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South Dakota Class A state tennis results: Sioux Falls Christian leads after first day

jonathan fernandez, sioux falls argus leader
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Sioux Falls Christian leads after the first day of the Class A state tournament in Rapid City.

The Chargers’ 392 points give them a 48-point lead over second place Rapid City Christian. Lennox finished day one in fifth place with 179 points.

The Chargers advanced to the semifinal in all six singles flights and had all three doubles teams advance to the finals.

Here are the results for day one of the Class A tennis state championship.

Singles

Flight one

Quarterfinals: 1-Mitchell Hofer (SFC) def. 8-Michael Levine (STM) 6-2, 6-0; 4-Cody Plank (LEN) def. 5-Cason Hellwig (ABR) 6-4, 7-5; 3-Dah Christ Moo (HUR) def. 6-Joe Schulte (MIL) 7-6(4), 6-0; 2-Jack Hancock (RCH) def. 7-Devin Dodson (PIE) 6-1, 6-1;

Flight two

Quarterfinals: 1-Rex Lefever (SFC) def. 8-Elijah Sims (MAD) 6-1, 6-0; 4-Gunnar Geiken (LEN) def. 5-Lucas Hight (PIE) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9; 3-Palmer Johnson (ABR) def. 6-Matthew Thin (HUR) 6-3, 6-1; 2-Henry Beckloff (RCH) def. 7-Andrew Levine (STM) 6-1, 6-2

Flight three

Quarterfinals: 1-Noah Geyer (RCH) def. 9-Gregory Grabow(MIL) 6-2, 6-1; 5-Jacob Leiferman (PIE) def. 4-Eli Plank (LEN) by default; 2-Jack Squier (SFC) def. 7-Braeden Strain (STM) 6-0, 6-0 ; 3-Gannon May (ABR) def. 6-Lah Doh Soe (HUR) 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-8

Flight four

Quarterfinals: 1-Cain Schaefers (RCH) def. 9-Ethan Sims (MAD) 6-1, 6-1; 5-Weston Northrup (PIE) def. 4-Hser N Wah (HUR) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8; 6-Landon Zikmud (ABR) def. 3-Pierce Temme (LEN) 6-1, 6-1; 2-Jack DeYoung (SFC) def. 7-Will Muellenbach (MIL) 6-1, 6-4

Flight five

Quarterfinals: 1-Logan Boyle (SFC) def. 9-Daniel Shelstad (MIL) 6-2, 6-1; 4-Say Poe (HUR) def. 5-Jayden Reecy (ABR) 6-1, 7-5; 3-Ethan Palmer (RCH) def. 6-Grant Freeling (VER) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5; 2-Elliot Huxford (STM) def. 7-Chase Steuerwald (MAD) 6-0, 6-0

Flight six

Quarterfinals: 1-Elijah Lindgren (SFC) def. 8-Alex Baugh (MIL) 6-1, 6-3; 5- Oliver Huxford (STM) def. 4-Maner Htoo (HUR) 6-1, 6-1; 3-Ezra Feickert (ABR) def. 6-Tysen Hovden (VER) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6; 2-Hudson Selfridge (RCH) def. 7-Maguire Studer (MAD) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

Flight one

Quarterfinals: 1- M. Hofer/J.Squier (SFC) def. 8-J. Schulte/G. Grabow (MIL) 6-1, 6-0; 4-P. Johnson/G. May (ABR) def. 5-D. Christ Moo/ M. Htoo (HUR) 6-2, 6-3; 3-C. Plank/E.Plank (LEN) def. 11-N. Bailey/D. Crandall (SPE) 6-0, 6-1;2-J. Hancock/N. Geyer (RCH) def. 7-S. Reverts/E. Sims (MAD) 6-1, 6-2

Semifinals: 1- M. Hofer/J.Squier (SFC) def. 4-P. Johnson/G. May (ABR) 6-2, 6-0; 2-J. Hancock/N. Geyer (RCH) def. 3-C. Plank/E.Plank (LEN) by default

Flight two

Quarterfinals: 1-R. Lefever/L. Boyle (SFC) def. 9-T. Pierce/E. Sims (MAD) 6-0, 6-0; 4-W. Northrup/D. Dodson (PIE) def. 5-P. Temme/G. Geiken (LEN) 6-4, 6-2; 3-C. Hellwig/L. Zikmund (ABR) def. 6-W. Muellenbach/C. Whitesitt (MIL) 6-2, 6-4; 2-H. Beckloff/C. Schaefers (RCH) def. 7-L. Doh Soe/H N Wah (HUR) 6-4, 6-0

Semifinals: 1-R. Lefever/L. Boyle (SFC) def. 4-W. Northrup/D. Dodson (PIE) 6-1, 6-2; 2-H. Beckloff/C. Schaefers (RCH) def. 3-C. Hellwig/L. Zikmund (ABR) 6-3, 6-4

Flight three

Quarterfinals: 1-J. DeYoung/E. Lindgren (SFC) def. 9-T. Hovden/T. Wittmuss (VER) 6-1, 6-0; 4-M. Thin/S. Poe (HUR) def. 5-J. Reecy/W.Haskell (ABR) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7; 3-E. Palmer/M. Suomala (RCH) def. 11-N. Welch/M. VanMeeteren (LEN) 6-1, 6-4; 7-C. Steuerwald/M. Studer (MAD) def. 2-E. Huxford/O. Huxford (STM) 6-1, 6-2

Semifinals: 1-J. DeYoung/E. Lindgren (SFC) def. 4-M. Thin/S. Poe (HUR) 6-4, 6-2; 7-C. Steuerwald/M. Studer (MAD) def. 3-E. Palmer/M. Suomala (RCH) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7

Team Standings

  1. Sioux Falls Christian: 392

  2. Rapid City Christian: 344

  3. Aberdeen Roncalli: 225

  4. Huron: 188

  5. Lennox: 179

  6. Madison: 174

  7. Pierre T.F. Riggs: 156

  8. St. Thomas More: 144

  9. Milbank: 135

  10. Vermillion: 87

  11. Spearfish: 32

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: SD state tennis results: Sioux Falls Christian leads after first day