Whitefish sweeps Columbia Falls at FVCC
Whitefish’s Eric Holdhusen returns the ball against Columbia Falls sophomore John Gilk during a match at Flathead Valley Community College on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Columbia Falls #1 Molly Schmit lunges for a ball during her match against Whitefish’s Hannah Madsen at Flathead Valley Community College on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Whitefish tennis swept a dual with Columbia Falls on Thursday at the Flathead Valley Community College tennis courts.
The Bulldogs boys rolled Columbia Falls 6-1 in the match.
Whitefish’s Eric Holdhusen dominated No. 1 singles, dropping just game in his match, and Ethan Pothoff had a clean 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2.
Zach Brandt also got quick victory at No. 3 singles and the Whitefish boys swept doubles play.
Columbia Falls’ Garrett Caffrey was the lone Wildcat to get on the board in the dual, recovering from a slow second set to win 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
The Whitefish girls played things much closer, edging out a 4-3 dual win.
The Bulldogs won at No. 2 and No. 4 singles and took two the top two doubles matches to win the meet.
In the match of the day, Columbia Falls Molly Schmit won a marathon at No. 1 singles against Hannah Madsen, legging out a 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 victory that took more than three hours to complete.
GIRLS
Whitefish 4, Columbia Falls 3
Singles — Molly Schmit, CF, def. Hannah Madsen 7-5, 1-6, 7-5; Paint Intasuk, WF, def. Kayla Nicol 6-0, 6-0; Sammi Mueller, CF, def. Melissa Pollard 6-2, 6-2; Savannah Krause, WF, def. Brianna Kirby 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles — Cailyn Ross/Paige Sproul, WF, def. Meghan McCallum/Mariah Lingle 6-3, 6-2; Olivia Pothoff/Aubrey Hanks, WF, def. Taylor Kellar/Paige Lozeau 6-1, 6-2; Shaelynn Turk/Anna Pickard, CF, def. Kit Anderson/Autumn Roalson 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.
BOYS
Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 1
Singles — Eric Holdhusen, WF, def. John Gilk 6-0, 6-1; Ethan Pothoff, WF, def. Patrick Tillman 6-0, 6-0; Zach Brandt, WF, def. Chris Howell 6-2, 6-4; Garrett Caffrey, CF, def. Colter Upton 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles — Brendan Buls/Thomas Carloss, WF, def. Jayden Wirkus/Caleb Fleury 6-1, 6-1; Forrest Kobelt/Mark Anderson, WF, def. Camryn Lingle/Dillon Washington 6-1, 6-2; Travis Catina/Kyiah Ingraham, WF, def. Camryn Klintworth/Colton Byrd 6-1, 6-1.