Paulson dominates Class A tennis

The Daily Inter Lake

LEWISTOWN - Danni Paulson's season of dominance came to a fitting end Friday, a straight-set win over Havre's Amy McClain in the title match to win her second consecutive Class A singles championship.

"The score was 6-2, 6-1, but the match was much closer than that," Bulldogs coach Patrick Dryden said. "Anyone who thought that this would be easy underestimated Amy."

Paulson's victory helped propel the Whitefish Bulldogs to a third-place finish in girls play.

"That was our goal, to bring home a trophy from state," Dryden said. "We barely squeaked it out - we got some nice contributions from freshman Brielle Menegazzi, and that proved to be the difference between bringing home a trophy and coming home empty handed."

Dillon won its first girls tennis title with 22 points. Havre was second with 20 followed by Whitefish with 17. Lewistown's Devon Nelson and Alira Carpenter won the doubles championship.

In boys play, Havre ran away from the field for its sixth straight team title with 40 points. Bigfork was second with 20. The Blue Ponies' Marc Mariani and Gary Wagner successfully defended their doubles championship and Kyle Baltrusch won singles.

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Dryden

We ended up third place. Dillon won with 22, Havre 20, WF 17.

Taylor Beach didn't have a very good tournament., Cond were very windy and she was having diff with the wind, got off to low starts in her matches and came up short.

Michelle

They did pretty well. We too a soingles and a doubles team. Harrison/Rottenbiller. The doubles team lost first two matches, but it was really good experience for them to see what needs to happen for them next year.

Izaak did pretty well. He had some really good matches. Lost first match to exchange student from State Class A Tennis

At Lewistown

Boys team standings - Havre 40, Bigfork 20, Hardin 14, Polson 14, Corvallis 13, Stevensville 8, Glendive 5, Livingston 5, Whitefish 2, Lewistown 2, Hamilton 1.

Girls team standings - Dillon 22, Havre 20, Whitefish 17, Lewistown 16, Billings Central 10, Bigfork 10, Livingston 8, Columbia Falls 2, Hardin 2, Stevensville 2.

Boys

Singles

Semifinals - Seykora, Hardin, def. Fehr, Corvallis, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Baltrusch, Havre, def. Stephens, Stevensville, 6-3, 6-4.

Championship - Baltrusch, Havre, def. Seykora, Hardin, 6-2, 6-2.

Consolation quarterfinals - Wummell, Livingston, def. Opatz, Whitefish, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6); Dykstra, Polson, def. Orcutt, Glendive, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Consolation semifinals - Stephens, Stevensville, def. Wummell, Livingston, 6-2; 6-4; Fehr, Corvallis, def. Dykstra, Polson, 6-2, 6-4.

Third-place match - Fehr, Corvallis, def. Stephens, Stevensville, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles

Semifinals - Averill-Collins, Bigfork, def. Tchida-Wagner, Havre, 7-6 (6-4), 6-3; Mariani-Wagner, Havre, def. Klein Vandenberg, Polson, 6-0, 6-2.

Championship - Mariani-Wagner, Havre, def. Averill-Collins, Bigfork, 6-1, 6-1.

Consolation quarterfinals - Gruener-Gruener, Lewiston, def. Jessop-Hooten, Corvallis, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Miles-Wolstein, Bigfork, def. McCormick-Renstrom, Stevensville, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5.

Consolation semifinals - Klein-Vanderberg, Polson, def. Gruener-Gruener, Lewistown, 7-5, 7-5; Miles-Wolstein, Bigfork, def. Tchida-Wagner, Havre, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Third-place match - Klein-Vanderberg, Polson, def. Miles-Wolstein, Bigfork, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Girls

Singles

Semifinals - Paulson, Whitefish, def. Hatzell, Billings Central, 6-1, 6-2; McLain, Havre, def. Xanthopoulos, Dillon, 7-6 (6-3), 6-3.

Championship - Paulson, Whitefish, def. McLain, Havre, 6-2, 6-1.

Consolation quarterfinals - Barnes, Hamilton, def. Arrasmith, Livingston, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Orchard, Polson, def. Housinger, Billings Central, 6-1, 6-0.

Consolation quarterfinals - Xanthopoulos, Dillon, def. Barnes, Hamilton, 6-1, 6-3; Hatzell, Billings Central, def. Orchard, Polson, 1-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Third-place match - Xanthopoulos, Dillon, def. Hatzell, Billings Central, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles

Semifinals - Bennett-Nield, Dillon, def. Foote-Kestling, Livingston, 6-2, 6-2; Nelson-Carpenter, Lewistown, def. Lock-Brunette, Bigfork, 6-4, 6-4.

Championship - Nelson-Carpenter, Lewistown, def. Bennett-Nield, Dillon, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4).

Consolation quarterfinals - Flateau-Solomon, Havre, def. Elliott-Steadman, Miles City, 6-1, 6-0; Marcile-Marcile, Columbia Falls, def. Nielsen-Linn, Glendive, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Consolation semifinals - Lock-Brunette, Bigfork, def. Flateau-Solomon, Havre, 7-5, 6-4; Foote-Kestling, Livingston, def. Marcile-Marcile, Columbia Falls, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.

Third-place match - Lock-Brunette, Bigfork, def. Foote-Kestling, Livingston, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.