The Atlantic Trojans boys tennis team had a successful day at the District Meet they hosted on Friday. The Trojans advanced to a preliminary sub-state on the team side after finishing Runner-Up on a tie break with Clarinda. Individually Nile Petersen and Grant Sturm both advanced to State by making it to the District final.

Nile Petersen defeated Korey Rogers of Clarinda 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals and Grant Sturm defeated Clarinda’s JD Hitt 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 to advance to the Final. Both advance to the State Tournament.

In Doubles Play AJ Clarkwitt/Drew Hall of Norwalk won the final over Brady Williams/Alex Best of Clarinda 6-3, 6-3. Both duos will move on to State.

Team Scores

1. Clarinda 21
2. Atlantic 20
3. Norwalk 18

Atlantic will play host to Norwalk tomorrow in a Preliminary Sub-State team match. The winner there will move on to face Clarinda in the Sub-State match.

The State Individual and Doubles Tournament will be held on May 24th and 25th at Byrnes Park in Waterloo and the State Team Tournament on May 28th at Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines.