WEB EXTRA Polson boys swing for three wins

POLSON - Over a long weekend of tennis, a variety of Polson boys chipped in to get big team wins over Hamiton, Ronan and Stevensville. The Polson girls knocked off the same competition but both boys and girls fell to a tuned Corvallis squad - for the Lady Pirates it was the first team loss of the season.

The extremely narrow loss came after a few points just slipped away from the Lady Pirates in the battle.

As Polson head coach Bob Hislop put it, Polson junior Jane Probst “almost pulled an upset over one of the state favorites Megin Madruga.”

He added that the performance was coupled with a big two-set win over Hamilton's Kelsey Jura to complete a strong weekend for the Lady Pirates' top singles contender.

“She has steadily improved all season and is willing to do the work it takes to get better,” Hislop said.

After losing the first set to Madruga 6-4, Probst forced a tie-breaker in the second. Finally, Madruga came out on top, 8-6.

Polson's Kelsey Howell was the other Lady Pirate to win a set at singles against Corvallis. Howell took the first set 6-2 at the No. 3 singles position, but couldn't hang on in the next two.

The combination of Lexi Cline and Jenni Reilley is a good one for Polson, but it couldn't quite overcome the Blue Devils when a 7-5 tiebreak in set three ended things at the No. 2 doubles spot.

Against the Southern A competition, the Polson boys pulled out some good wins individually and at doubles to push them over the hump as a team.

Andrew Storro took a couple key singles wins for Polson, finishing a perfect 2-2 on the weekend. Neither came easy, and none was more clutch than his defeat of Hamilton's Cody Tredik at the No. 4 singles spot. After splitting the first two sets, Storro's 6-3 victory in the third combined with a Polson sweep job at doubles for a 4-3 Pirate team win.

Storro's victory against Ronan required him to muster out the extra points in a second set tiebreak over Chief Spencer Sucha.

Hislop was also pleased with doubles pair Shad Giles and Kyle Cooper, not to mention the guy who had to square off against each team's best lone hitter, Polson senior Tyler Engebretson.

“The team of Kyle Cooper and Shad Giles went three for three over the weekend and played a fabulous match versus Stevensville No. 1 on Saturday afternoon. Tyler Engebretson played some very solid singles at the No. 1 spot versus a weekend of very tough competition,” Hislop said.

The Polson boys play at Columbia Falls on Saturday. The Polson girls host Anaconda and Columbia Falls on Saturday.

Boys

Polson 4, Hamilton 3

Bob Huppert H def. Tyler Engebretson 3-6 6-0 6-2

Jason Jessop H def. Seth Hovenkotter 6-0 6-4

Ethan Selig H def. Christian McCurdy 6-3 6-4

Andrew Storro def. Cody Tredik H 6-1 1-6 6-3

Matt Roberts/Stefan McCrumb def. Nolan Green/ZanderSmith H 6-2 6-2

Kyle Cooper/Shad Giles def. Parker Richards/Graham Silcher H 6-3 6-0

Justin Evertz/Tom Deanovic def. Alex Didgeway/Michael Miller 6-2 6-1

Corvallis 7, Polson 0

Levi Pauley C def. Tyler Engebretson 6-1 6-3

Jake Sangster C def. Shad Giles 6-0 6-1

Spencer Fehr C def. Tom Deanovic 6-1 6-2

Cody Lengyl C def. Andrew Storro 6-1 6-0

Dillon Murray/Mitchell decker def. Stefan McCrumb/Matt Roberts 6-3 6-4

Luke Allsop/Tyler Roberts C def Kyle Cooper/Seth Hovenkotter 6-2 6-2

David ilgenfritz/Issac Smith C def. Christian McCurdy/Justin Evertz 6-2 4-6 10-7

Ronan 0, Polson 7

Tyler Enbebretson def. Sage Burland 6-1 6-7(7-5) 6-1

SeTH Hovenkotter def. Austin Butler 6-2 6-0

Justin Evertz def. Hunter Shima 6-0 6-0

Andrew Storro def. Spencer Sucha 6-1 7-5

Matt Roberts/Stefan McCrumb def Jeff Blixt-Leo/colton cheff 6-0 6-0

Shad Giles/Kyle Cooper def. Chase Allen/Kyle Yankey 6-0 6-0

Tom Deanovic/ Christian McCurdy def. Aaron Yazzie/Riley Cordis 6-3 6-2

Polson 5, Stevi 2

Matt Roberts def. Ryan Dufresne 6-0 6-0

James Enzler S def. Seth Hovenkotter 4-6 6-4 6-2

Tom Deanovic def. Travis Griffin S 6-2 6-4

Josh Meier S def. Andrew Storro 6-1 6-3

Shad Giles/Kyle Cooper def. Sam Lubbers/Riley Slaughter 6-3 6-1

Tyler Engebretson/Stefan McCrumb def. Trevor Drake/Nathan Tavares 6-2 6-1

Christian McCurdy/Justin Evertz def. Kyle Constantino/Jordan Owens 6-0 6-3

Girls

Polson 5, Hamilton 2

Jane Probst def. Kelsey Jura 6-3 6-1

Mary Conwell H def. Sara Keeble 6-1 6-1

Kelsie Howell def. Jenny Schreckendgust H 6-0 6-0

Kelsey Della Silva H def. Erika Nunlist 7-6(7-4) 6-2

Kayla And Kendyall Rochin def. Rebecca Hankel/Kimberly Lamar H 6-3 7-5

Lexi Cline/Jennid Reilley def. Laura Cornelisse/StellaQuinlan 6-4 6-3

Kelsie Jones/Heather Mathison def. Varsha Rao/Alycia Burt 6-2 6-1

Corvallis Girls 4, Polson 3

Megin Madruga C def Jane Probst 6-4 7-6(8-6)

Jordynn Cheeney C def Kelsie Howell 2-6 6-4 6-3

Lairen Phinney C. def. Sara Keeble 6-1 6-1

Tabitha Hooten C def. Audra Engebretson 6-3 6-3

Kayla and Kendyall Rochin def Katie Kerner/Kayla ralls 6-0 6-4

Lexi Cline/Jenni Reilley def. Ali Bierer/Anna Adolfson 6-3 4-6 7-5

Kelsie Jones/Heather Mathison def. Rachel Reynolds/Kelsey Jessop 6-2 6-2

Polson 7, Ronan 0

Jane Probst def. CArly Blush 6-0 6-0

Kayla Rochin def. Britney Cheff 6-1 6-0

Kendyall Rochin def. Amber Metzger 6-0 6-1

Kelsie Howell def. Katelyn Matkovich 6-0 6-0

Lexi Cline/Heather Mathison def. Shelby Fisher/Darian Blixt - Leo 6-0 6-0

Kelsie Jones/Jenni Reilley def. Hayley Walston/Brittney Drake 6-1 6-2

Sara Keeble/Erika Nunlist def. Taylor Courville/Brianna Frank 6-1 6-1

Stevensville 0, Polson 7

Lexi cline def Becky Weidow 6-1 6-1

Sara Keeble def. Misiel Ravina 7-5 6-4

Jenni Reilley def. Melissa Diforti 6-1 6-1

Kelsie Jones def. Beth Doll 6-0 6-1

Kayla and kendyall Rochin def. Josie Clark/Courtney Liston 6-1 6-2

Jane Probst/Heather Mathison def. Maryah Craft/Emily Pateman 6-0 6-0

Danielle Kinyon/Kelsie Howell def. Rochelle Kutter/Courtney Schulz 6-2 6-0