Wolfpack wallops Flathead
Glacier's Holland Blalack charges the net in his match against Flathead's Ridge Lemke at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's McKenna Tinseth charges the ball in the crosstown match at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Ridge Lemke chases down a ball in a match against Glacier's Holland Blalack on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier dominated the crosstown tennis meet on Tuesday, dropping just one match between the boys and girls duals.
The Wolfpack girls swept their dual getting straight sets singles wins from McKenna Tinseth, Brittyn Olsen, Maggie Rudbach and Nina Friedman.
Holland Blalack won in straight sets at No. 1 boys singles but it was the only close win for the Wolfpack boys in singles. Graham Friedman and Colin Hill each scrapped back from first set losses to win in three sets.
Flathead’s Kiegan Snider won at No. 4 singles, bouncing back from a second set loss to win 7-5 in the third set.
The Glacier boys won all of the doubles in straight sets.
GIRLS
Glacier 8, Flathead 0
Singles — McKenna Tinseth, G, def. Katie Stobie 6-0, 6-4; Brittyn Olsen, G, def. Isabell Sherman 6-1, 6-0; Maggie Rudbach, G, def. Sierra Dilworth 6-2, 6-0; Nina Friedman, G, def. Maisie Hanson 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles — Maya Buckingham/Anna Cecil, G, def. Tess Huckeba/Olivia Mohatt 6-1, 6-0; Tessa Howe/McKenna Johnson def. Kenzi Griffin/Hailey Fennel 6-2, 6-0; Libby Hill/Meagan Gillespie, G, win by forfeit; Liv Wilson/Katie Lessmeier, G, win by forfeit.
BOYS
Glacier 7, Flathead 1
Singles — Holland Blalack, G, def. Ridge Lembke 6-1, 6-1; Graham Friedman, G, def. Rydell Welk 4-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (8); Colin Hill, G, def. Ethan Hawkins 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2; Kiegan Snider, F, def. Chase Skelton 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Doubles — Tyler Keller/Kyle Buckingham, G, def. Nick Buenz/Garrett Regoli 6-0, 6-2; Akhil Patel/Hunter Watterud, G, def. Will Taylor-Llewellyn/David Marburger 6-0, 6-1; Jack Desmul/Morgan Cordell, G, def. Paul Harms/Liam Crowley 6-1, 6-4; Ben Desmul/Logan Hill, G, def. Scott O’Donnell/Brendan Barnes 6-2, 6-0.
Libby-Whitefish Dual
The Libby boys edged out Whitefish while the Whitefish girls swept the Loggers at Flathead Valley Community College.
Loggers singles players Colin Maloney, Cody Wood and Sebastian Sanders won their matches and the doubles team of Gio Cano and Ryan Nagle won in straight sets to edge Whitefish, 4-3.
The Bulldogs’ Eric Holdhusen won the lone singles match for Whitefish winning at No. 1 in straight sets.
The Whitefish girls swept their side of the meet, winning all of their singles matches in straight sets, but needing three sets to win each of their three doubles matches, including a 13-11 tiebreaker in the third set of No. 3 doubles to complete the sweep.
BOYS
Libby 4, Whitefish 3
Singles — Eric Holdhusen, W, def. Jhamaal Sykes 6-2, 6-2; Colin Maloney, L, def. Noah Fauth 6-4, 6-0; Cody Wood, L, def. Mark Anderson 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Sebastian Sanders, L, def. Jamie Schwartz 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles — Brendan Buls/Ethan Potthoff, W, def. Erik Lauer/Braydon Thom 6-1, 6-3; Gio Cano/Ryan Nagle, L, def. Zach Brandt/Forrest Kobelt 6-1, 6-0; Colter Upton/Travis Catina, W, def. Nik Gier/Zach Carter 6-2, 6-3.
GIRLS
Whitefish 7, Libby 0
Singles — Hannah Madsen, W, def. Mehki Sykes 6-1, 7-5; Paint Intasuk, W, def. Isabelle Martineau 6-0, 6-1; Savannah Krause, W, def. Cierra Lucas 6-2, 6-4; Clara Carloss, W, def. Madison Snyder 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles — Paige Sproul/Cailyn Ross, W, def. Marissa Wood/Jessika Jones 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Holly Hileman/Melissa Pollard, W, def. Laurynn Lauer/Morgan Snyder 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Aubrey Hanks/Olivia Potthoff, W, def. Isabelle Martineau/Madison Snyder 7-5, 6-7 (8-6), 1-0 (13-11).