Tennis roundup: Ten divisional titles in row for Polson girls; Whitefish boys win first since 2008

Polson’s Mollie Lemm pulled off the upset of the tournament, her teammate Marlee Congdon won the singles title and the Pirates picked up enough other wins along the way to claim their 10th consecutive Northwestern A divisional tennis championship on Friday at The Summit.

The Whitefish boys won their first divisional title since 2008.

“(Winning 10 in a row) was a huge goal of ours,” Polson coach Bob Hislop said. “We had a lot of kids score, even some of the kids that didn’t place. I think we did very well.”

“We’ve had some good teams and some good players over the years and the other schools have been kind of loaded and we’d never been able to get over the hump,” Whitefish boys coach Chris Schwaderer said. “This victory is kind of an indication of where the program is and where the culture is at Whitefish right now.”

The Pirates girls scored 54 points to best Whitefish’s 42, and they did so on the strength of two terrific singles efforts. Lemm stunned two-time defending champion Emily Getts of Columbia Falls, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the semifinals, handing Getts her first loss to a conference opponent since 2013.

“The two girls are kind of carbon copies of each other,” Hislop said of Lemm and Getts. “They’re both super intelligent and Mollie plays a real cerebral game. If you’re going to win some of these matches you can’t take a point off and one of our assistants said ‘I don’t think Mollie took a single point off.’”

Congdon won the divisional title with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Lemm in the championship match. Getts also qualified for state, winning the third place match 6-3, 6-2 over Whitefish’s Lili Szundy.

The top four singles and doubles finishers qualify for the state tournament, May 26-27 in Bozeman and Livingston.

Whitefish won the boys crown on the strength of three state singles qualifiers. Top-seeded Max Smyley won the divisional title with three straight set wins, rolling in the championship match 6-2, 6-2 against fellow Bulldog Eric Holdhusen. Nathan Fauth will join that pair at state after a fourth place finish.

Smyley and Holdhusen are both sophomores, and both making their second trip to the state tournament.

The Bulldogs finished with 60 points, topping second place Polson’s 43. Stevensville and Columbia Falls rounded out the field. Whitefish missed winning the boys title a year ago by just one point.

“I couldn’t be happier for the kids and their parents and their work ethic,” Schwaderer said. “(This title) has been coming for a few years and it’s finally gotten there. I’m so proud of what they’ve done and I look forward to seeing what we can do at state.”

Polson’s Cadis Chowning and Matt Sitter won the boys doubles championship, beating a couple of their teammates in the final. The match, however, ended unfortunately for the Pirates. The duo of Quaid Harlan and Colin Kenney won the first set and was playing for match point in the second when Kenney suffered a knee injury and retired. The pair will still advance to the state tournament, although Kenney will be replaced if he is unable to participate.

The other two doubles qualifiers were Whitefish teams. Brendan Bulls and Austin Reese defeated Ryan Brown and Cole Turgeon, 6-3, 6-3 in the third place match.

The script was flipped in the girls doubles draw, with two Whitefish teams squaring off for the championship and a pair of Polson teams battling for third place. The Bulldogs’ Katie Fyall and Anna Peterson won the divisional title with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Hannah Madsen and Heather Luedke.

The Pirates’ Cassie Carlyle and Shawna Lenz earned third place with a hard-fought 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory against Olivia Hewston and Kyler Lundeen.

Northwestern A divisional

Day 2

At The Summit, Kalispell

GIRLS

Team scores — Polson 54, Whitefish 42, Columbia Falls 19, Stevensville 7.

Singles

Semifinals

Mollie Lemm, POL, def. Emily Getts, CF, 7-6 (6), 6-3; Marlee Congdon, POL, def. Lili Szundy, WF, 7-5, 6-0.

Championship

Congdon, POL, def. Lemm, POL, 7-5, 6-4.

Consolation

Molly Schmidt, CF, def. Paige Sproul, WF, 6-2, 6-4; Tessa Nunlist, POL, def. Janette Kolarzic, WF, 6-3, 6-4; Getts, CF, def. Schmidt, CF, 6-1, 6-2; Szundy, WF, def. Nunlist, POL, 6-2, 6-4.

Third place

Getts, CF, def. Szundy, WF, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

Semifinals

Hannah Madsen/Heather Luedke, WF, def. Olivia Hewston/Kyler Lundeen, POL, 6-2, 7-5; Katie Fyall/Anna Peterson, WF, def. Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, POL, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Championship

Fyall/Peterson, WF, def. Madsen/Luedke, WF, 6-3, 6-3.

Consolation

Natalee Wheeler/Hunter Tamcke, POL, def. Allison Enzler/Danielle Haacke, STV, 6-2, 6-3; Sydney Grilley/Morgan Stenger, CF, def. Shelby Spokas/Jackie Westman, STV, 6-1, 6-3; Carlyle/Lenz, POL, def. Wheeler/Tamcke, POL, 6-1, 6-4; Hewston/Lundeen, POL, def. Grilley/Stenger, CF, 6-3, 6-3.

Third place

Carlyle/Lenz, POL, def. Hewston/Lundeen, POL, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

BOYS

Team scores — Whitefish 60, Polson 43, Stevensville 9, Columbia Falls 4.

Singles

Semifinals

Max Smyley, WF, def. Nathan Fauth, WF, 6-3, 6-0; Eric Holdhusen, WF, def. Colton Belcourt, STV, 6-4, 6-1.

Championship

Smyley, WF, def. Holdhusen, WF, 6-2, 6-2.

Consolation

Thomas Carloss, WF, def. Carson McDaniel, POL, 6-1, 6-2; Jaron Morgan, POL, def. John Moore, POL, 6-4, 6-2; Fauth, WF, def. Carloss, WF, 6-4, 6-4; Belcourt, STV, def. Morgan, POL, 6-4, 6-1.

Third place

Belcourt, STV, def. Fauth, WF, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles

Semifinals

Quaid Harlan/Colin Kenney, POL, def. Ryan Brown/Cole Turgeon, WF, 6-2, 6-3; Cadis Chowning/Matt Sitter, POL, def. Chaffin Ross/Ethan Potthoff, WF, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Championship

Chowning/Sitter, POL, def. Harlan/Kenney, POL, injury default

Consolation

Wyatt Ducharme/Hudson Smith, POL, def. David Haacke/Aksel Sorensen, STV, 6-2, 6-2; Brendan Bulls/Austin Reese, WF, def. Brock Denny/Trevor Wick, CF, 6-1, 7-5; Brown/Turgeon, WF, def. Ducharme/Smith, POL, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Bulls/Reese, WF, def. Ross/Potthoff, WF, 6-4, 6-1.

Third place

Bulls/Reese, WF, def. Brown/Turgeon, WF, 6-3, 6-3.

Glacier’s Johnson second at AA state tournament

GREAT FALLS — Glacier senior Spencer Johnson fell one win short of a state championship, earning second place at the Class AA state tournament, which concluded on Friday.

Johnson, who was part of a state champion doubles team as a sophomore, fell 6-0, 6-1 to Bozeman’s Marcos Zelver in the finals. The Wolfpack senior won his semifinal match earlier in the day, sweeping Fergus Pollard of Billings West, 6-4, 6-0.

Glacier’s girls doubles team of Maya Buckingham and Anna Cecil reached the semifinals with a pair of wins Thursday but dropped both matches Friday to narrowly miss out of a top four finish.

Flathead sophomore Ellie Berreth won her first match in the consolation draw on Friday, but she too fell just short of a state placement. Berreth dropped a tight 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 decision to Great Falls C.M. Russell’s Mackenzie George in the consolation semifinals.

Bozemzan comfortably won both the girls and boys team titles. Glacier and Flathead finished fifth in the boys and girls team races, respectively.

STATE AA TOURNAMENT

At Great Falls

Thursday-Friday

BOYS

Team scores – 1. Bozeman 31, 2. Billings Senior 20, 3. Missoula Hellgate 16, 4. Billings West 15, 5. Glacier 13, Missoula Sentinel 10, 7. Great Falls High 4, 8. Helena High 2, 9. Helena Capital 1, 10. Missoula Big Sky 0, 10. Flathead 0, 10. Butte High 0, 10. CM Russell 0, 10. Billings Skyview 0

Doubles

Championship - 1st round

Thomas-Discoll, BSR Dec Dabler-Perry, GFH, 6-0, 6-0; Kuehn-Kuehn, MHG Dec Bittner-Fretwell, BOZ, 6-4, 6-3;

Ramsbacher-Violette, MSN Dec Stagg-Collins, BOZ, 6-3, 6-3; Bakhuzien-Gibbs, WEST Dec Johnson-Lunn, GFH, 6-2,0-6,7-6; Nord-Porter, MHG Dec Boyer-Jakovac, HHS, 6-0,7-6,(7-5); Walker-Pulis, WEST Dec Wright-Danz, KGL, 6-3, 6-3; Abarr-San Pedro, GFH Dec Moller-Dyre, BSR, 3-6,7-5,6-4; Derby-Williams, BOZ Dec Noonan-Brown, MHG, 6-2, 6-0

Championship - Quarterfinals

Thomas-Discoll, BSR Dec Kuehn-Kuehn, MHG, 6-1, 6-2; Ramsbacher-Violette, MSN Dec Bakhuzien-Gibbs, WEST, 6-4, 7-5; Nord-Porter, MHG Dec Walker-Pulis, WEST, 7-6,10-8,6-3; Derby-Williams, BOZ Dec Abarr-San Pedro, GFH, 6-0, 6-4

Consolation - 1st round

Bittner-Fretwell, BOZ Dec Dabler-Perry, GFH, 7-5,6-3; Johnson-Lunn, GFH Dec Stagg-Collins, BOZ, 6-1,5-7,6-1; Boyer-Jakovac, HHS Dec Wright-Danz, KGL, 7-5,6-3; Moller-Dyre, BSR Dec Noonan-Brown, MHG, 6-2,6-3

Consolation - 2nd round

Bittner-Fretwell, BOZ Dec Bakhuzien-Gibbs, WEST, 6-3, 6-4; Kuehn-Kuehn, MHG Dec Johnson-Lunn, GFH, 4-6,6-3,6-3; Abarr-San Pedro, GFH Dec Boyer-Jakovac, HHS, 7-5, 6-3; Moller-Dyre, BSR Dec Walker-Pulis, WEST, 6-1, 6-3

Championship - Semifinals

Thomas-Discoll, BSR Dec Ramsbacher-Violette, MSN, 6-0, 6-4; Derby-Williams, BOZ Dec Nord-Porter, MHG, 4-6,6-2,6-3

Consolation - 3rd round

Kuehn-Kuehn, MHG Dec Bittner-Fretwell, BOZ, 6-4,3-6,6-4; Moller-Dyre, BSR Dec Abarr-San Pedro, GFH, 6-4,1-6,6-4

Consolation - Semifinals

Nord-Porter, MHG Dec Kuehn-Kuehn, MHG, 6-1, 7-5; Ramsbacher-Violette, MSN Dec Moller-Dyre, BSR, 6-3, 6-3

Finals

Third place – Nord-Porter, MHG Dec Ramsbacher-Violette, MSN, 6-3,7-6,(4)

Championship – Derby-Williams, BOZ Dec Thomas-Discoll, BSR, 6-2,4-6,7-5

Singles

Championship – First round

Jay Montague, BSR Dec Alex Hanson, CAP, 6-1, 6-1; Holland Blalack, KGL Dec Cody Curtis, MSN, 6-4, 6-4; Jacob Treece, MSN Dec Roy Munns, CMR, 6-3, 6-2; Marcos Zelver, BOZ Dec Mick Mattie, WEST, 6-0, 6-1; Jesse Howard, MHG Dec Andrew Davidson, GFH, 6-0, 6-0; Fergus Pollard, WEST Dec Cory Bowlby, HHS, 7-5,7-6,7-4; Jackson Pedersen, BOZ Dec Dylan Burton, WEST, 6-2, 6-1; Spencer Johnson, KGL Dec Andrew Morsey, MHG, 6-0, 6-1

Championship - Quarterfinals

Jay Montague, BSR Dec Holland Blalack, KGL, 6-2, 6-0; Marcos Zelver, BOZ Dec Jacob Treece, MSN, 6-1, 6-2; Fergus Pollard, WEST Dec Jesse Howard, MHG, 6-1, 6-2; Spencer Johnson, KGL Dec Jackson Pedersen, BOZ, 6-3, 6-0

Consolation – First round

Alex Hanson, CAP Dec Cody Curtis, MSN, 6-3, 6-2; Mick Mattie, WEST Dec Roy Munns, CMR, 6-1, 7-5; Cory Bowlby, HHS Dec Andrew Davidson, GFH, 6-0, 6-0; Dylan Burton, WEST Dec Andrew Morsey, MHG, 6-4, 6-1

Consolation – Second round

Jacob Treece, MSN Dec Alex Hanson, CAP, 6-0, 6-4; Mick Mattie, WEST Dec Holland Blalack, KGL, 6-1, 6-2; Jackson Pedersen, BOZ Dec Cory Bowlby, HHS, 6-2,7-6,7-4T; Jesse Howard, MHG Dec Dylan Burton, WEST, 6-0, 6-1

Championship - Semifinals

Marcos Zelver, BOZ Dec Jay Montague, BSR, 6-0, 6-1; Spencer Johnson, KGL Dec Fergus Pollard, WEST, 6-4, 6-0

Consolation – Third round

Jacob Treece, MSN Dec Mick Mattie, WEST, 6-3, 6-3; Jesse Howard, MHG Dec Jackson Pedersen, BOZ, 6-2,6-7,6-3

Consolation – Semifinals

Fergus Pollard, WEST Dec Jacob Treece, MSN, 6-2, 6-2; Jay Montague, BSR Dec Jesse Howard, MHG, 6-4, 6-2

Finals

Third place – Fergus Pollard, WEST Dec Jay Montague, BSR, 6-3, 6-2

Championship – Marcos Zelver, BOZ Dec Spencer Johnson, KGL, 6-0, 6-1

GIRLS

Team scores – 1. Bozeman 33, 2. Missoula Hellgate 22, 3. Billings Senior 15, 4. Missoula Sentinel 13, 5. Flathead 6, 5. CM Russell 6, 5. Billings Skyview 6, 8. Glacier 5, 8. Butte High 3, 10. Great Falls 2, 11. Missoula Big Sky 1, 12. Helena High 0, 12. Helena Capital 0, 12. Billings West 0.

Doubles

Championship - 1st round

Khan-Dutton, BSV Dec Powers-Powers, CAP, 7-5, 6-4; Keiper-Koenig, MHG Dec Dart-Roady, GFH, 7-5, 6-2; Panarella-Small, MHG Dec Mower-Johnson, KGL, 6-2, 6-1; Hays-Mailey, BOZ Dec Johnson-Parker, WEST, 6-1, 6-1; Veteto-Warden, MSN Dec Bladholm-Senner, KFH, 6-0, 6-3; Dyre-Crawford, BSR Dec Mineau-Tu, BOZ, 4-6,6-3,6-3; Gilsdorf-Kirkland, BSR Dec Ward-Linkenbach, BOZ, 6-4, 7-6; Buckingham-Cecil, KGL Dec Finch-Murdoch, MSN, 4-6,6-2,6-2

Championship - Quarterfinals

Khan-Dutton, BSV Dec Keiper-Koenig, MHG, 7-5,6-3; Panarella-Small, MHG Dec Hays-Mailey, BOZ, 6-4, 6-0; Veteto-Warden, MSN Dec Dyre-Crawford, BSR, 6-0, 6-3; Buckingham-Cecil, KGL Dec Gilsdorf-Kirkland, BSR, 6-4, 6-1

Consolation - 1st round

Dart-Roady, GFH Dec Powers-Powers, CAP, 5-2, 6-3; Mower-Johnson, KGL Dec Johnson-Parker, WEST, 6-1, 6-1; Mineau-Tu, BOZ Dec Bladholm-Senner, KFH, 6-1, 6-1; Ward-Linkenbach, BOZ Dec Finch-Murdoch, MSN, 6-1, 6-2

Consolation - 2nd round

Hays-Mailey, BOZ Dec Dart-Roady, GFH, 6-0, 6-1; Keiper-Koenig, MHG Dec Mower-Johnson, KGL, 6-0, 6-4; Mineau-Tu, BOZ Dec Gilsdorf-Kirkland, BSR, 6-2,2-6,6-1; Dyre-Crawford, BSR Dec Ward-Linkenbach, BOZ, 2-6,6-0,7-6

Championship - Semifinals

Panarella-Small, MHG Dec Khan-Dutton, BSV, 6-0,3-6,6-1; Veteto-Warden, MSN Dec Buckingham-Cecil, KGL, 6-0, 6-1

Consolation - 3rd round

Hays-Mailey, BOZ Dec Keiper-Koenig, MHG, 6-4,2-6,6-4; Dyre-Crawford, BSR Dec Mineau-Tu, BOZ, 2-6,7-5,6-1

Consolation - Semifinals

Hays-Mailey, BOZ Dec Buckingham-Cecil, KGL, 6-2, 6-4; Dyre-Crawford, BSR Dec Khan-Dutton, BSV, 7-6,(7-3)6-4

Finals

Third place – Dyre-Crawford, BSR Dec Hays-Mailey, BOZ, 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Championship – Veteto-Warden, MSN Dec Panarella-Small, MHG, 6-4, 6-2

Singles

Championship – First round

Annie Woods, BSR Dec Anna Johnson, GFH, 6-2, 6-2; Heather Sikoski, BOZ Dec Maddy Richardson, MHG, 6-0, 6-1; Hannah Amtmann, BUT Dec Casey Nelson, MBS, 6-3, 6-2; Mackenzie George, CMR Dec Leslie Pazmino, BSR, 6-2, 6-0; Sofia Panarella, MHG Dec Abbie George, HHS, 6-0, 6-0; Rayna Darrow, KFH Dec Kisten Kraske, BSR, 6-4, 7-6(7-3); Ellie Berreth, KFH Dec Katie Hooton, BSV, 4-6,7-5,6-3; Madison Shea, BOZ Dec Maya Nguyen-Haberneski, MHG, 6-0, 6-0

Championship - Quarterfinals

Heather Sikoski, BOZ Dec Annie Woods, BSR, 6-0, 6-0; Mackenzie George, CMR Dec Hannah Amtmann, BUT, 6-1, 6-4; Sofia Panarella, MHG Dec Rayna Darrow, KFH, 6-0, 6-0; Madison Shea, BOZ Dec Ellie Berreth, KFH, 6-0, 6-0

Consolation – First round

Anna Johnson, GFH Dec Maddy Richardson, MHG, 6-4, 1-6,6-2; Casey Nelson, MBS Dec Leslie Pazmino, BSR, 6-0, 6-0; Kisten Kraske, BSR Dec Abbie George, HHS, 6-1, 6-3; Katie Hooton, BSV Dec Maya Nguyen-Haberneski, MHG, 6-2,2-6,6-0

Consolation – Second round

Hannah Amtmann, BUT Dec Anna Johnson, GFH, 6-0, 6-2; Annie Woods, BSR Dec Casey Nelson, MBS, 6-2, 6-1; Ellie Berreth, KFH Dec Kisten Kraske, BSR, 6-2, 6-2; Katie Hooton, BSV Dec Rayna Darrow, KFH, 6-0, 6-1

Championship - Semifinals

Heather Sikoski, BOZ Dec Mackenzie George, CMR, 6-1, 6-1; Madison Shea, BOZ Dec Sofia Panarella, MHG, 6-0, 6-0

Consolation – Third round

Annie Woods, BSR Dec Hannah Amtmann, BUT, 6-2, 6-1; Ellie Berreth, KFH Dec Katie Hooton, BSV, 6-3,6-4

Consolation - Semifinals

Sofia Panarella, MHG Dec Annie Woods, BSR, 6-1, 6-1; Mackenzie George, CMR Dec Ellie Berreth, KFH, 6-1,3-6,6-1

Finals

Third place – Sofia Panarella, MHG Dec Mackenzie George, CMR, 6-2, 6-3

Championship – Madison Shea, BOZ Dec Heather Sikoski, BOZ, 6-4, 6-2

Libby leads at B-C state

MISSOULA — Libby will have to wait one more day before celebrating a possible state championship at the Class B-C tennis tournament, which continued on a rainy Friday at Peak Racquet Club and Playfair Park.

The Loggers have 26 points, 10 clear of Missoula Loyola, but only one Libby doubles team remains with championship matches scheduled.

Libby’s Erik Lauer and Braydan Thom won two three-set matches, including a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 nail-biter in the semifinals.

Kaylene Hudson of Libby will also play for a state title after winning 6-4, 6-2 over Loyola Sacred Heart’s Melanie Benson in the semis.

State B-C Tournament

Friday At Missoula

Peak Racquet Club and Playfair Park

BOYS

Team scores: Libby 26, Loyola Sacred Heart 16, Ronan 13, Anaconda 11, Valley Christian 9, St. Ignatius 9, Bigfork 8, Great Falls Central 8, Conrad 6, Darby 3, Cut Bank 3.

Singles

Quarterfinals

Jason Brant, Lib, def. Alex Buenz, BF, 6-2, 6-1; Carsen Boynton, Ana, def. Tim Van Elst, SI, 6-1, 6-0; Roger Mai, GFC, def. Harry Muth, Loy, 6-4, 6-3; Trey Christiaens, VC, def. Fisher Shima, Ron, 6-4, 6-1.

Semifinals

Boynton def. Brant, 6-0, 6-3; Christiaens def. Mai, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles

Quarterfinals

Andrew Esslinger/Nathan Doll, SI, def. Nagle/Cano, Lib, 6-3, 6-0; Erik Lauer/Braydan Thom, Lib, def. Benson/Richardson, Loy, 6-1, 3-6, 10-7; Cordell Wittmier/Austin Padilla, Con, def. Blevins/Roullier, Ron, 6-3, 6-2; Gibson/Russell, BF, def. Clark/Freze, Ana, 7-6 (4), 6-0.

Semifinals

Lauer/Thom def. Esslinger/Doll, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Wittmier/Padilla def. Gibson/Russell, 6-4, 7-6 (8).

GIRLS

Team scores: Chinook 31, Loyola 16, Fairfield 15, Libby 14, Townsend 13, Cut Bank 8, Lone Peak 8, Bigfork 6, Chester 5, Boulder 7, Fort Benton 6, Valley Christian 4, Baker 3, Darby 4, Philipsburg 3, Troy 3, Choteau 2, Forsyth 2, Whitehall 2.

Singles

Second round

Maddie Powers, Bou, def. Karlee Park, BF, 6-2, 6-2; Melanie Benson, Loy, def. Breanna Brickey, Dar, 6-3, 6-2; Cassidy Clotfelter, Fair, def. Megan Pruthis, Chi, na; Kaylene Hudson, Lib, def. Paige Johnson, CB, 6-2, 6-1; Brooke Nicholson, Chi, def. Anna Espeland, Bak, 6-0, 6-0; Dakota Dosch, CB, def. Mackenzie Rosenbaum, Fair, 6-1, 6-1; Luisa Locker, LP, def. Emily Clotfelter, Fair, 6-1, 6-2; Casey Cummins, Loy, def. Allie Brown, Tro, 6-2, 6-2.

Quarterfinals

Benson def. Powers, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Hudson def. Cass. Clotfelter, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5; Nicholson def. Dosch, 6-1, 6-0; Locker def. Cummins, 6-1, 6-2.

Semifinals

Hudson def. Benson, 6-4, 6-2; Locker def. Nicholson, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

Doubles

Quarterfinals

Harshman/Gunderson, Chi, def. Konen/Townsend, FF, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2; Weilacher/Wicklund, BF, def. Erickson/Woods, Ches, 6-3, 6-4; Yancy/Pearse, Town, def. Hill/Jones, VC, 6-4, 6-1; Niederegger/Swank, Chi, def. Juedeman/Giles, FB, 7-5, 6-0.

Semifinals

Harshman/Gunderson, Chi, def. Weilacher/Wicklund, BF, 6-0, 6-0; Niederegger/Swank, Chi, def. Yancy/Pearse, Town, 6-4, 7-5.