Fruitport’s Josalynn Nowicki has won the top prize for Muskegon County high school girls tennis players for the second year in a row, and by doing so has continued a pretty amazing tradition for her team.

Nowicki won her second straight the No. 1 singles championship at Saturday’s Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament.

She posted a 2-0 record, beating Mona Shores’ Lauren Hall 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals and Reeths-Puffer’s Olivia Smith 6-2, 6-2 in the finals.

Fruitport players have now won the GMAA girls No. 1 singles crown for six years in a row. Previous winners were Allison Blakeman, Hope Busscher and Grace Sweet.

The really cool part is that Nowicki is only a junior, which means she could extend her personal championship streak, and her team’s streak, next season.

“Josalynn is continuing a point of excellence for Fruitport tennis in the West Michigan Area,” said Fruitport head coach Brad Busscher. “Starting in 2021 Fruitport number one singles players have won the top spot at the GMAA. Six years straight. This is a remarkable feat for those girls that have represented us at the GMAA, and now Josalynn. Each one has represented Fruitport so well with character and grace.”

Nowicki’s title was the highlight of the tournament for the Trojans, who finished in fourth place in the seven-team field.

Mona Shores won the team championship with 48 points, followed by North Muskegon (40), Reeths-Puffer (39), Fruitport (34), Whitehall (33), Western Michigan Christian (18) and Muskegon Catholic Central (10).

Joining Nowicki as a medalist for the Trojans was Emma Fecher, who finished runner-up at No. 2 singles.

Fecher posted a 2-1 record, beating Muskegon Catholic’s Bryseda Salazar 6-2, 6-2 and Whitehall’s Akeelah Martin 6-3, 1-6 and 10-2 in a tiebreaker, before losing in the championship match.

Fruitport’s No. 4 doubles team of Candela Pena and Journey Rufener also posted a 2-1 record and finished fourth in their flight.

“We had a chance to move up in the overall standings, but many of our flights did not win their third place matches and we ended up fourth in the county,” Busscher said. “It was good tennis all day. We had set ourselves up early in the day for a top finish and simply came up short.

“We will have to capitalize on those opportunities moving forward as our season comes down to the final tournaments – conference and regionals.”