IRON RIVER — One advantage that prep girls tennis teams have over their boys counterparts is that by playing in the fall, they don’t have to contend with the at-times bitter cold that spring can bring.

However, the flipside is that the girls are hampered with their mid-August start by the fact that the MHSAA dictates that official team practices can’t begin until, well, mid-August.

So when the Iron Mountain Mountaineers and the West Iron County Wykons took to the courts Friday in Iron River, the squads had just four practices each under their belts.

In an interesting set of matches, the Wykons prevailed 5-3, capturing three of the four doubles matches and adding victories at No. 2 and No. 4 singles.

“We’re just getting started, and while we’re still working on a few things and finishin

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