Tennis remains a prep school sport in many respects. Despite coming to the masses during the boom of the early 1980's, the sport has leveled off in the public sector. Not so at Kents Hill.

Tuesday's boys tennis match between Monmouth Academy and Lisbon came down to the final match between Monmouth's Noah Bosworth and Lisbon's Nick Carville.

The Kents Hill boys beat Gould Academy for the second time this season to wrap up the Maine Association of Independent Schools Athletic Directors regular season team title on Wednesday.

Cony High School freshman Taylor Edmondson played the second match of her high school career Tuesday afternoon. It might have felt like it would never end.

Edmondson’s match with Hampden Academy’s Kayla Webb lasted three hours. Webb pulled out the victory, lifting her team to a 3-2 win, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6).

“Everyone was done and that was the deciding match,” Cony coach Carol Patenaude said. “It was crazy.”

Patenaude is excited about the potential of Edmondson, a freshman.

“She is calm and cool,” Patenaede said. She is a really low key girl. It was great watching.”

Winslow High School will field girls and boys tennis teams for the first time this spring, while Mt. Blue High School will have a boys team for the first time since 2004.

The Mt. Blue boys have taken to calling their home courts at Farmington's Hippach Field "The Snow Bowl." The snow is melting, but the Cougars haven't had a chance to practice on the courts yet, and the first match is scheduled for the 17th against Hampden Academy.

"I'd be much happier if the snow was off the tennis courts," coach Stan Kuklinski said.

The Mt. Blue boys will play in Eastern Maine Class A after just one year as a club team.

The snow that covers baseball and softball fields in the central Maine area is piled up on tennis courts as well. High school teams are struggling to find practice space, and with the Ascona Tennis and Health Club in Augusta closed, court time is at a premium.