Three Polson athletes earn All-State honors

After a great weekend of tennis for the Polson teams last weekend, they hit the road for the state tournament in hopes of getting some hardware.

The girls, who won their tenth straight divisional title in Kalispell, sent two doubles teams and two singles players to state. The boys, who took second at divisionals, sent two doubles teams.

Cadis Chowning and Matt Sitter lost their first match, as did Quaid Harlan and Jaron Morgan. Morgan, who played singles last weekend, took Colin Kenney’s spot on that team due to a knee injury sustained by Kenney at the divisional tournament. On the back side of the bracket, both doubles teams won their next match. In the next round, Chowning and Sitter lost 3-6, 4-6 to be eliminated from the tournament. Harlan and Morgan won their next two matches to play in the consolation semifinal for a shot at a third or fourth place finish. Unfortunately, they lost that match, but still played for fifth and sixth. In that match they lost 4-6, 3-6 to finish the season with a sixth place finish. By finishing in the top six, they both earned All-State honors.

On the girls’ side, Mollie Lemm and Marlee Congdon both won their first matches. In the quarterfinals, Lemm lost a tough match to the eventual third place finisher. Congdon won her match in three sets to move to the semifinals. In the semis, Congdon battled through another three set match, but this time did not come out victorious, losing 6-4, 1-6, 1-6.

Meanwhile, on the back side of the bracket, Lemm was battling back for a chance at third place. She won her first match, then met up with a familiar foe in Emily Getts, who she had handed a big loss to the week before in the divisional semifinal.

Getts was out for revenge and found it, although not easily. Lemm won the first set before dropping the next two. That loss eliminated Lemm from the tournament. After defeating Lemm, Getts moved on to play Congdon for a spot in the consolation final. Congdon almost beat Getts the last time they met, but she would not be able to pull it off this time either, and moved into the fifth and sixth place match. In that match, Congdon defeated her opponent 6-4, 6-1 to take fifth place and earn All-State recognition.

Polson had two doubles teams go to state for the girls. The first was Shawna Lenz and Cassie Carlyle. The second was Olivia Hewston and Kyler Lundeen. 

Hewston and Lundeen lost their first match in three sets, while Carlyle and Lundeen won theirs in three. Hewston and Lundeen would win their next match, but a loss by Lenz and Carlyle in the quarterfinals meant that the two had to play each other in loser out action. Carlyle and Lenz would win that match over their teammates and move all the way to the consolation semifinal, where they lost in three sets to be pushed into the fifth and sixth place match. In that match the won another three set match to take fifth overall and earn All-State honors.

State A Tennis Tournament

Bozeman/Livingston

Thursday-Friday, May 26-27, 2016

BOYS

Team Scores: Billings Central 32, Glendive 26, Havre 18, Corvallis 11, Dillon 9, Hardin 8, Hamilton 8, Stevensville 5, Polson 4, Livingston 3, Whitefish 3, Lewistown 2, Belgrade 2, Butte Central 1.

Singles

Championship - Harrison Fagg, BlgsC, def. Jeff Miller, Havre, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

3rd Place - Caleb Powell, Corv, def. Alex Raymond, Ham, 6-2, 6-1.

5th Place - Colton Belcourt, Stevi, def. Bradley Rakich, Dil, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Semifinals - Fagg def. Raymond 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Miller def. Powell 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles

Championship – Simon Marshall/Joey Nichols, BlgsC, def. Josh Hoffer/Jory Opp, Glendive, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.

Third Place – Jarod Asche/Bret Vester, Glendive, def. Darnell Left Hand/Michael Neeser, Hardin, 6-4, 6-4.

Fifth Place – Jerod Boles/Jake Sedahl, Havre, def. Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, 6-4, 6-3.

Semifinals – Marshall/Nichols def. Left Hand/Neeser 6-2, 6-2; Hoffer/Opp def. Asche/Vester 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-5.

Quarterfinals – Marshall/Nichols def. Ladan Ricketts/Jakim Ricketts 6-2, 6-4; Left Hand/Neeser def. Gunnar Maisch/Isaak Koslosky, Dil, 6-1, 7-5; Hoffer/Opp def. Jerod Boles/Jake Sedahl, Havre, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Asche/Vester def. Kyson Wilson/Todd Nordahl, Dil, 6-4, 6-2.

First round – Left Hand/Neeser def. Cadis Chowning/Matt Sitter, Polson, 6-1, 6-4; Hoffer/Opp def. Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, 6-2, 6-2. 

Consolation round 1 – Cadis Chowning/Matt Sitter, Polson, def. Trey Layman/Aiden Hamilton, Belg, 6-3, 6-0; Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, def. Mark Southam/Luke Peterson, Dil, 6-3, 6-4.

Consolation round 2 – Boles/Sedahl def. Cadis Chowning/Matt Sitter, Polson, 6-3, 6-4; Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, def. Gunnar Maisch/Isaak Koslosky, Dil, 6-1, 7-5.

Consolation round 3 – Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, def. Landon Richetts/Jakim Ricketts, Liv, 6-4, 7-5.

Consolation semifinal – Asche/Vester def. Quaid Harlan/Jaron Morgan, Polson, 6-2, 6-3.

GIRLS

Team Scores: Whitefish 30, Billings Central 19, Dillon 16, Hardin 15, Glendive 14, Polson 14, Livingston 13, Columbia Falls 8, Belgrade 2, Corvallis 1.

Singles

Championship - Barclay Fagg, BlgsC def. Madison Chavez, Hard, 6-0, 6-0.

Third Place - Emilee Coleman, Liv def. Emily Getts, CF, 6-3, 6-4.

Fifth Place - Marlee Congdon, Polson def. Alyssa Kessel, Glendive, 6-4, 6-1.

Semifinals - Fagg def. Coleman 7-5, 6-1; Chavez def. Congdon 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Quarterfinals -- Coleman def. Mollie Lemm, Polson, 6-2, 6-1; Marlee Congdon, Polson def. Alyssa Kessel 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1.

First round -- Mollie Lemm, Polson def. Emma Pickett 7-6 (5), 6-0;  Marlee Congdon, Polson def. Olivia Fehr, Corv, 6-1, 6-1.

Consolation round 2 – Mollie Lemm, Polson, def. Lili Szundy, Wf, 7-6(2), 7-6(2).

Consolation round 3 – Getts def. Mollie Lemm, Polson, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Consolation semifinal – Getts def. Marlee Congdon, Polson, 7-6(3), 6-1.

Doubles

Championship – Katie Fyall/Anna Peterson, Wf def. Hannah Madsen/Heather Luedke, Wf, 6-3, 6-3.

Third Place – Marenah Crockett/Ceeara Staiger, Glen def. Adrianna Southam/Tessa Sawyer, Dil, 6-2, 7-5.

Fifth Place – Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson def. Jennifer Womack/Nicole Thompson, Dil, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Semifinals – Fyall/Peterson def. Crockett/Staiger 6-2, 7-5; Hannah Madsen/Luedke def. Womack/Thompson 6-4, 6-4.

Quarterfinals – Hannah Madsen/Luedke def. Linsday Lane/Sophie Badten, Liv, 6-4, 7-6 (0); Womack/Thompson def. Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7).

First round – Crockett/Staiger def. Olivia Hewston/Kyler Lundeen 6-3, 5-7, 6-2;  Hannah Madsen/Luedke def. Kenna Adolph/Hailey Keller, BlgsC, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4; Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson def. Blayne Meyer/Molly Putnam, BlgsC, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Consolation round 1 – Olivia Hewston/Kyler Lundeen, Polson, def. Rainey Stoner/Madison Huebsch, Havre 6-1, 6-1.

Consolation round 2 – Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson, def. Olivia Hewston/Kyler Lundeen, Polson,  7-5, 7-5.

Consolation round 3 – Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson, def. Linsday Lane/Sophie Badten, Liv, 6-7(0), 6-0, 7-6(1).

Consolation semifinal – Crockett/Staiger def. Cassie Carlyle/Shawna Lenz, Polson, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.