff Race served as the tournament coordinator for the one-day event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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