Faber brothers win IVCH doubles tournament

Doug and Kevin Faber of Princeton won the IVCH Classic men's doubles championship. Photo contributed

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When Kevin and Doug Faber get together on the tennis court, it usually means trouble for the opposing doubles on the other side of the net, and sometimes trouble for mom and dad at home.

The Faber brothers, who formed a state-qualifying tandem for Princeton High School while often expressing their brotherly love on the courts, captured the 2008 Illinois Valley Community Hospital Tennis Classic doubles championship over the 4th of July weekend.

They defeated John Gillman and Patrick Hammers of Peru, rallying from a 2-6 first set defeat to capture the title with a 6-4 and 6-3 win.

The win was a thrill for Doug, because he said he’s never defeated Hammers, an all-stater for LaSalle-Peru High School, before in their many battles in NCIC tennis ranks.

“It was pretty exciting to beat him. I think he played with a partner he hadn’t played before,” he said.

Doug said it was nice to play competitively again with his brother Kevin, who is a year older in school and who attended the University of Illinois the past school year. He said they play nearly every day together and just “clicked” again in the IVCH classic.

But it wasn’t quite like the old days. Doug said they just played. There were no fights this time.

Both will be playing in the Princeton Open Tour-nament which starts this weekend.

Doug will attend Augustana College this school year and play tennis for the Vikings.

• The Princeton Open: Singles play for the 23rd annual Princeton Open Tennis Tournament will get underway this weekend at Alexander Park with doubles tournament to follow July 26-27. There are age divisions for boys and girls 14 and under, boys and girls 18 and under, men’s and women’s open, men’s and women’s 40 and over and mixed doubles.

The scoring format will be 10 game pro-set. The semifinal and final rounds will be played two of three set scoring. There will be a consolation division for losers of the first round only. Entry fees are $10 for singles and $15 for each doubles team.

For more information, call tournament director Tammie Erickson at the Metro Center at (815) 872-0840.

• Rolle Bolle: Winning first place in downtown Manlius in last week’s Manlius Rolle Bolle league play were: Bill Doubler, Lisa Marchand and Roger DeBrock. Second place went to Allison DeBrock, Darrell Wallace and Michael J. Michlig followed by Ann Chapman, Kenny Rodgers and Coleen VanKerrebroeck, Wilma Anderson, Gene Menard and Andy Chap-man and Larry Anderson, Emily VanDerSnick and “Baldy” Oloffson.

• Princeton Youth Soc-cer: The PYSL Summer Camp will be held from July 21-25 at Zearing Park with three age groups — 4-6 years old from 8 to 9 a.m., 7-10 year olds from 9 to 11 a.m. and 11-14 year-olds in the evening. For more information, call Jim Pinter at (815) 872-1004 or visit www.pyslsoccer.freehomepage.com.

• Midwest Youth Soc-cer: Sign-ups for the Mid-west Youth Soccer League will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. July 23 and from 9 a.m. to noon on July 26 at the Spring Valley City Hall. The league is for pre-k kids, who are 4 by Sept. 1 through eighth grade. Cost is $40. The season starts Sept. 2.

For more information, call Todd at (815) 878-8038.

• Chillicothe 3-on-3: A 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be held Saturday on the streets of Chillicothe.

For more information, call (309) 274-6554.

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