Girls tennis heads to divisionals
The Bigfork Valkyries high school tennis team goes to the divisional tennis tournament Ronan this weekend with three girls seeded in the top eight and both doubles teams seeded in the top four.
Alanis Stallknecht and Brooke Bonner have been a powerful doubles team this season. One of their only losses was to Katie and Kellie Lundin of Troy. Stallknecht and Bonner will likely face them again this weekend.
Stallknecht and Bonner said to beat the Lundin sisters they will have to be aggressive at the net.
The pair played two matches in Whitefish Thursday, winning one match and losing an exhibition. Other girls performed well against Whitefish. Lana Berg and Kayla Casalegno both won their singles matches, while Kalia Wicklund and Alex Hider lost theirs.
The boys do not have a divisional tournament and advance to state automatically. This Saturday they will play in the Best of the West tournament at Mission.
Saturday they played in a tournament in Eureka where doubles teams Adam Jordt and Isaac Martel took fifth and George Gibson and Ben Russell took eleventh.
Boys Thursday, May 8
Whitefish 7, Bigfork 0
Singles — Holden Roberts, W, def. Gunnar Boose 6-2, 6-1; Chaffin Ross, W, def. Mack Paine 6-0, 6-0; Jack Brandt, W, def. Zack Hider 6-0, 6-0; Austin Reese, W, def. Noah VanQueckleberg 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles — Logan Blades/Nathan Fauth, W, def. Adam Jordt/Isaac Martel 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Tommy Murphy/Bailey Jack, W, def. Ben Russell/George Gibson 6-2, 6-2; Ryan Brown/Ethan Potthoff, W, def. Gunnar Boose/Mack Paine 6-1, 6-2.
Jules Karlin Invitational, May 10
At University of Montana Courts
GIRLS
No. 1 singles
Semifinals – Paige Larson, Cut Bank, def. Morgan Van Dyke, Conrad, 6-2, 6-2; Jocelyn Caldwell, Loyola, def. Maggie Leigland, Fairfield, 5-7, 6-4, 11-8.
Championship – Larson def. Caldwell, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 2 singles
Semifinals – Olivia Round, Loyola, def. Paige Johnson, Cut Bank, 6-2, 6-3; Trinity Cox, Conrad, def. Latisha Marcum, Townsend, 6-3, 7-5.
Championship – Round def. Cox, 7-5, 7-5.
No. 3-4 singles
Semifinals – Cassidy Clotfelter, Fairfield, def. Amy Baily, Conrad, 6-2, 6-3; Katie Witt, Fort Benton, def. Kelcey Daily, Loyola, 4-6, 6-3 (10-3).
Championship – Clotfelter def. Witt, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 1 doubles
Semifinals – Kasee Clark/Mriah Saltzman, Townsend, def. Alex Craft/Duana Gobert, Cut Bank, 7-5, 6-4; Jill Barta/Kaylee Baeth, Fairfield, def. Alanis Stallknecht/Brooke Bonner, Bigfork, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3.
Championship – Barta/Baeth def. Clark/Saltzman, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles
Semifinals – Serenity Juderman/Lexi Giles, Fort Benton, def. Megan Hight/Taylor Brown, Troy, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5; Samantha Friedlander/Breanna Turpin, Ronan, def. Karlee Park/Hannah Massey, Bigfork, 6-3, 6-2.
Championship – Juderman/Giles def. Friedlander/Turpin, 6-3, 6-2.