Aberdeen Central's Mitchell Hofer & Watertown's Evan Meester each place second in singles

MITCHELL — Runner-up finishes by Aberdeen Central's Mitchell Hofer at No. 1 singles and Watertown's Evan Meester at No. 3 singles sparked the opening-day efforts for those two teams in the Eastern South Dakota Conference boys tennis tournament on Tuesday.

The tourney is normally a one-day event, but was moved to two days after a late start due to the weather. Singles play was completed Tuesday with doubles set to finish on Wednesday.

"It was a long day of sitting around and then trying to get ready to play," said Watertown head coach Ryan Zink.

Meester fell 10-5 to Harrisburg's Maverick Ragon in the third-flight singles championship to lead Watertown. Justin Remmers finished third in the fourth flight and Mark Mahowald fourth in the second flight, Curtis Sneden won the consolation title in the first flight and Tyler Dingsor lost in the consolation championship in the fifth flight.

Hofer fell to Brandon Valley's Eli Woidyla 10-9 (3) in the first-flight singles championship to lead Aberdeen Central. Sekou Gogue was fourth in the third flight and Preston Kreber defeated Dingsor in the fifth-flight consolation championship.

Other flight singles champions included Lenny Hammargren of Harrisburg (second), Brayden Rausch of Harrisburg (fourth), Jack Pedersenof Yankton (fifth) and Zach Fuhrer of Mitchell (sixth).

Harrisburg held the opening day lead with 199 points, followed by Brandon Valley at 170, Yankton 134 and Mitchell 92.5 in the nine-team tourney. Watertown was fifth (89.5) and Aberdeen Central sixth (67), followed by Huron at 19, Pierre 3 and Brookings 0.

First Flight

Play-In: Devin Dodson, Pierre, def. Ayden Asche, Brookings, 10-8.

First Round: Alex Rallis, Harrisburg, def. Devin Dodson, Pierre, 10-0; Mitchell Hofer, Aberdeen Central, def. Curtis Sneden, Watertown, 10-7; Zac Briggs, Yankton, def. Luke Jerke, Mitchell, 10-1; Eli Woidyla, Brandon Valley, def. Hay Klu Moo Taw, Huron, 10-3.

Consolation: Sneden def. Doson, 8-0; Jerke def. Klu Moo Taw, 8-5.

Semifinals: Hofer def. Rallis, 10-7; Woidyla def. Briggs, 10-9 (3).

Consolation Championship: Sneden def. Jerke, 8-5.

Third Place: Briggs def. Rallis, 8-5.

Championship: Woidyla def. Hofer, 10-9 (3).

Second Flight

Play-In: Braylon Peters, Brookings, def. Lucas Hight, Pierre, 10-4.

First Round: Lenny Hammargren, Harrisburg, def. Peters, 10-0; Mark Mahowald, Watertown, def. Dah Christ Moo, Huron, 10-2; Cole Murray, Brandon Valley, def. Jager Juracek, Mitchell, 10-8; Harrison Krawjewski, Yankton, def. AJ Prehn, Aberdeen Central, 10-6.

Consolation: Christ Moo def. Peterson, 8-1; Juracek def. Prehn, 8-5.

Semifinals: Hammargren def. Mahowald, 10-0; Murray def. Krajewski, 10-7.

Consolation Championship: Juracek def. Christ Moo, 8-7 (4).

Third Place: Krajewski def. Mahowald, 8-5.

Championship: Hammargren def. Murray, 10-1.

Third Flight

Play-In: Jacob Leiferman, Pierre, def. Carson Kreie, Brookings, 10-5.

First Round: Maverick Ragon, Harrisburg, def. Leiferman, 10-0; Chris Rockne, Yankton, def. Levi Loken, Mitchell, 10-7; Sekou Gogue, Aberdeen Central, def. Gibsen Eszlinger, Brandon Valley, 10-7; Evan Meester, Watertown, def. Lauy Kue Say, Huron, 10-2.

Consolation: Loken def. Leiferman, 8-3; Eszlinger def. Kue Say, 8-2.l

Semifinals: Ragon def. Rockne, 10-2; Meester def. Gogue, 10-2.

Consolation Championship: Eszlinger def. Loken, 8-4.

Third Place: Rockne def. Gogue, 8-6.

Championship: Ragon def. Meester, 10-5.

Fourth Flight

Play-In: Ethan Marsh, Yankton, def. James Park, Brookings, 10-3.

First Round: Brayden Rausch, Harrisburg, def. Marsh, 10-6; Ben Gromer, Brandon Valley, def. Jack Riggs, Aberdeen Central, 10-9 (7); Justin Remmers, Watertown, def. Lah Dohe Soe, Huron, 10-9 (9); Drake Jerke, Mitchell, def. Keller Herman, Pierre, 10-1.

Consolation: Marsh def. Riggs, 8-6; Doh Soe deef. Herman, 8-3.

Semifinals: Rausch def. Gromer, 10-8; Jerke def. Remmers, 10-4.

Consolation Championship: Doh Soe def. Marsh, 8-5.

Third Place: Remmers def. Gromer, 8-3.

Championship: Rausch def. Jerke, 10-6.

Fifth Flight

Play-In: Xavier St. Pierre, Brookings, def. Joe Mikkonen, Pierre, 10-6; .

First Round: Cooper Rott, Harrisburg, def. St. Pierre, 10-4; Jack Pedersen, Yankton, def. Preston Kreber, Aberdeen Central, 10-6; Matthew Mauszycki, Mitchell, def. Tyler Dingsor, Watertown, 10-7; Lucas Fogarty, Brandon Valley, def. Say Poe, 10-3..

Consolation: Kreber def. St. Pierre, 8-6; Dingsor def. Poe, 8-3.

Semifinals: Pedersen def. Rott, 10-4; Fogarty def. Mauszycki, 10-9 (4).

Consolation Championship: Kreber def. Dingsor, 8-7 (5).

Third Place: Rott def. Mauszycki, 8-2.

Championship: Pedersen def. Fogarty, 10-7.

Sixth Flight

Play-In: Weston Northrup, Pierre, def. JC St. Pierre, Brookings, 10-3.

First Round: Zach Fuhrer, Mitchell, def. Northrup, 10-2; Luke Moeller, Yankton, def. Joey Meester, Watertown, 10-7; Gavin Stone, Brandon Valley, def. Matthew Thin, Huron, 10-5; Aidan Rockvam, Harrisburg, def. Hunter Miller, Aberdeen Central, 10-4..

Consolation: Northrup def. Meester, 8-4; Thin def. Miller, 8-2.

Semifinals: Fuhrer def. Moeller, 10-7; Stone def. Rockvam, 10-7.

Consolation Championship: Thin def. Northrup, 8-4.

Third Place: Rockvam def. Moeller, 8-5.

Championship: Fuhrer def. Stone, 10-7.

ESD Singles Results: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23808775-2023-boys-esd-tournament-day-1-results?responsive=1&title=1

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