Pirates win first boys tennis title in 10 years
MISSOULA — Polson had boys doubles and girls singles champions Friday at the Class A State Tennis Tournament, and the Polson boys nabbed the team title to boot, its first in a decade.
Owen McElwee and Trent Wilson were the boys doubles champs, defeating Billings Central’s Matthew Newbury and Gabbo Giammattei, 6-3, 6-3.
Clara Todd bested Columbia Falls’ Cloey Ramage, who’d dealt her the first set loss of the season last week at divisionals. Todd won 6-1, 6-1.
Polson almost had another state champion in Torrin Ellis, who lost to Hamilton’s Andy Purcell in a marathon match. Purcell won 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Divisional champ Ryan Beagle of Libby ended up third after falling to Purcell in the semifinals.
Polson pair Colter Wilson and Tate Barentsen were fifth, and Whitefish duo Mason Kelch and Dane Hunt were third after they were bounced by Newbury/Giammattei in semifinals.
Also from Polson, doubles pair Lucy Violett and Katie Smith ended up fifth.
The Miles City girls won their first state title since 1991. Comprehensive team scores were not available.
Class A State Tennis Tournament
Friday
Missoula
BOYS
Singles
Semifinal
Torrin Ellis (Pol) def. Jameson Noteboom (Har) 6-3, 6-0; Andy Purcell (Ham) def. Ryan Beagle (Lib) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Championship
Purcell def. Ellis 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Consolation
Round 4
Ryan Hutchison (Cor) def. Ryder Lee (MC) 6-1, 7-5; Carter Spangler (Hav) def. Aaron Powell (Cor) 6-0, 6-0; Jake Larson (MC) def. Tyler Anderson (Lib) 6-1, 6-0; Colin Hanley (Ham) def. Beau Decker (Ron) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Round 5
Hutchison def. Spangler 7-5, 6-4; Hanley def. Larson 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-5).
Round 7
Beagle def. Hanley 6-1, 6-4; Noteboom def. Hutchison 6-4, 6-3.
Third place
Beagle def. Noteboom 6-1, 6-2.
Fifth place
Hanley def. Hutchison 6-7(6-8), 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles
Semifinal
Matthew Newbury/Gabbo Giammattei (BillC) def. Mason Kelch/Dane Hunt (WF) 1-6m 603, 6-2; Owen McElwee/Trent Wilson (Pol) def. Sean Mehling/Derek Blankenship (Har) 1-06, 6-3, 6-4.
Championship
McElwee/Wilson def. Newbury/Giammattei 6-3, 6-3.
Consolation
Round 4
Christopher Jessop/Grant Wilcox (Cor) def. Johnny Nix/Jesse Burrough (WF) 6-3, 6-3; Samson Hostman/Charlie Lang (MC) def. Aiden Sorenson/Braydon Petermann (BillC)5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Amsler/Jolliffe (Glen) def. Houston Dunn/Logen Jorgenson (Liv) 6-3, 6-3; Colter Wilson/Tate Barentsen (Pol) def. Jonathon Hernandez-Puga/Josiah Jones (BuC) 6-0, 6-4.
Round 5
Jessop/Wilcox def. Hostman/Lang 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(10-8); Wilson/Barentsen def. Amsler/Jolliffe 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
Round 7
Kelch/Hunt def. Jessop/Wilcox 6-0, 6-1; Mehling/Blankenship def. Wilson/Barentsen 6-3, 6-7(3-7), 6-3.
Third place
Kelch/Hunt def. Mehling/Blankenship 6-3, 6-2.
Fifth place
Wilson/Barentsen def. Jessop/Wilcox 7-6(7-4), 6-2.
GIRLS
Semifinals
Cloey Ramage (CF) def. Bryn Coffin (MC) 6-2, 6-2; Clara Todd (Pol) def. Alina Kot (MC) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Championship
Todd def. Ramage 6-1, 6-1.
Consolation
Round 5
Debra Don’t Mix (Har) def. Tess Cotocos (Liv) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3; Ciara Hanley (Ham) def. Dakota Powell (Cor) 6-2, 6-2.
Round 7
Coffin def. Don’t Mix 6-0, 6-0; Kot def. Hanley 6-1, 6-1.
Third place
Kot def. Coffin 6-4, 6-0.
Fifth place
Hanley def. Don’t Mix 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
Semifinals
Jayde Venema/Brecklyn Jessop (Cor) def. Ocielly Black Eagle/Johanna Limberhand (Har) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Rachel Fluckinger/Eden Kindberg (BuC) def. Evie Reck/Billie Cate Schmitt (BilC) 7-6(7-1), 7-5.
Consolation
Round 5
Lainey Smith/Emma Barlog (MC) def. Trinity Lefthand/Avery Schubert (Har) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Lucy Violett/Katie Smith (Pol) def. Courtney Burchard/Cat Kaftan (Hav) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
Round 7
Reck/Schmitt def. Violett/Smith 6-4, 7-5.
Third place
Reck/Schmitt def. Smith/Barlog 6-2, 7-5.
Fifth place
Violett/Smith def. Black Eagle/Limberhand 6-1, 6-2.