Articles with the Tag: Tennis
Friday was the roughest day on the court so far this season for the Polson boys and girls tennis players. The boys suffered their first team loss of the season to the Corvallis Blue Devils, and the girls were also taken down by the state favorite Corvallis team. Both teams rebounded at Hamilton wit...
Ronan’s tennis teams had a busy week, facing off against Bigfork, Superior, Mission and Troy. The Maidens beat Mission 3-2 but suffered losses in the other three meets, while the Chiefs tied Bigfork 3-3, beat Mission 4-2 and lost to Troy 2-4. The Ronan girls played Eureka at home Monday, an...
The Mission Bulldog tennis team has hit the season’s busy time as they look toward the state tournament. “Karl Daniels has been playing some good tennis that culminated in a come-from-behind win at the Bigfork Tournament on Saturday against Libby’s Jason Schnackenbey. Karl was down at 5-...
After tough matches against Loyola and Superior earlier in the week, the Mission girls tennis team had some standout play at the Bigfork Flight Tournament Saturday. “Briar (Ahlborn) had a major upset in winning against Paige Larsson,” coach Sara Ison noted. “Paige was assumed to be the d...
The Polson boys and girls tennis teams got in some heated action against Whitefish Saturday morning before competition was called off due to rain. “The Pirates and Lady Pirates both had big days in singles, winning three matches each against our toughest conference opponents,” head coach Bob H...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Bulldog tennis players tied with Troy on Saturday, 3-3. At No. 1 singles, Mission’s Karl Daniels beat Troy’s Bruce Metz 6-2, 6-1. “Karl Daniels has been playing well, and today’s match was probably his best so far in returning and keeping his compos...
Polson netters Brady Hislop and Dylan McCrumb had exceptional weekends at the Cut Bank Invitational, with each going undefeated. “Brady had huge wins over Jeff Miller of Cut Bank and Andrew Bruno of Lewistown, and Dylan picked up a big win at No. 1 singles against Isaac Matt of Cut Bank,” h...
RONAN — Despite losing much of his team to graduation last year, Ronan tennis coach Gordon Cummings hopes his team will have a breakout year. “This year’s girls team is very young and inexperienced,” Cummings said. “Last year, I graduated six seniors, so I lost a lot of...
POLSON — Polson’s boys and girls tennis teams split with Corvallis Saturday, with the Pirates picking up a 4-3 win and the Lady Pirates falling to the Blue Devils 3-4. Polson’s boys were again dominant at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles, and doubles pair Tommy Mercer and Sam Kinzle beat defending...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Bulldogs tennis team has four returning players from the 2012 team in junior Karl Daniels and seniors Katz Yelsa, Troy Bontrager and Chris Camel. The rest of the team is comprised of 10 new players for a total of 14 boys this year. “We are looking for Karl, Katz, Troy a...
