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Boys' Tennis Knotted Up
The Headers and Pentucket were knotted at 2-2 when the second doubles match was washed out before the third game.
The boys’ tennis team slugged it out at home with undefeated Pentucket Thursday until the weather made the court unplayable.
With the score tied at 2-2, the deciding match would be second doubles. Twins Sean and Peter Jackson knocked off Pentucket’s Nate Eames and Brandon Conn 6-4, before the Sachem duo took the second game 6-4.
The entire third game will be played at a later date, tentatively scheduled for Friday afternoon, May 27. The boys’ tennis team has a killer week ahead of them, with four matches on the schedule, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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The visitors from the Cape Ann League came to Marblehead with a perfect 11-0 record on the season, losing a total of four matches the entire season.
The Sachems beat Hamilton-Wenham 3-2, and picked up 4-1 wins over Newburyport and North Reading, every other match was a 5-0 Pentucket victory.
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Marblehead (5-0 league, 7-2 overall) won at first doubles Thursday when Ryan Dempsey and Dylan White upended Pentucket’s Nick Giannino and B. G. Smith, 6-1, 6-2. Dempsey and White improved to 9-2 on the season with the win.
Ian Hyte picked up the second point for Marblehead, blowing past Pat Baga at third singles, 6-2, 6-3. Hyte’s overall record stands at 3-5 after his win over Baga.
Chris Wigglesworth (5-5) lost to Pentucket’s Ryan Swanson at first singles, 6-2, 6-2 and Tyler Gelineau (4-7) fell 6-0, 6-1 to Pat Dahn, earning the second Sachem point.
Pentucket Regional High School is made up of students from Groveland, West Newbury and Merrimac.
“There was some great tennis today,” Pentucket coach Christian Langlois said. “It’s too bad we had wet courts, I’m sure the guys wanted to keep playing, but the courts were getting unsafe because of all the water.”
The Jackson twins, seniors, came into play Thursday with a 4-1 record on the season; Eames and Conn came in at 8-1 for Pentucket.
“It’s all down to the third set with Peter and Sean,” Marblehead coach Elisabeth Foukal said. “Ryan and Dylan played great at first doubles, they played as well as I’ve seen them play all year this afternoon.”
Marblehead hosts three straight matches next week, Monday at 4 p.m. against the Big Blue, Tuesday at 4 p.m. against Revere, and Wednesday at 4 p.m. against Manchester-Essex.
