A rivalry was rekindled between the Juanita and Bothell High School girls tennis teams on Wednesday. The competitive contest came down to just a one-match victory for the Rebels, as Bothell narrowly lost, 4-3.

“Many past contests between these teams have been long, intense, and have come down to one final match,” said Juanita coach Justin Ochsner. “And today was no different: It was a very close match until the very end.”

The competitive nature of the rivalry was clear from the start, as Rebel Grace Wang and Cougar Emily Yamauchi played their No. 1 singles first set to a tie breaker. Ultimately, Wang would take the match, 7-5, 6-2.

The Cougars played well during the doubles matches, taking two-of-three. Cougars Rakshq Bohra and Allison Plummer won the No. 2 seed match, 7-5, 6-2, against Maggie Jiang and Karina Karmali. Sydney Lee and Megan Wang beat Rebels Shawdi Mehrvarzan and Emily Do, 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 3 doubles contest.

Juanita’s No. 2 and 3 singles players, Angela Lothian and Sheer Shalom, dominated their singles matches, giving JHS an early 3-0 overall match edge. Lothian defeated Becca Roll, 6-0, 6-2, while Shalom beat Jessica Sohn, 6-0, 6-0. Bothell won the No. 4 seed singles match by default.

But it was Odsuren Enkhbaatar and Sara Subo in their No. 1 doubles debut that put the meet away for Juanita. The team defeated Amecha Singh and Sea-ein Lee of Bothell, 6-0, 6-3.