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With a basketball family like Nick, Sara and Liza Fruendt, it's no surprise the competitive siblings have had their share of arguments through the years. The surprise might come with which sport. "Sometimes we play tennis as a family," said Liza Fruendt, a junior at Batavia and the youngest in a family of exceptional athletes to parents Joel and Suzanne. "It doesn't end well. I don't know why we still do it. We always end up in fights because no one wants to lose." Fruendt might be the youngest but she certainly has learned how to keep up — and has learned to hate to lose. Her older brother Nick, an all-state basketball star at Batavia who just finished at Northwestern, not only plays basketball with his sister but also tennis.