Bigfork, Glacier tie in girls tennis dual

BIGFORK - Glacier and Bigfork managed to beat Mother Nature by completing a girls tennis dual, which ended in a 4-4 tie, on yet another gray, wet, snowy and blustry day for spring sports Tuesday

The weather, however, finally won out during the boys dual between the Wolfpack and Vikings. Glacier led 4-2 when the dual was finally called off because of dangerous court conditions with two matches - Nos. 3-4 singles - still on the court. Bigfork was leading in both.

"We battled through the snow, it was kind of interesting," Glacier coach Josh Munro said.

But on a more positive note ...

"We got a lot of our younger, less experienced players some experience today," he said.

"We had a couple of tight matches.

"Karl Hellwig and Evan Froystad (at No. 1 doubles) played really well against a pretty good team (Bigfork's Ryan Gembala and Evan Jordt)," he added.

"They went to tie-break last week and again this week.

Gembala and Jordt won 11-10 (5).

Munro said all his girls doubles teams "played well."

Glacier, along with Flathead, hosts Great Falls High and C.M. Russell on Thursday at 1 p.m.

Girls

Glacier 4, Bigfork 4

SINGLES - Veronica Walton, G, def. Kianna Wicklund, 10-4; Hannah Barrett, B, def. Hailea Vaudt, 10-1; Mckinze Shults, B, def. Hilary Syvertson, 10-4; Arial Stallkneckt, B, def. Hannah Davis, 10-5.

DOUBLES - Ingrid Ericksen/Shelby Ballard, G, def. Makenna Gembala/Shelby Scoggins, 10-3; Lauren Jones/Kirstyn Haugenoe, G, def. Mirand Tilton/Alex Hilger, 10-2; Nikki Olsen/Kendall Sattler, G, def. Bayne Tilton/Alex Hilger, 10-2; Madison Fraley/Alanis Stallkneckt, B, won by injury default.

Boys

Glacier 4, Bigfork 2

(Glacier trailed in Nos. 3-4 singles when dual was called because of weather)

SINGLES - Brandon Simpson, G, def. Dylan Reichenbach, 10-9 (7); Colter Mahlum, B, def. Izaak Castren, 10-4; John Lyons, B, led Quintyn Menegazzi 4-0; Nate Roberson, B, led Jordan Bridwell 4-2.

DOUBLES - Ryan Gembala/Evan Jordt, B, def. Karl Hellwig/Evan Froystad, 11-10 (5); Ryan Schmauch/Ryan Edwards, G, def. Shane Parks/Kyle Campbell, 10-1; Brandon Doty/Conner Watterud, G, won by forfeit; Reece Erickson/Kalen Reed, G, won by forfeit.

Polson sweeps Libby

POLSON - Polson did not drop a match in singles play, boys and girls, to post a pair of dual tennis wins.

The boys won 5-2, while the girls rolled to a 7-0 victory.

Polson was without No. 1 singles player Kendyall Rochin. She missed the dual with an illness.

The Polson girls improve to 8-1 in duals, while the PHS boys are 5-4.

Boys

Polson 5, Libby 2

SINGLES - Brady Hislop, P, def. Crawford Dinning, 6-4, 6-0; Ian Laimbeer, P, def. Jason Schnackenberg, 6-2, 6-1; Hayden Congdon, P, def. Nick Alspaw, 6-1, 6-2; Andrew Storro, P, won by forfeit.

DOUBLES - Alex Cislo/Cree Maloney, L, def. Justin Evertz/Will Davey, 6-2, 6-2; Sam Peel/Reed Hovenkotter, P, def. Lane Luscher/Ian Myslicki, 6-2, 6-2; Rob Hamilton/Josh Broderick, L, def. Sam Kinzel/Dylan McCrumb, 6-3, 7-5.

Girls

Polson 7, Libby 0

SINGLES - Whitney Zimmerman, P, def. Kaya Hardgrove, 6-1, 6-3; Karly Rochin, P, def. Kira Rose, 6-0, 6-2; Tegan Bauer, P, def. Shaelin Jenson, 6-0 6-1; Jonna Grant, P, def. Mariah Briskin, 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES - Audra Engebretson/Jordan Quinn, P, def. Alissa Buti/Kyla O'Brien, 6-4, 6-0; Kenzie Clay/Karmen Borchers, P, def. Hannah Sullivan/Tana Wilson, 6-2, 6-1; Mollybeth Hendrix/Sara Robinson, P, won by forfeirt.

Whitefish at Ronan

Canceled because of weather. The two schools will attempt to reschedule the dual.

Corvallis at Columbia Falls

Canceled because of weather. No rescheduled date has been set.