Bigfork's doubles teams lose in state tennis semis
MISSOULA — Bigfork had a pair of doubles teams fall in semifinal action Friday at the Class B-C state tennis tournament.
Alanis Stallknecht and Brooke Bonner defeated Haley Erickson and Madeline Woods of Chester 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, but lost to Jill Barta and Kaylee Baeth of Fairfield 6-4, 6-2 in semifinals.
Adam Jordt and Isaac Martel defeated Cordell Wittmier and Austin Padilla of Conrad in the quarterfinals 6-0, 6-1, but fell to Teddy Muth and Stephen Sellman of Loyola in the semifinals 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
State B-C Tennis
Friday results
BOYS
At Playfair Park
Team Totals
Loyola Sacred Heart 29, Cut Bank 19, Ronan and Troy 17, St. Ignatius 16, Conrad 14, Bigfork 8, Valley Christian 6, Darby 2.
Singles
Quarterfinals
Ian Descamps, Loyola, def. Fisher Shima, Ronan, 6-4, 6-2; Kalen Christiaens, Loyola, def. Brett Peters, Conrad, 6-3, 6-0; Karl Daniels, St. Ignatius, def. Michael Goe, Troy, 6-2, 6-1; Isaac Matt, Cut Bank, def. Tyler Padilla, Conrad, 6-0, 6-1.
Semifinals
Christiaens def. Descamps, ,6-1, 6-3; Daniels def. Matt, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Daniel Aylesworth/Ron Cullis, Ronan, def. Parker Larsen/Brandon Vanderbush, Conrad, 6-0, 6-0; Michael Kraft/Robert Jennings, Cut Bank, def. Bruce Metz/Luke Haggerty, Troy, 6-2, 6-2; Adam Jordt/Isaac Martel, Bigfork, def. Cordell Wittmier/Austin Padilla, Conrad, 6-0, 6-1; Teddy Muth/Stephen Sellman, Loyola, def. CJ Beard/Craig Helmrick, Troy, 6-0, 6-0.
Semifinals
Kraft/Jennings def. Aylesworth/Cullins, 6-2, 6-2; Muth/Sellman def. Jordt/Martel, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
GIRLS
At Peak Racquet Club
Team Totals
Townsend 24, Chinook 19, Cut Bank 15, Fairfield-Power 13, Baker 12, Chester/Joplin/Inverness and Bigfork 10, Loyola and Choteau 9, Conrad 7, Superior-Alberton and Wolf Point 5, Troy, Valley Christian and Fort Benton 4, St. Ignatius 3, Eureka and Ronan 2, Simms, Boulder and Darby 1.
Singles
Quarterfinals
Brooke Nicholson, Chinook, def. Latisha Marcum, Townsend, 6-1, 6-0; Paige Larson, Cut Bank, def. Jocelyn Caldwell, Loyola, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; Kylie Hadley, Baker, def. Morgan VanDyke, Conrad, 6-4, 6-4; Mariah Swank, Chinook, def. Maggie Leigland, Fairfield, 6-0, 6-3.
Semifinals
Larson def. Nicholson, 6-2, 7-5; Swank def. Hadley, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Alanis Stallknecht/Brooke Bonner, Bigfork, def. Haley Erickson/Madeline Woods, Chester, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Jill Barta/Kaylee Baeth, Fairfield, def. Savannah Hickey/Braylea Wyrick, Baker, 6-1, 6-3; Alecia Fladstol/Carmen Estalella, Choteau, def. Lauren Harshman/Cortney Gunderson, Chinook, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6; Kasee Clark/Mariah Saltzman, Townsend, def. Alex Kraft/Duana Gobert, Cut Bank, 6-1, 6-3.
Semifinals
Barta/Baeth def. Stallknecht/Bonner, 6-4, 6-2; Saltzman/Clark def. Fladstol/Estalella, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.