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Freeport duo takes mixed doubles title
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Ed Schradermeier and Uli Dornhagen of Freeport won the 39th annual city mixed doubles championship Sunday at Recreation Park. (Photo supplied)
MONROE - A Freeport husband-and-wife team, Ed Schradermeier and Uli Dornhagen, won three straight matches to win the 39th city mixed doubles tennis tournament Sunday at Recreation Park.

Schradermeier is a longtime tennis coach at Freeport High School. He and his wife defeated Eric Buol and Ellie Grossen 2-6, 7-5, (10-7) in the championship match.

Schradermeier and Dornhagen defeated Frank Meier and Jill Belardi in the semifinals 3-6, 6-1, 10-5, while Buol and Grossen defeated Kevin Noriega and Eva Priewe in the other semifinal match 6-3, 6-3.

Third-place honors went to Meier and Belardi as they defeated Noriega-Priewe 6-2, 6-3.

On the consolation side, it was the Deforest father-and-daughter team of Ed and Amy Sommers who defeated Jeremy and Chelsea Miller 6-3, 6-3.

The two-day mixed doubles tournament was the last of the three city tennis tournaments.