Norwich title a team effort
Boys’ Tennis
OWEGO – Norwich padded its first-place advantage in the Section IV Class B tennis tournament Monday afternoon as senior Eli Craig gave the Tornado an individual title at singles, while eight-graders Colin and Alexander Stewart were the runners-up in doubles.
Craig was especially effective on the deuce points in downing Johnson City’s Colin Cory, 6-4, 6-4. “The match came down to a few key points, and Eli has the perfect personality for tennis,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “Things don’t bother him. When he misses a shot, he shrugs it off and moves on. That was indicative in his play in the finals. He missed some shots, but he never stopped and found a way to hang in there and win.”
The Stewarts, first cousins, dropped the first set to top-seeded Tommy West and Tyler Stickler of Owego, 6-2, but came back strong to even the match dominating the second set, 6-1. “That first set was very close. There were at least five deuce points, and Owego won most of those,” Coach Stewart. “We had all of the momentum coming out of the second set, then there was a rain delay. The delay did not help us. We lost the first game of the third set in a deuce point. Owego was much more aggressive in the final set, and we just unraveled a little bit.”
Still, the Stewarts will join Craig in the Section IV state qualifier next week at the Binghamton Tennis Center. Also qualifying was Norwich eighth-grader Matt Craig, who placed third in singles. The Tornado finished with 47 team points, 11 better than Owego and 43 points better than last year’s sectional tournament.
“We went from dead last in the tournament to having two of the four finalists and winning the tournament,” Coach Stewart said. “To win the team title, everyone played a huge role. The guys just made an extraordinary run.”
OWEGO – Norwich padded its first-place advantage in the Section IV Class B tennis tournament Monday afternoon as senior Eli Craig gave the Tornado an individual title at singles, while eight-graders Colin and Alexander Stewart were the runners-up in doubles.
Craig was especially effective on the deuce points in downing Johnson City’s Colin Cory, 6-4, 6-4. “The match came down to a few key points, and Eli has the perfect personality for tennis,” said Norwich coach John Stewart. “Things don’t bother him. When he misses a shot, he shrugs it off and moves on. That was indicative in his play in the finals. He missed some shots, but he never stopped and found a way to hang in there and win.”
The Stewarts, first cousins, dropped the first set to top-seeded Tommy West and Tyler Stickler of Owego, 6-2, but came back strong to even the match dominating the second set, 6-1. “That first set was very close. There were at least five deuce points, and Owego won most of those,” Coach Stewart. “We had all of the momentum coming out of the second set, then there was a rain delay. The delay did not help us. We lost the first game of the third set in a deuce point. Owego was much more aggressive in the final set, and we just unraveled a little bit.”
Still, the Stewarts will join Craig in the Section IV state qualifier next week at the Binghamton Tennis Center. Also qualifying was Norwich eighth-grader Matt Craig, who placed third in singles. The Tornado finished with 47 team points, 11 better than Owego and 43 points better than last year’s sectional tournament.
“We went from dead last in the tournament to having two of the four finalists and winning the tournament,” Coach Stewart said. “To win the team title, everyone played a huge role. The guys just made an extraordinary run.”
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