Whitefish goes undefeated

Defeats Bigfork in regular-season tennis finale

The Daily Inter Lake

BIGFORK - Whitefish wrapped up perfect regular seasons in boys and girls tennis action Saturday by defeating Bigfork.

The Whitefish girls topped the Valkyries 5-2 to finish with a 10-0 league mark, 12-0 overall.

WHS won at Nos. 1-3-4 singles and Nos. 2-3 doubles.

The Whitefish boys downed the Vikings 5-2 to go 8-0 and 10-0.

Up next for area Class A teams is divisional play, which begins Thursday in Kalispell.

"It was nice for both the boys and girls teams to finish undefeated," said WHS girls coach Patrick Dryden.

"I don't think that's happened before at Whitefish High School."

"We had a great season and the new season starts next week (at divisional)," said Whitefish boys coach Kathy Cummings.

Whitefish's Chase Pierce trailed 6-1 to Bigfork's Bridger Mahlum, but rallied for a 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 win at No. 4 singles.

At No. 3 doubles, Scott Johnson and Lucas Peace battled back to down Bigfork's Jordan Sabo and Dylan Richmond, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Brielle Menegazzi, who suffered her first loss of the season on Friday, rebounded with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Bigfork's Brianna Hughes at No. 1 singles.

"It was nice to see her bounce back the way she did today," Dryden said.

"Brianna had some nice shots. It was closer than the score indicated."

Dryden said Bigfork's No. 1 doubles team of Roxy Thurman and Quindee Averill looked sharp in beating Kate Whitaker and Kimberly McIntyre, 6-3, 6-1.

"Averill and Thurman really picked it up," Dryden said.

"We jumped out to leads in both sets and they stormed back."

Girls

Singles - Brielle Menegazzi, W, def. Brianna Hughes, 6-1, 6-1; Linda Xin, B, def. Mariah Driscoll, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Ellie Opel, W, def. Nicolette Peterson, 6-3, 7-5; Sarah Vail, W, won by forfeit.

Double - Roxy Thurman/Quindee Averill, B, def. Kate Whitaker/Kimberly McIntyre, 6-3, 6-1; Michelle Maddock/McCara Cullen, W, def. Kelly Deaton/Jade Bosic, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Kelsey McCluskey/Kate Klundt, W, def. Lisa Kelecy/Ariana Shults, 6-2, 6-1.

Boys

Singles - Matt Harris, W, def. Tyler Butts, 6-1, 6-0; Ryan Rottenbiller, W, def. Sean Barrett, 6-1, 6-0; Ian Hosek, W, def. David Myers, 6-2, 6-0; Chase Pierce, W, def. Bridger Mahlum, 6-6 (8-6), 6-2.

Doubles - Owen Roberts/Kainoa Lake, B, def. Kyle Jacobson/Brendan Viscomi, 6-2, 6-2; Scott Taylor/Travis Boughton, B, def. Tanner Hosek/Trey Lagrandeur, 6-1, 6-0; Scott Johnson/Lucas Peace, W, def. Jordan Sabo/Dylan Richmond, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Exhibition

Doubles - Matt Whitehead/Tanner Hosek, W, def. Casey Brown/Javier Guevara, 8-5.

Polson, Bigfork split

BIGFORK - Polson and Bigfork split a tennis dual on Saturday.

The Polson girls took all three doubles matches and added wins at Nos. 1-3-4 singles to post a 6-1 victory.

The Bigfork boys won all four singles matches and came out on top at Nos. 2-3 doubles for a 6-1 triumph.

"The Polson girls dominated doubles play and looked good overall leading into divisionals," said Polson coach Bob Hislop.

"(Karston) Erickson and (Jake) Grebetz had a very good win at No. 1 doubles. They were very steady, especially serving and returning serves."

Erickson and Grebetz defeated Bigfork's Owen Roberts and Kainoa Lake, 7-5, 6-2.

Bigfork and Polson will compete in divisional play, starting Thursday in Kalispell.

The Polson girls finished the regular season 8-2 in league matches, 10-5 overall. The Polson boys were 3-8 and 5-10.

Girls

Singles - Emily Pyles, P, def. Brianna Hughes, 7-5, 6-3; Linda Xin, B, def. Lexi Cline, 6-2, 6-0; Erika Mole, P, def. Ariana Shults, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Steph Bertsch, P, def. Lisa Kelecy, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles - Malika Erickson/Cali Hislop, P, def. Roxy Thurman/Quindee Averill, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), Mattea York/Kelsie Delaney, P, def. Jade Bosic/Kelly Deaton, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0; Anjuli Campbell/Cassie Ward, P, def. Cassie Keller/Nicolette Peterson, 6-4, 6-0.

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Boys

Singles - Tyler Butts, B, def. Tyler Engebretson, 6-3, 6-4; Sean Barrett, B, def. Seth Hovenkotter, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; David Myers, B, def. Ky Simshaw, 6-1, 6-0; Bridger Mahlum, B, def. Matt Roberts, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles - Karston Erickson/Jake Grebetz, P, def. Owen Roberts/Kainoa Lake, 7-5, 6-2; Scott Taylor/Travis Boughton, B, def. Steven Roberts/Stefan McCrumb, 6-1, 6-4; Jordan Sabo/Dylan Richmond, B, def. Joe Allik/Kyle Cooper, 6-4, 6-3.

Columbia Falls 5,

Eureka 2

EUREKA - No. 1 singles Sarah Marcille led the way for a Wildkat singles clean sweep of straight sets victories and No. 2 singles Chelsey Wilson made it stand with a first-set tie-breaking victory.

Eureka picked up its victories at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles in the Saturday morning outing.

Singles - Sarah Marcille, CF, def. Sasha Trudeau 6-1, 6-1; Chelsey Wilson, CF, def. Briann Linnell 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Jessica Ferretti, CF, def. Casey Armstrong 6-2, 6-4; Shelby Hobbs, CF, def. Ashley Gullo 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles - Martina Quade/ Heather Lundi, E, def. Stephanie Raymond/ Laura Burfi 6-1, 6-1; Michelle Cronquist/ Carrie Hopkins, CF, def. KaeDee Snay/ Brianna Lundberg 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Marni Zauner/ Tayler Holder, E, def. Charli Dobson/ Katie Newton 6-0, 6-1.

Columbia Falls 4,

Libby 3

LIBBY - Columbia Falls dominated doubles play and managed to pick up one victory in singles play to post 4-3 dual victories Saturday afternoon over the Libby boys and girls.

Libby won Nos. 1-2 singles for boys and girls.

Two matches went the distance: Libby's Nate Broden defeated Weston Bartkoski 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4 singles and Columbia Falls' No. 2 doubles team of Michelle Cronquist and Carrie Hopkins outlasted Jourdan Wood and Katie Horelick, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.

Boys

Singles - Steven Hauck, L, def. Scott Hopkins, 6-2, 6-1; Hunter Sheffield, L, def. Billy Garcia, 6-0, 6-1; Devon Iverson, CF, def. Cody Ercanbreack, 6-1, 6-3; Nate Broden, L, def. Weston Bartkoski, 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles - Grant Getts/Cody Maynard, CF, def. Nick Broden/Neil Young, 6-3, 6-0; Jake Ronish/Wesley Jackson, CF, def. Cyrus Maloney/Chris Schnackenberg, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Ian Gordon/Eric Schaeffer, CF, def. Jesse Ramos/Derek Mckinzey, 6-1, 7-5.

Girls

Singles - Jackie Mee, L, def. Sarah Marcille, 6-2, 6-2; Veronika Cislo, L, def. Laura Burgi, 6-0, 6-1; Margeaux Zwang, L, def. Shelby Hobbs, 6-1, 6-4; Stephanie Raymond, CF, def. Audra Poppen, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles - Chelsey Wilson/Jessica Ferretti, CF, def. Nichole Newmanb/Riley Dining, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Michelle Cronquist/Carrie Hopkins, CF, def. Jourdan Wood/Katie Horelick, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Lydia Freeman/Charli Dobson, CF, won by forfeit.