Hounds win six titles on way to conference championship

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FAIRFIELD - The Fort Madison boys tennis team's No 1-4 players didn't drop a set all year in conference play and carried that streak into Monday's conference meet in Fairfield.

The Hounds won the conference meet with 20 points. Mt. Pleasant was 2nd with 16 points followed by Keokuk with 11 and Fairfield with seven points.

Fort Madison got titles at No. 1 singles from Sam Avery, and Nos. 2 and 3 with Jason and Vasin Thurman and at No. 4 from Reed Fehseke.

Coach Dean Hogan said one of the biggest surprises and a crucial two points came from Levi Sissel who took 2nd place at No. 6 singles.

"He really battled there for second at No. 6 and that gave us two important points to help guide us to the singles conference title," Hogan said.

The Thurman brothers took the No. 1 doubles title with 6-1, 6-2 wins for the title. Avery and Fehseke had to come back from a first set 4-6 loss before taking the second set 6-1 and the tiebreaker 10-8.

District tennis action is scheduled for Wednesday morning at Fairfield Middle School, however projected weather may push districts to Friday instead.

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