Bigfork netters claim B-C state
MISSOULA - Cut Bank, which had won eight-straight Class B-C state boys tennis championships, gave way to Bigfork on Saturday.
The Vikings, led by singles runner-up Bridger Mahlum and doubles runner-up Ryan Gembala and Evan Jordt, piled up 43 points to win going away in its return to Class B after spending more than 10 years in Class A.
Cut Bank and Valley Christian tied for second with 29.
Bigfork's girls also earned a state trophy, tying for third place with Baker with 23 points each. Chinook edged Cut Bank 36-33 for the team title.
The Valkyries' Jade Bosic
finished second in singles.
The finals of the three-day event were held at Lindsay Tennis Center.
BOYS
Team Totals
1, Bigfork 43; 2 (tie), Cut Bank 29; Valley Christian 29; 4 (tie), Loyola Sacred Heart 27; St. Ignatius 27; 7, Conrad 15; 8, Troy 7.
Individual
Singles
Championship - Spencer Ahlborn, SI, def. Bridger Mahlum, Big, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Consolation final - Calen King, Con, def. Josiah Petersen, VC, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Fifth/Sixth - Dylan Reichenbach, Big, def. Jonathan Finch, Loy, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Consolation - King, Con, def. Reichenbach, Big, 6-1, 6-1; Petersen, VC, def. Finch, Loy, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles
Championship - Jace Kimmet/Nate Kavanagh, CB, def. Ryan Gembala/Evan Jordt, Big, 7-5, 6-4.
Consolation final - Paul Heffernan/Tobin Blome, Loy, def. Jordan Potter/Matthew Bohlken, VC, 6-2, 6-2.
Fifth/Sixth - Dylan Johnston/Charles Cooper, CB, def. Trail Bundy/Nikko Alexander, Tro, 6-4, 6-6 (7-5).
Consolation - Potter/Bohlken, VC, def. Bundy/Alexander, Tro, 6-1, 6-4; Heffernan/Blome, Loy, def. Johnston/Cooper, CB, 6-2, 6-3.
GIRLS
Team Totals
1, Chinook 36; 2, Cut Bank 33; 3 (tie), Baker 23; Bigfork 23; 5, Townsend 15; 6, Fort Benton 14; 7, Whitehall 12; 8 (tie), Darby 11; Superior 11; 10 (tie), Choteau 10; Conrad 10; 12 (tie), Wolf Point 6; Fairfield 6; 14, Eureka 5; 15, Loyola Sacred Heart 4; 16, Troy 2; 17, Chester 1. Also competing - Valley Christian, St. Ignatius, Big Sandy, Forsyth, Boulder.
Individual
Singles
Championship - Morgan McDivitt, CB, def. Jade Bosic, Big, 6-1, 6-4.
Consolation final - Gaelyn Domino, Tow, def. Alysa Brown, Chi, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.
Fifth/Sixth - Cary Chamberlain, Sup, def. Michele Schawczenski, Whi, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
Consolation - Domino, Tow, def. Schawczenski, Whi, 6-0, 6-0; Brown, Chi, def. Chamberlain, Sup, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
Championship - Kelsey Hadley/Jamie Nielson, Bak, def. Breanna Bauer/Alexa Cline, CB, 6-0, 6-4.
Consolation final - Katie Diemert/Taryn Norby, Chi, def. Megan Lundy/Casey Naeseth, FB, 6-4, 6-3.
Fifth/Sixth - Emily Harshman/Sarah Finley, Chi, def. Miriam Bender/Hayley Finks, Dar, 6-4, 6-2.
Consolation - Diemert/Norby, Chi, def. Harshman/Finley, Chi, 6-6 (7-5), 6-3; Lundy/Naeseth, FB, def. Bender/Finks, Dar, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.