High School Boys Tennis: Litchfield wins two in St. Cloud

Joe Brown, West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.
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Apr. 19—ST. CLOUD — The Litchfield boys tennis team went 2-1 at the St. Cloud Tech tournament, beating St. Cloud Tech and Robbinsdale Armstrong while taking a loss to Rosemount.

The Dragons were 3-0 at the No. 3 singles spot, with Blake Aller going 2-0 and Braden Olson going 1-0 from that position. They were also 3-0 at No. 1 and 3 doubles. The duo of Tyler Pennertz and Brady Cannon were 2-0 at No. 3 doubles. Then at No. 1 doubles, Tyson Michels was 3-0 with three different partners: Alex Draeger; Braden Olson; and Max Caesar.

Litchfield is back on the road Tuesday for a Wright County Conference tilt with Orono.

St. Cloud Tech tournament

Team scores

Rosemount 4, Litchfield 3

Litchfield 4, St. Cloud Tech 3

Litchfield 5, Robbinsdale Armstrong 2

How Litchfield fared

Singles

(1) Mason Woelfel 0-1; Alex Draeger 1-1 (2) Braden Olson 0-1; Woelfel 0-2 (3) Blake Aller 2-0; Olson 1-0 (4) Brady Cannon 0-1; Max Caesar 0-1; Creighton Huhner 0-1

Doubles

(1) Tyson Michels/Draeger 1-0; Michels/Olson 1-0; Michels/Caesar 1-0 (2) Max Ceasar/Creighton Huhner 0-1; Huhner/Nathan Wuotila 1-0; Aller/Wuotila 1-0 (3) Wuotila/Tyler Pennertz 1-0; Pennertz/Cannon 2-0.

Luverne 4, YME 3

Luverne earned victories at Nos. 2 and 4 singles and Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to edge host Yellow Medicine East on Saturday in Granite Falls.

Ean Clarke remained unbeaten for the Sting with a 2-6, 6-4, 10-4 super tiebreaker victory at No. 1 singles. Jackson Torgerson, also unbeaten for YME, won his No. 3 singles match 7-5, 6-3.

Singles

(1) Ean Clarke, YME, def. Pierce Cunningham 2-6, 6-4, (10-4) ... (2) Griffin Jarchow, L, def. Tyler Syring 6-1, 6-0 ... (3) Jackson Torgerson, YME, def. Kyle Fergusen 7-5, 6-3 ... (4) John Miller, L, def. Austin Canatsey 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

(1) Blake Frahm/Ben Jarchow, L, def. Derrick Lien/Isaac Olevson 6-4, 6-0 ... (2) Ethan Nath/Logan Ommen, L, def. Ryan Brouwer/Ryan Syring 6-0, 6-2 ... (3) Mason Rhode/Gage Corner, YME, def. Spencer Kracht/Caleb Kracht 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

YME 4, Pipestone 3

Yellow Medicine East swept all four singles points to edge Pipestone in Granite Falls.

The closest match of the dual came at No. 2 singles. Tyler Syring of YME beat Ryan Woodbury 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 10-1 to earn the key point.

"That match must have gone two-and-a-half hours," YME head coach Jeff Lalim said. "It was pretty exciting."

YME (3-1) is host to Montevideo on Tuesday.

Singles

(1) Ean Clarke, YME, def. Tony Wacker 6-0, 6-0 ... (2) Tyler Syring, YME, def. Ryan Woodbury 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 10-1 ... (3) Jackson Torgerson, YME, def. Lucas Zupp 6-3, 6-0 ... (4) Austin Cantasey, YME, won by forfeit, 2-0

Doubles

(1) Isaac Stiles/Cole Paulson, P, def. Derrick Lien/Isaac Olevson 6-3, 6-1 ... (2) Jaden Lorang/Owen Minet, P, def. Ryan Brouwer/Ryan Syring 6-0, 6-2 ... (3) Chase Wilson/Cody Norberg, P, Mason Rhode/Gage Corner 6-4, 6-3.