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Sturm brothers end doubles tennis season at State; other State Tourney results

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May 29th, 2021 by admin

The Atlantic boys tennis doubles team of Grant and Ethan Sturm ended their solid season at the 1A State Tournament on Friday at Coe College.

They dropped their opening match to Luke Hicks/Carter Soppe of Kuemper Catholic 6-3, 6-3. That dropped them into the consolation bracket where they were then knocked out by AJ Wilkins/Calvin Jaworski of Grinnell 6-4, 6-2.

Hicks and Soppe of Kuemper Catholic would fall in their second round match to Anderson/Branum of Decorah 6-2, 6-2. They then fell in second round consolation play to McPartland/Zehr of Boone 6-2, 7-6.

Denison-Schleswig’s duo of Harrison Dahm and Colin Reis advanced on to the second day of play Saturday. They won their opener over Reed Finnegan/Josh Schuster of Shenandoah  6-0, 6-0. Then fell in the second round to Fair/Freiburger of Dubuque Wahlert 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In second round consolation play they beat Blackford/Shindelar of Marion 6-4, 6-0 to reach the consolation semifinal. They will face Wilkins/Jaworski from Ginnell in that match.

Finnegan/Schuster of Shenandoah were knocked out in consolation first round play with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Coe/Courter of Cedar Rapids Xavier.

In Class 1A Singles play Jeff Miller of St. Albert advanced to the Semifinals with two nice wins. He beat Caleb Briggs of Pella 6-2, 6-2 and then downed Roan Matineau of Dubuque Wahlert 6-4, 6-1. He will face Cameron Luhring of Aplington-Parkersburg in the Semifinals Saturday.

Shenandoah’s Andrew Lawrence won his first round match over Sam Timp of Wahlert 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Then he fell in the second round to Ben Craven of Boone 6-0, 6-1. In consolation play he fell to Trenton Link of Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-0, 6-0.

Clarinda’s Nathan Brown fell in two matches. He lost the opener to Roan Martineau of Wahlert 6-0, 6-4. Then fell in consolation play to Caleb Briggs of Pella 6-4, 6-2.

In Class 2A Singles play Dalton Pregon of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln lost his first match to Daniel Lu of Dowling Catholic 6-1, 6-0. He then won a first round consolation match over Steven Danna of Waukee 7-5, 6-2. He then got knocked out in second round consolation play by Eli Young of Iowa City West 6-2, 6-0.