Stanwood, which has dominated Wesco 3A North tennis for years, continued its mastery over Oak Harbor High School with a 5-0 win Wednesday, Sept. 24, on the Wildcats’ courts.

The match was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was rained out.

Oak Harbor is closing the gap on the Spartans, according to coach Horace Mells.

For years, Stanwood (3-0, 4-2) had an advantage over the other North teams because it was the only community with indoor tennis courts, allowing the Spartan players to workout year-round.

The indoor facility, however, closed two years ago and the Stanwood players with club experience are graduating from the school program.

Though Oak Harbor failed to score a team point against Stanwood Wednesday, the top three singles players held their own.

In third singles, Oak Harbor’s Tom Dale lost in three sets, losing the final set in a tie breaker (6-3, 5-7, 10-8).

In second singles, Carter Saar also took his opponent to  three sets (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).

Jackson Wezeman dropped the first singles match 6-4, 6-3.

Mells said the season is “going OK so far,” but his doubles players, who came into the year with little varsity experience, “are behind and are trying to catch up.”

The Wildcats (1-2, 1-4) play Marysville-Pilchuck (0-3, 1-6) at Totem Middle School at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25.

Other results versus Stanwood:

Singles: 4, Kyle Martin lost 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: 1, Raymond Paraiso/Jared Alano-Gray lost 7-6(3), 6-1; 2, Max Van Dam/Nathan Magdalera lost 6-0, 6-2; 3, Matthew Hallahan/Calib Byers lost 6-0, 6-4.