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Whitefish newcomer rules Missoula meet

TENNIS ROUNDUP: Whitefish newcomer rules Missoula meet
By the Missoulian

   

Whitefish foreign exchange student Renzo Caimi made a lot of racket Saturday at the Missoula Invitational tennis meet.

Caimi steamrolled through three matches to take boys' No. 1 singles title at Playfair Park. He dominated Missoula Hellgate's Eric Braun in the championship match, 6-3, 6-0, after handling Helena Capital powerhouse Adam Strizich in the first round, 8-3.

Zach Lubek of Helena Capital won the boys' No. 2 singles bracket and Brendan Viscomi of Whitefish the No. 3 bracket. Trevor Turner of Missoula Sentinel won the boys' No. 4 singles bracket.


In boys' doubles action, Ben DeMarois and Nick Shull of Sentinel won the No. 1 bracket. Missoula Big Sky's Jeremy Schalk and Sam Geiszler earned the title in the No. 2 bracket.

Liana Bates of Kalispell Glacier defeated Big Sky's Hanley Caras in the girls' No. 1 singles championship, 6-2, 6-2. Kate Klundt of Whitefish won the No. 2 bracket and Taylor Simkins of Hellgate the No. 3 draw. Dani Sheridan of Big Sky earned top honors in the No. 4 bracket.

Brett Rubie and Zoe Donovan of Sentinel mined gold in the girls' No. 1 doubles division. Teammates Krysta O'Neill and Katelyn Jones won at No. 2, while Jess Birgenheier and Lithani Post-Bentham of Hellgate won at No. 3.

Missoula Invitational Tennis

Girls

No. 1 singles

Semifinals - Liana Bates, Gla, def. Brielle Menegazzi, 8-5; Hanley Caras, BS, def. Cami Mathison, Gla, 8-6.

Final - Bates def. Caras, 6-2, 6-2.

Consolation - Menegazzi def. Mathison, 7-6 (7), 6-0.

No. 2. singles

Semifinals - Michelle Carey, Hel, def. Carly Thomas, Sent, 8-2; Kate Klundt, Whit, def. Claire Nickless, Sent, 8-3.

Final - Klundt def. Carey, 6-1, 6-4.

Consolation - Nickless def. Madison Morris, BS, 6-1, 6-0.

No. 3 singles

Semifinals - Erin Ratcliff, Cap, def. McCara Cullen, Whit, 8-3; Taylor Simkins, Hel, def. Shannon Ballard, Flat, 8-3.

Final - Simkins def. Ratcliff, 6-0, 6-1.

Consolation - Britt Leibenguth, BS, def. Shannon Ballard, 6-3, 6-4.

No. 4 singles

Semifinals - Steffanie Ehrlich, Sent, def. Anita Ratcliff, Cap, 8-3; Dani Sheridan, BS, def. Elyse Finnegan, Hel, 8-2.

Final - Sheridan def. Ehrlich, 6-1, 6-0.

Consolation - Finnegan def. Ellie Opal, Whit, 6-0, 6-4.

No. 1 doubles

Semifinals - Brett Rubie/Zoe Donovan, Sent, def. Dani Hayes/Katelyn Schaub, BS, 9-7; Lauren Crandall/Emily Rolston, Hel, def. Meridith Reed/Almi Sebera, Whit, 8-0.

Final - Ruby/Donovan won by forfeit.

Consolation - Hayes/Schaub def. Reed/Sebera, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

No. 2 doubles

Semifinals - Krysta O'Neill/Katelyn Jones, Sent, def. Olivia Heinkel/Kelsey Tahnehill, Flat, 8-1; Lacey Phelan/Shannon Hayes, BS, def. Michelle Thomas/Shannon Grimes, Hel, 8-0.

Final - O'Neill/Jones def. Phelan/Hayes, 6-2, 6-3.

Consolation - Thomas/Grimes def. Rozar/Osland, Whit, 6-2, 6-2.

No. 3 doubles

Semifinals - Lisa Liberko/Jenna Nickless, Sent, def. Rika Weiss/Andrea Botello, Flat, 8-6; Jess Birgenheier/Lithani Post-Bentham, Hel, def. Shelby Riley/Courtney Rayfield, BS, 8-6.

Final - Birgenheier/Post-Bentham def. Liberko/Nickless, 6-3, 6-1.

Consolation - result unavailable.

Boys

No. 1 singles

Semifinals - Renzo Caimi, Whit, def. Wes Mathison, Flat, 8-0; Eric Braun, Hel, def. Lander Jewitt, HH, 9-7.

Final - Caimi def. Braun, 6-3, 6-0.

Consolation - Jewitt def. Mitch Speltz, BS, 6-1, 6-1.

No. 2 singles

Semifinals - Zach Lubek, Cap, def. Ian Hosek, Whit, 8-1; Hunter Graham, Sent, def. Patrick Phattaraampornchai, Gla, 8-5.

Final - Lubek def. Graham, 6-0, 6-0.

Consolation - Hosek def. Phattaraampornchai, 6-2, 6-1.

No. 3 singles

Semifinals - Jesse Cunningham, Sent, def. Davisson Chapman, BS, 8-4; Brendan Viscomi, Whit, def. Sam Harris, HH, 8-6.

Final - Viscomi def. Cunningham, 6-3, 6-4.

Consolation - Harris won by default.

No. 4 singles

Semifinals - Trevor Turner, Sent, def. Aaron Conn, HH, 8-2; Cody Porter, Sent, won by forfeit.

Final - Turner def. Porter, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

No. 1 doubles

Semifinals - Ben DeMarois/Nick Shull, Sent, def. Dylan Brown/Travis Peevey, Hel, 8-3; Pete Felsch/Pete Kress, Sent, def. Ryan Rottenbiller/Kyle Jacobsen, Whit, 9-7.

Final - DeMarois/Shull def. Kress/Felsch, 6-2, 6-1.

Consolation - Josh Brann/Cody Harrison, Flat, def. Rottenbiller/Jacobsen, 6-2, 7-6 (2).

No. 2 doubles

Semifinals - Jeremy Schalk/Sam Geiszler, BS, def. Kale Leiby/Tom Allison, Hel, 8-4; Ryan Swenson/Ryan Messmer, Cap, def. Hayden Wilson/Dylan Stahley, HH, 9-7.

Final - Schalk/Geiszler def. Swenson/Messmer, 6-3, 6-4.

Consolation - Stahley/Wilson won by forfeit.

No. 3 doubles

Semifinals - Curey/Folsom, HH, def. Josh Olson/Nate Bell, Sent, 9-8; Tanner Hosek/Trey Legrandeur, Whit, def. McKee/Pinnaro.

Final - Curey/Folsom def. Hosek/Legrandeur, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.

Consolation - Pat Lopach/Joe Henderson, Cap, won by forfeit.

Elsewhere:



Bitterroot Invitational

BOYS

Nos. 1-2 singles

Semifinals - Geoff Fehr, Cor, def. Karston Erickson, Pol, 6-3, 6-0; Angel Nikolov, Ron, def. Evan Hanson, Ham, 6-0, 6-0.

Championship - Fehr, def. Nikolov, 6-0, 6-0.

Nos. 1-2 doubles

Semifinals - Levi Pauley/Jake Sangster, Cor, def. Grant Getts/Cody Maynard, Pol, 6-4, 6-2; Billy Garcia/Scott Hopkins, CF, def. Jeff Blixt/Sage Burland, Ron, 6-3, 6-1.

Championship - Pauley/Sangster, Cor, def. Garcia Hopkins, 6-3, 6-2.

Nos. 3-4 singles

Semifinals - Tyler Roberts, CF, def, Shad Giles, Pol, 8-3; Shawn Medland, Pol, def. Paul Jessop, Cor, 8-0.

Championship - Roberts, def. Medland 8-4.

Nos. 3-4 doubles

Semifinals - Kyle Cooper/T.J. Lipko, Pol, def. Tim Spencer/Vadim Zvyagelskiy, CF, 8-6; Luke Allsop/David Spencer, Cor, def. Joel Ballard/Mark Johnson, 8-2.

Championship - Cooper/Lipko, def. Allsop Spencer, 7-7(7-5).

GIRLS

Nos. 1-2 singles

Semifinals - Sarah Marcille, CF, def. Stacey Velasco, Dil, 3-6, 6-4 (6-3); Megan Madruga, Cor, def. Kelsi Nordahl, Dil, 4-6, 6-1 (7-5).

Championship - Madruga, def. Marcill 6-2, 6-1.

Nos. 1-2 doubles

Semifinals - Malika Erickson/Cali Hislop, Pol, def. Alyse Baker/Nadine Dietrich, 6-0, 6-0; Maddie Grebetz/Mattea York, Pol, def. Anna Adolphson/Ali Bierer, Cor, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles - Erickson/Hislop, def. Grebetz/York, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.

Nos. 3-4 singles

Semifinals - Emily Paffhausen, Dil, def. Jardynn Cheeney, 8-3; Jesseca Gerig, Cor, def. Sara Downey, Dil, 8-5.

Championship - Paffhausen, P, def. Gerig, 8-4.

Nos. 3-4 doubles

Semifinals - Kayla Rochin/Cassie Ward, Pol, def. Cindy Atchley/Erin Rose, Dil, 9-1; Kelsie Jones/Kendyall Rochin, Pol, def. Katie Kerner/Lairen Phinney, Cor, 8-2.

Championship - Ka. Rochin/Ward, def. Jones/Ke. Rochin, 8-3.

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