Results from high school tennis quadrangular at Brandon and boys tennis tourney at Milbank
BRANDON — Watertown High School's girls tennis team went 2-0-1 in season-opening duals on Thursday.
The Arrows beat Yankton 7-2 and Brandon Valley 5-4 before splitting with Rapid City Stevens 4-4.
"It was a very long day of tennis. We had three matches that each lasted about three hours and we just finished up at 8:15 p.m.," said Watertown head coach Ryan Zink. "I'm really proud of the girls because that's a tough way to start."
Leyla Meester (second flight) and Faith Berg (third flight) each were 3-0 in singles and Sophia Nichols (fourth flight) and Karlie Schulte (sixth flight) each 2-1. Ellie Zink and Meester combined to go 3-0 in the first flight of doubles. Cayda Weiss and Schulte went 2-1 at No. 3 doubles.
"We played well against Yankton to get things going and then came out a little sluggish in doubles against Brandon Valley," said Zink. "Stevens is a great team and we ended in a 4-4 tie."
The Arrows have a busy week on the road next week, playing Sioux Falls O'Gorman and Sioux Falls Washington on Wednesday, Sioux Falls Jefferson on Friday and Brookings and Aberdeen Central on Saturday in the Brookings Jamboree.
Watertown 5, Brandon Valley 4: Singles (Addison Meyers, BV, def. Jade Smith, 10-4; Leyla Meester, W, def. Keera Kriech, 10-2; Faith Berg, W, def, Melia Thelen, 10-9 (7-2 tiebreaker); Sophia Nichols, W, def. Sophia Menden, 10-7; Abby Boersma, BV, def. Cayda Weiss, 10-3; Karlie Schulte, W, def. McKenzie Johnson, 10-6). Doubles (Ellie Zink-Meester, W, def. Meyers-Thelen, 10-1; Kriech-Boersma, BV, def. Berg-Nichols, 10-7; Menden-Reagan Morrell, BV, def. Weiss-Schulte, 10-6).
Watertown 4, Rapid City Stevens 4: Singles (No first flight match; Meester, W, def. Sylvie Mortimer, 10-7; Berg, W, def. Arabella Scott, 10-6; Ella Potvin, RCS, def. Nichols, 10-1; Madison Marsh, RCS, def. Weiss, 10-4; Bella Nelson, RCS, def. Schulte, 10-4). Doubles: Zink-Meester, W, def. Ogle-Scott, 10-7; Mortimer-Potvin, RCS, def. Berg-Nichols, 10-3; Weiss-Schulte, W, def. Marsh-Nelson, 10-9 (7-5 tiebreaker).
Watertown 7, Yankton 2: Singles (Nora Krajewski, Y, def. Zink, 10--8; Meester, W, def. Sabrina Krajewski, 10-5; Berg, W, def. Addison Gordon, 10-8; Nichols, W, def. Evelyn Lima-Zapon, 10-4; Kara Koerner, Y, def. Weiss, 10-9 (7-5 tiebreaker)' Schulte, W, def. Meagan Scott, 10-3. Doubles (Zink-Meester, W, def. Krajewski-Krajewski, 10-6; Berg-Nichols, W, def. Gordon/Lima-Zapon, 10-9 (9-7 tiebreaker); Weiss-Schulte, W, def. Koerner-Scott, 10-5.
High School Golf
MILBANK — Medalist Jonathan Lake carried Watertown's junior varsity to the team title in the Milbank POET Boys Golf Invitational at the Whetstone Creek Golf Course.
Other teams and their scores included Aberdeen Roncalli (342), Milbank (355), Sioux Valley (356), Flandreau (364), Groton Area (366), Aberdeen Central's junior varsity (405), Redfield (433), Mobridge-Pollock 442. Sisseton and Tiospa Zina did not field complete teams.
Lake shot a 73 to win the individual title by three shots.
Other Top 10 Individuals: 2. Brevin Fliehs, Groton Area, 76; 3. Jonathan DeBoer, Milbank, 78; 4. Nathan Larson, Sioux Valley, 79; 5. Curtis Sneden, Watertown jv, 80; 6. Joshua Keeton, Milbank, 80; 7. Alfie Henderson, Flandreau, 82; 8. Carter Buisker, Watertown jv, 83; 9. Evan Meester, Watertown jv, 83; 10. Finn Anderson, Aberdeen Roncalli, 84.
Other Area Golfers: Milbank (Owen Fischer 95, Charlie Peery 102, Gregory Grabow 108 and Ryan Keeton 108), Roncalli (Gannon May 85, Andrew Gerlach 86, Lucas Daggett 87, Aiden Hernandez 91 and Jesse Hernandez 104), Sioux Valley (Tate Steffensen 86, Jack Opitz 95, Patrick Quale 96, Chris Moberg 111 and Trentyn Schmit 117), Groton Area (Carter Simon 89, Logn Pearson 92 and Jace Johnson 109), Aberdeen Central jv (Jack Podoll 97, Gavin Glover 100, Jaden Eckmann 102, Wyatt Kiesz 106, Deggie Hansen 108 and Ridly Wasem 111), Tiospa Zina (Frank Barse, 106), Sisseton (Luke Nielsen 98, Bradley Hanson 99 and Cash Opsal 105), Watertown jv (Brody Torgerson 86 and Max Stemwedel 88), Redfield (Kevin Weller 102, Seth Domke 107, Jaxen Campbell 112, Micah Zastrow 112 and Tristan O'Daniel 117) and Mobridge-Pollock (William Blankartz 97, Jacob Zorues 103, Marques Beier 114, Alex Keller 128, Jarrett Longbrake 130 and Brady Longbrake 137).
Note: Jack Mack of Watertown won the jv division with an 83, followed by teammates Remy Redlin (99), Landon Struckman (101) and Mason Maag (108).
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