As a tennis doubles team, first at Belen High School, later on the New Mexico amateur scene, identical twins Alan and Loren Dils were well-nigh unbeatable.
Alan was the more laid-back of the two, the Albuquerque Journal wrote in 1984, Loren the more fiery competitor.
And for some 13 years, Loren Dils gave ALS one doozy of a match – life’s equivalent of a five-setter.
Wednesday, the disease with no known cure finally claimed him.
Dils, a major and influential figure as a player and coach on the New Mexico tennis scene for almost four decades, died on Wednesday.