The Atlantic boys tennis team competed at the District meet in Red Oak on Wednesday. Grant and Ethan Sturm took first in Doubles play and advance on to the State Meet in Waterloo.

The Sturms won their opening match against Cyrus Lawrence and Sant Dow of Clarinda 6-0, 6-0. They then took down Corbin Wolfe and Jonah Wemhoff of Red Oak 6-0, 6-0. They then secured their advancement with a win over Adam and Ethan Timmerman of Southwest Valley 6-2, 6-2. In the Finals match they defeated Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 6-2, 6-2. The Class 1A State Singles and Doubles Tournament will be contested at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on May 28th and 29th.

The other doubles team for Atlantic of Bodie Johnson and Dayton Templeton won their opening match over Tom Nicholas and Owen Paul of Southwest Valley 6-1, 6-1. They then fell to Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

In Singles play Bryan York lost to Chris Carson of Clarke 6-3, 6-0. Hunter Weppler fell to Eli Schuster of Shenandoah 6-0, 6-4.

The Trojans finished 2nd in the team standings behind Shenandoah so they advance to a Preliminary Substate match on Saturday against Southwest Valley who finished 3rd. The winner there will qualify for Substate competition along with District Champion Shenandoah. Substate play will be on Saturday, May 22nd in Pella.

Singles

1. Andrew Lawrence, fr., Shenandoah
2. Nathan Brown, jr., Clarinda

Doubles

1. Grant Sturm, sr., Ethan Sturm, jr.; Atlantic
2. Reed Finnegan, sr., Josh Schuster, jr.; Shenandoah

Teams

1. Shenandoah
2. Atlantic
3. Southwest Valley