A winner, even on the one day she lost

By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune, 12/07/23, 7:45AM CST

Isabelle Einess lost once in three years of high school tennis, but she learned plenty that day. (Provided)

Einess won the final 47 matches of her high school career.

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All-Minnesota Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Soren Swenson of Mounds View
By Heather Rule, for The Minnesota Star Tribune 06/17/2025, 7:45am CDT
Mounds View sophomore Soren Swenson won the Class 2A singles title and dropped just one match – in the team state tournament – all season.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Dawson-Boyd’s Lindsey Lund leaves high school as a state champion again and one of our Prep Athletes of the Week
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/16/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Other athletes recognized this week include Cooper Anderson (Edina); Nina Slingsby (Holy Angels); Josh Schmidt (Chaska); Alex Rhode (Heritage Christian); Laila Moses (DeLaSalle); Emerson Mattox (Prior Lake) and Hardhik Kommalapati (Eden Prairie).
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Prep Athletes of the Week: Winston Arvidson leads St. Paul Academy to Class 1A tennis state sweep
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/09/2025, 8:30pm CDT
Other student-athletes receiving honor this week include Ella Mills (Lakeville South); Camryn Hinsch (Chisago Lakes); Jessica Haux (Wayzata) and Jack Butterworth (Minnetonka). (Star Tribune staff/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Mounds View’s Soren Swenson wins Class 2A boys tennis singles title; St. Paul Academy sweeps in 1A
By Jake Epstein and Heather Rule, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/06/2025, 4:15pm CDT
Soren Swenson wore the same headband his brother Bjorn wore as a state champion. SPA freshman Winston Arvidson won the title that barely eluded him as an eighth-grader.
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Wayzata, St. Paul Academy add to streaks at boys tennis state tournament
By Heather Rule and Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/04/2025, 11:00pm CDT
Wayzata won its third Class 2A title in a row, and St. Paul Academy took its fourth consecutive Class 1A championship.
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