The junior battled sickness while winning two of her most important matches in the past two years. This season she won the state singles tournament and helped Falmouth take the Class A title.
Ava Arepally
Ava is a Bowdoin College student and an intern with the Press Herald sports department.
2025 Varsity Maine All-State girls tennis team
Five seniors are among the top eight girls tennis players in the state.
2025 Southern Maine All-Region girls tennis team
Four of the area’s best players helped Falmouth win the singles, doubles and team state titles.
2025 Southern Maine All-Region boys tennis team
Two players from Class A champion Falmouth are included among the area’s best players.
Schooner Landing in Damariscotta opens in a food trailer, for now
The locally loved restaurant burned down last September. Over the July 4 weekend, it reopened in temporary quarters while it waits for the restaurant to be rebuilt.
Rising number of jellyfish sightings reported at southern Maine beaches
A 5-foot-wide lion’s mane jellyfish spotted on Willard Beach in South Portland last weekend prompted waterside safety warnings for beachgoers.
Derek Lowe, Jon Lester reminisce about Red Sox no-hitters at Drive Fore Kids tournament
The former pitchers, who are in Maine for the annual golf tournament, give a lot of credit to catcher Jason Varitek for their historic accomplishments at Fenway Park.
Drive Fore Kids tournament draws most expansive roster of celebrities
Red Sox broadcaster Tom Caron and former Red Sox stars Jim Rice, Derek Lowe, Jon Lester and Keith Foulke lead the field at the tournament to raise money for the Barbara Bush Hospital and Dempsey Center.
Maine Footy women’s soccer team hopes Hearts of Pine success carries over
Maine’s pro-am women’s soccer team is in the midst of its third season and hopes to continue growing.
Scarborough baseball blanks South Portland in Class A South quarterfinals
Red Storm standout pitcher Erik Swenson strikes out nine and allows only two hits in a shutout.