Doubles teams lead Bigfork High School tennis
Bigfork High School’s tennis double teams got on a roll this week, winning the majority of their matches.
The Vikings and Valkyries travelled to Ronan on Monday to make up an early season match that was rained out.
The Vals sailed to an easy victory over Ronan, losing only one match to the Maidens.
The Vikings struggled in singles against Ronan but dominated in doubles with duos of Issac Martel and Adam Jordt and number one and Ben Russell and George Gibson at number two, both dominating their opponents.
Martel and Jordt were coming off a tournament win in Libby on Saturday, where Russell and Gibson lost in the semifinal match. Girls double teams also performed well in Libby with Brooke Bonner and Alauna Weilacher placing first, and Sophie Hasselmeier and Jamie Berg taking second. The girls also fared well in singles, with Lana Berg placing first and Kalia Wicklund placing second.
Last Tuesday the Vikes and Vals hosted Whitefish in their second meeting of the season.
The Whitefish boys swept singles and the girls swept doubles.
Whitefish’s Max Smyley topped Kyle Thomson at No. 1 singles, 7-5, 6-1, in the closest match of the day.
Martel and Jordt won in doubles, the only win for the Vikings in the dual.
The Bulldog girls edged Bigfork in three of four three-set matches to make the difference in the dual. Heather Luedke topped Wicklund 10-6 in the final set.
Park won a three-set match at No. 3 singles. Berg won in straight sets at No. 1 singles to pick up the other point for the Valkyries.
On Friday the Vikes and Vals will head back to Libby to play both Libby and Troy in matches.
On Saturday the team will travel to Loyola for a tournament.
Boys
Ronan 3, Bigfork 3
Singles — Fisher Shempa RON, def. Kyle Thomson BF 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Ryan Dresen RON, def. Tyler Zavala BF 6-0, 6-2; Coleman Taylor, RON def Alex Buenz BF 3-6, 6-2; Mack Paine BF, def. Jacob Dresen RON 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles — Isaac Martel/Adam Jordt, BF def Ethan Blevins/Colton Rollier RON 6-1, 6-1; Ben Russell/George Gibson, BF def Caleb Koble/Coleman Taylor 6-0,6-0.
Whitefish 6, Bigfork 1
Singles — Max Smyley, WF, def. Kyle Thomson 7-5, 6-1; Nathan Fauth, WF, def. Tyler Zavala 6-0, 6-0; Eric Holdhusen, WF, def. Alex Buenz 6-1, 6-1; Cole Turgeon, WF, def. Mack Paine 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles — Isaac Martel/Adam Jordt, BF, def. Chaffin Ross/Thomas Carloss 6-4, 6-2; Ryan Brown/Ethan Potthoff, WF, def. George Gibson/Ben Russell 7-5, 6-4; Austin Reese/Jack Brandt, WF, def. Gus DiPaulo/Keegan 6-1, 6-3.
Girls
Bigfork 4, Ronan 1
Singles — Lana Berg BF, def Sam Ashley RON 6-1, 6-0; Kalia Wicklund BF def Hannah BirdRattler RON, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles — Brooke Bonner/Alauna Weilacher BF def Hannah BirdRattler/Hannah Kichn RON 6-2, 6-1; Sam Freeland/Breanna Turpin RON def Jaime Berg/Sophie Hasselmeier BF 6-4, 2-6, 5-7; Karlee Park/Wilson Vogt BF def Jenaya Burns/Morgan Brooks RON 6-0, 6-0.
Whitefish 5, Bigfork 2
Singles — Lana Berg, BF, def. Hannah Madsen 6-2, 6-3; Heather Luedke, WF, def. Kalia Wicklund 6-2, 2-6, 10-6; Karlee Park, BF, def. Keara Delaney 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Makenna Benbrook, WF, def. Wilson Vogt 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles — Katie Fyall/Anna Peterson, WF, def. Alauna Weilacher/Brooke Bonner 6-2, 5-7, 6-0; Paige Sproul/Melissa Pollock, WF, def. Sophie Hasslemeier/Jaime Berg 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Cailyn Ross/Amara McDaniel, WF, def. Kassandra Butterfield/Stacey Paulson 6-2, 6-1.