Pirates sail into 2nd day at State A

It was smooth sailing for Polson on the first day of the Class A state tennis tournament on Thursday at Flathead Valley Community College.

Pirates seniors Cassie Carlyle and Colin Kenney cruised into the singles semifinals and both the boys and girls each have a doubles team in the semis. The Polson boys also have a doubles team still playing in the consolation bracket.

“When your in the semifinals in every division, you have to be pleased with that,” Polson coach Bob Hislop said.

“Obviously in a tournament atmosphere like this you have to come (Friday) and do the work otherwise today is not going to be as big of a deal. We’ve got some tough matches ahead of us but we have to see who we can get into the finals and then let the chips fall where they may for trophies.”

Carlyle dominated her two matches, beating Corvallis’ Emma Pickett 6-0, 6-1 in the first round and Hardin’s Brittney Schaff 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

“It doesn’t sound close in the scores, but each game was long and super fun to play,” Carlyle said.

Carlyle will play Whitefish’s Paint Intasuk in the semis. Intasuk edged Dillon’s Mariah McClure 7-5, 6-3 in the first round and won in three sets 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) over Hardin’s Madisan Chavez in the quarterfinals.

The two played in the Western A semifinals last week with Carlyle beating Intasuk in three sets 6-0, 3-6, 6-2, to remain unbeaten on the year.

“It was the hardest match I’ve played this season,” Carlyle said.

Kenney slugged through his first round match with Corvallis’ Gabe DeLeo, winning 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, and then rolled Livingston’s Jakim Ricketts 6-1, 6-4 to get to the semifinals.

Whitefish’s Eric Holdhusen is still playing in the boy singles consolation bracket and the Bulldogs’ Hannah Madsen is in the girls consolation bracket.

The Polson duo of Matt Sitter and Cadis Chowning is into the semifinals after winning a close 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 match in the quarterfinals. Teammates Jaron Morgan and Kaiden Forman-Webster are still playing in the consolation bracket.

Olivia Hewston and Kyler Lundeen routed a pair of two-set matches to advance to the girls doubles semifinals. Whitefish’s Paige Sproul and Cailyn Ross are still alive in the consolation bracket.

Play concludes today.

Class A State Tournament

Thursday

At Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell

BOYS

Team Scores — Polson 11, Dillon 8, Billings Central 8, Havre 8, Whitefish 8, Belgrade 7, Butte Central 5, Glendive 5, Hardin 5, Livingston 5, Hamilton 4, Corvallis 2, Miles City 2, Lewistown 2.

Singles

First Round

Simon Marshall, Billings Central, def. Trey Hanson, Havre, 6-0, 6-2; Bradley Rakich, Dillon, def. Ethan Pothoff, Whitefish, 6-3, 6-1; Colin Kenney, Polson, def. Gabe DeLeo, Corvallis, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5; Jakim Ricketts, Livingston, def. Jonathan Noteboom, Hardin, 6-3, 7-5; Alex Raymond, Hamilton, def. Johnny Moore, Polson, 6-0, 6-0; Jory Opp, Glendive, def. Danyon Rice, Lewistown, 6-2, 6-2; Jeff Fournier, Belgrade, def. Michael Hopfauf, Glendive, 6-2, 6-2; Eric Holdhusen, Whitefish, def. Jonathan Leonardson, Dillon, 6-3, 6-0.

Quarterfinals

Marshall def. Rakich 6-1, 6-3; Kenney def. Ricketts 6-1, 6-4; Raymond def. Opp 6-2, 6-0; Fournier def. Holdhusen 6-1, 6-4.

Loser out

First Round

Pothoff def. Hanson 6-1, 5-7, 6-1; Noteboom def. DeLeo 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Rice def. Moore 6-3, 6-0; Hopfauf def. Leonardson 6-1, 6-1.

Second Round

Holdhusen def. Pothoff 6-4, 7-6 (7-1); Opp def. Noteboom 6-3, 6-1; Rice def. Ricketts 3-6, 6-0, 6-2; Rakich def. Hopfauf 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

Doubles

First Round

Darnell Lefthand/Michael Neeser, Hardin, def. Kabe Forman-Webster/Carson McDaniel, Polson, 6-1, 6-2; Cameron Johnson/Guido Ossello, Butte Central, def. Trey Murphy/Kennedy McKay, Havre, 6-2, 7-5; Trey Layman/Aidan Hamilton, Belgrade, def. Justin Catanach/Alec Sangster, Corvallis, 6-3, 6-1; Matt Sitter/Cadis Chowning, Polson, def. Jet Campbell/Andrew Nelson, Billings Central, 8-6, 6-4; Jake Sedahl/Nate Korb, Havre, def. Luke Peterson/Mark Southam, Dillon, 6-3, 6-4; Brenden Buls/Thomas Carloss, Whitefish, def. Cairo Morton/Jake Pankratz, Billings Central, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Devin Doughty/Christian Stradley, Miles City, def. Jaron Morgan/Kaiden Forman-Webster 6-2, 6-1; Todd Nordahl/Kyson Wilson, Dillon, def. Tanner Mannin/Nate Kindzerski, Lewistown, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0).

Quarterfinals

Lefthand/Neeser def. Johnson/Ossello 6-1, 6-3; Sitter/Chowning def. Layman/Hamilton 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Sedahl/Korb def. Buls/Carloss 6-3, 6-2; Doughty/Stradley def. Nordahl/Wilson 6-0, 4-6, 7-5.

Loser out

First Round

Murphy/McKay def. Forman-Webster/McDaniel 6-2, 7-5; Campbell/Nelson def. Catanach/Sangster 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Morton/Pankratz def. Peterson/Southam 6-1, 6-3; Morgan/Forman-Webster def. Mannin/Kindzerski 7-5, 6-2.

Second Round

Nordahl/Wilson def. Murphy/McKay 6-1, 6-4; Campbell/Nelson def. Buls/Carloss 6-2, 7-5; Morton/Pankratz def. Layman/Hamilton 6-0, 6-7 (7-4), 6-4; Morgan/Forman-Webster def. Johnson/Ossello 6-2, 6-4.

GIRLS

Team Scores — Billings Central 10, Dillon 9, Whitefish 9, Hamilton 8, Hardin 8, Polson 8, Corvallis 7, Glendive 6, Belgrade 5, Butte Central 5, Columbia Falls 2, Stevensville 2, Miles City 1, Lewistown 1, Havre 1, Livingston 1.

Singles

First Round

Ceeara Staiger, Glendive, def. Grace Davis-Nicolson, Belgrade, 6-0, 6-0; Olivia Fehr, Corvallis, def. Hannah Madsen, Whitefish, 6-1, 7-5; Nicole Hritsco, Dillon, def. Molly Schmit, Columbia Falls, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Emma Putnam, Billings Central, def. Taylor Woods, Lewistown, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Paint Intasuk, Whitefish, def. Mariah McClure 7-5, 6-3; Madisan Chavez, Hardin, def. Lissy Southworth, Lewistown, 6-2, 6-0; Brittney Schaff, Hardin, def. Paige Nelson, Havre, 6-2, 6-3; Cassie Carlyle, Polson, def. Emma Pickett, Corvallis, 6-0, 6-1.

Quarterfinals

Staiger def. Fehr 6-0, 6-0; Putnam def. Hritsco 7-6 (7-2), 6-0; Intasuk def. Chavez 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5); Carlyle def. Schaff 6-2, 6-1.

Loser out

First Round

Madsen def. Davis-Nicolson 7-5, 6-2; Schmit def. Woods 7-6, 6-4; McClure def. Southworth n/a; Pickett def. Nelson 7-6, 7-4, 6-1.

Second Round

Madsen def. Schaff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; McClure def. Hritsco 6-2, 6-3; Fehr def. Pickett 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles

First Round

Hailey Keller/Molly Putnam, Billings Central, def. Shelby Spokas/Jackie Westman, Stevensville, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4; Abigail Wierda/Paige Stokke, Belgrade, def. Claire Pickett/Connie Watt, Corvallis, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Emily St. John/Tricia Joyce, Butte Central, def. Lilly Reddick/Hallie Maisch, Belgrade, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Olivia Hewston/Kyler Lundeen, Polson, def. Lisa Cai/Maddie Flamm, Hardin, 6-1, 6-1; Stormy Knerr/Katherine Kant, Livingston, def. Emilie Thomas/Kristen Saturday, Corvallis, 6-4, 6-2; Kenna Adolph/Blayne Meyer, Billings Central, def. Paige Sproul/Cailyn Ross, Whitefish, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; Katrielle Carney/Abby Hill, Glendive, def. Holly Hileman/Melissa Pollard, Whitefish, 6-1, 6-2; Tessa Sawyer/Adrianne Southam, Dillon, def. Abigail Gatz/Alexia Arndt, Lewistown, 6-1, 6-2.

Quarterfinals

Keller/Putnam def. Wierda/Tokke 6-1, 6-0; Hewston/Lundeen def. St. John/Joyce 6-2, 6-2; Adolph/Meyer def. Knerr/Kant 7-5, 6-2; Sawyer/Southam def. Carney/Hill 6-3, 6-4.

Loser out

First Round

Spokas/Westman def. Pickett/Watt 6-4, 6-4; Cai/Flamm def. Reddick/Maish 6-4, 6-4; Sproul/Ross def. Thomas/Saturday 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Gatz/Arndt def. Hileman/Pollard n/a.

Second Round

Carney/Hill def. Spokas/Westman 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Cai/Flamm def. Knerr/Kant 6-4, 6-1; Sproul/Ross def. St. John/Joyce 6-3, 6-3; Wierda/Stokke def. Gatz/Arndt 6-4, 4-6, 7-6.