{"id":36281,"date":"2026-05-01T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=36281"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:47:29","slug":"norwell-takes-victory-back-from-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/norwell-takes-victory-back-from-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwell takes victory back from Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A year after winning an NE8 title and a sectional trophy, the Bellmont Braves had to cede local supremacy back to their rivals, the Norwell Knights, after a 3-2 match Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Braves’ top doubles pair fought hard to make sure it was a respectable final score, forcing a deciding set after dropping the first 7-5. Averie Coats and Ella Ross turned things around and won thee last two sets comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Ross congratulates Averie Coats after winning a point Thursday at Norwell. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Senior Lilyana Suarez had the other win for the Braves in straight sets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Varsity Scores<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norwell 3 Bellmont 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 1-Macie Saalfrank (N) d. Emma Fuelling, 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No. 2-Delaney Hoover (N) d. Lillian Jin, 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No. 3-Lilyana Suarez (B) d. Charlie Swindell, 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 1-Ella Ross\/Averie Coats (B) d. Emmaline Johnson\/Aubrey Meyer, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 2-Aubryn Keller\/Bria Reinhard (N) d. Sofia Steury\/Veronica Franz, 6-1, 6-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Varsity Matches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Hoag (N) d. Sammy Knipstein, 8-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Easley (N) d. Sammy Knipstein, 8-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Gerbers (N) d. Elle Laurent, 8-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell Sloan (N) d. Elle Laurent, 8-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layla Frisch\/Vivian Reidenbach (N) d. Brea Shoaf\/Allyson Curtis, 8-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hadie Isch\/Camdyn Gerber (N) d. Brea Shoaf\/Allyson Curtis, 8-3, 8-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hazel Lewis\/Cassie McGregor (N) d. Addison Rich\/Paige Black, 8-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molly Threewits\/Sam Evans (N) d. Addison Rich\/Paige Black, 8-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A year after winning an NE8 title and a sectional trophy, the Bellmont Braves had to cede local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,46,26,36],"class_list":["post-36281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bellmont","tag-norwell","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC09425-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1443&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36288,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36281\/revisions\/36288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}