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The Polson High School girls’ tennis team captured their 11th Divisional crown in the last 12 years under Lady Pirates’ head coach Bob Hislop.
Lady Pirates top singles player Shea McGuinness overcame a late-season injury to capture the singles divisional crown.
“She was the No. 1 seed and she was a little injured going into last week’s tournament,” Hislop said. “She did very, very well obviously. She did what she needed to do and played very well in the championship round.”
Though many expected McGuinness to capture the singles title, the big pleasant surprise, according to Hislop and his coaching staff, was the play of their No. 4 player Josie Peterson.
Peterson, along with Mcguinness, qualified for the Montana High School Activities Association match May 24-25 that will be split between Polson and Ronan High School.
“(Peterson) was fourth in singles, which as a head coach is something that pleases me to no end,” Hislop said. “She is a wonderful girl and when she started out playing tennis, many people would not have given her a chance for this accomplishment. Her making it to state is very, very special and a big statement.”
Hislop credited Peterson’s work ethic for being able to achieve this accomplishment.
“Some players aren’t as good of athletes as others,” Hislop said. “However, Josie is a very intelligent girl and takes coaching very well. In matches, you can give her ideas and she’ll run with it and do it. She made it to State because of a lot of her hard work and it paid off.”
Hislop and his coaching staff work tirelessly to find the right combinations of doubles partners and through experience and dedication, he and his staff tends to find the right combos.
With seniors Kyler Lundeen and Berkeley Ellis, he has succeeded in finding the right combination of doubles partners, and the combo has now successfully qualified for State.
“I get questions about it all of the time,” Hislop said. “Berkeley Ellis is very mature. Her family is very much into sports and they do everything (sports related). She is very mature, has a lot of experience in the sports venue and she handles the situation very well.”
Pirates’ trio punches
ticket to State
Polson tennis player Johnny Moore has never fallen victim to complacency. Now, the senior and now No. 1 rated Polson tennis player will have a chance to showcase the results of his dedication at this year’s Montana Activities Association State tournament May 24-25 at Polson and Ronan High School.
“(Moore) has put in tons of time in the off season and in the regular season,” Hislop said. “I thought about putting him at doubles (at one point) but singles is his love.”
Moore struggled through a knee injury during Divisionals and just barely missed out on the championship singles match with a closely-contested semifinal loss.
Moore had a 5-4 lead in the semifinals and just struggled to close the deal.
“We had to monitor his knee and shoulder and this week looks good (headed into state),” Hislop said. “It was very nice to see him there and I think he is now in a good place for state.”
Senior Carson McDaniel and Joe McDonald were a doubles tandem that was put together late in the season by the Pirates’ coaching staff. That move paid dividends.
McDaniel and McDonald defeated their teammates Kaiden Forman Webster and Sam Schutz in order to qualify for State.
“They played very well throughout the tournament,” Hislop said.
Chiefs send tandem to state
The Ronan Chiefs edoubles team of Coleman Taylor and Thomas Yellowbird qualifed for the Class A state tournament and will have a chance represent Ronan in their home town at the Class A state tournament.
This marks the first year Ronan transitioned from Class A to Class B.
2018 NWA Divisional
Thursday-Friday
May 17-18
at Libby
Top 4 advance to state
Boys
Team scores — Whitefish 71, Polson 35, Columbia Falls 27, Ronan 8, Libby 6.
Singles
Championship — Brendan Buls, W, def. Eric Holdhusen, W, 6-1, 6-1.
Semifinals — Brendan Buls, W, def. Noah Fauth, W, 6-0, 6-0; Eric Holdhusen, W, def. Johnny Moore, P, 7-5, 7-5.
Consolation Finals — Johnny Moore, P, def. Jayce Cripe, W, 6-2, 6-2.
Consolation Semifinals — Jayce Cripe, W, def. Noah Fauth, W, 6-4, 6-3; Johnny Moore, P, def. Alex Mausshardt, P, 7-5, 6-3.
Consolation quarters — Alex Mausshardt, P, def. Colby Devlin, P, 7-5, 7-6.
Selective earlier round singles progressions:
•Johnny Moore, P, def. Dillon Washington, CF, 6-0, 6-1; Moore def. Jayce Cripe, W, 6-1, 6-1; semi; cons.semi.
•Neils Getts, CF, def. Joey Parnell, R, 6-2, 6-1; Lingle def. Parnell, 6-1, 6-1.
•Bye; Garrett Caffrey, CF, def. Vincente Ortega, R, 6-1, 6-0; bye; Devlin def. Ortega.
•Eric Holdhusen, W, def. Colby Devlin, P, 6-1, 6-0; bye; Devlin def. Ortega, 6-1, 6-1; cons.qtr.
•Sebastian Sanders, L, def. Anton Lefthand, P, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6; bye; Getts def. Lefthand, 6-4, 6-1.
•Bye; Alex Mausshardt, P, def. Camryn Lingle, L, 6-2, 6-2; Brendan Buls, W, def. Mausshardt, 6-0, 6-3; Mausshardt def. Dillon Washington, CF, 6-4, 6-3; cons.qtr;
Doubles
Championship — Mark Anderson/Forrest Kobelt, W, def. John Gilk/Tristan Grein, C, 6-1, 6-3.
Semifinals — Mark Anderson/Forrest Kobelt, W, def. Carson McDaniel/Joe McDonald, P, 7-5, 6-4; John Gilk/Tristan Grein, C, def. Simon Olivier/Jamie Schwartz, W, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.
Consolation Finals — Carson McDaniel/Joe McDonald, P, def. Coleman Taylor/Thomas Yellow Bird, R, 6-0, 6-1.
Consolation Semis — Carson McDaniel/Joe McDonald, P, def. Kaiden Forman-Webster/Sam Schultz, P, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); Coleman Taylor/Thomas Yellow Bird, R, def. Simon Olivier/Jamie Schwartz, W, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Consolation Quarters — Ka.F-W/S.Schultz def. Colter Upton/Zach Brandt, CF, 6-3, 6-4; Taylor/YellowBird def. Ke.F-W/T.Schultz, 6-1, 6-2;
• John Gilk/Tristan Grein, CF, def. Caden Bourdon/Austin Taylor, R, 6-0, 6-1; Carter/Sadewasser def. Bourdon/A.Taylor, 6-2, 6-0.
Selective earlier round singles progressions:
• Kendall Forman-Webster/Trevor Schultz def. Ryker McElmurry/Dave Patterson, L, 6-0, 6-1; Anderson/Kobelt def. Ke.F-W/T.Schultz, 6-1, 6-0; Ke.F-W/T.Schultz def. Violette/Cornwell, R, 7-6(7-3), 6-3; ® cons.qtr;
• Coleman Taylor/Thomas YellowBird, R, def. Chris Howell/Tyler Gates, CF, 6-1, 6-1; McDaniel/McDonald def. Taylor/Yellowbird, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Taylor/Yellowbird def. Zach Carter/Virgil Sadewasser, L, 6-1, 6-2; ® cons.qtr;
def. McElmurry/Patterson, 6-3, 6-0; ® cons.qtr;
Carson McDaniel/Joe McDonald, P, def. Colton Halverson/Cayman Lee, L, 6-1, 6-1; McDaniel/McDonald def. Taylor/Yellowbird, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; ® semi; ® cons.semi;
• Simon Olivier/Jamie Schwartz, W, def. Sherman Violette/Connor Cornwell, R, 6-0, 7-5; Violette/Cornwell def. Frank Hartman/Colton Byrd, CF, 6-1, 6-0; Ke.F-W/T.Schultz def. Violette/Cornwell, 7-6(7-3), 6-3.
• Kaiden Forman-Webster/Sam Schultz, P, def. Frank Hartman/Colton Byrd, CF, 6-1, 6-0; Olivier/Schwartz def. Ka.F-W/S.Schultz 6-3, 7-6(7-1); Ka.F-W/S.Schultz def. McElmurry/Patterson 6-3, 6-0; ® cons.qtr;
Girls
Team scores — Polson 51, Whitefish 39, Libby 34, Columbia Falls 15, Ronan 3.
Singles
Championship — Shea McGuinness, P, def. Claire Carloss, W, 7-6, 6-2.
Semifinals — Shea McGuinness, P, def. Mehki Sykes, L, 6-3, 6-1; Claire Carloss, W, def. Isabelle Martineau, L, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4.
Consolation Finals — Isabelle Martineau, L, def. Josie Peterson, P, 6-2, 6-1.
Consolation Semifinals — Josie Peterson, P, def. Mehki Sykes, L, 6-3, 6-1; Isabelle Martineau, L, def. Abigail Creighton, L, 6-3, 6-3.
Consolation Quarter — Josie Peterson, P, def. Sharmaine Zempel, P, 6-3, 6-0;
Selective earlier round singles progressions:
•Bye; McGuinness def Gwen Foust, CF, 6-0, 6-0; McGuinness def. Abi Creighton, L, 6-0, 6-1; semi;
•Bye; Hannah Schweikert, CF, def. Maddy Sevier, R, 6-1, 6-0; bye; Gracie Young, W, def. Sevier, 6-2, 6-2.
•Mehki Sykes, L, def. Briala Forman, P, 6-2, 6-1; Bella Wilson, W, def. Forman, 6-4, 6-0.
•Bye; Josie Peterson, P, def. Katy Garate, CF, 6-3, 6-2; Martineau def. Peterson, 6-4, 6-2; Peterson def. Young 6-2, 6-0; cons.qtr;
• Bye; Sharmaine Zempel, P, def. Brooks, 7-5, 6-3; Carloss def. Zempel, 6-1, 6-0; Zempel def. Wilson, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3; cons.qtr;
• Bye; Zempel def. Morgan Brooks, R, 7-5, 6-3; Brooks def. Mackenzie Vick, W, 6-4, 6-4; Cassidy Norick, CF, def. Brooks, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
• Bye, Martineau def. Skyler Shima, R, 6-1, 6-0; bye; Shima def. Garate, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4); Hannah Schweikert, CF, def. Shima, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
Championship — Kyler Lundeen/Berkley Ellis, P, def. Aubrey Hanks/Olivia Potthoff, W, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Semifinals — Kyler Lundeen/Berkley Ellis, P, def. Laurynn Lauer/Morgan Snyder, L, 6-3, 6-2; Aubrey Hanks/Olivia Potthoff, W, def. Jessika Jones/Marissa Wood, L, 6-3, 6-4.
Consolation Finals — Jessika Jones/Marissa Wood, L, def. Taylor Jarrett/Anna Pickard, C, 6-2, 3-4 (retired).
Consolation Semifinals — Taylor Jarrett/Anna Pickard, CF, def. Laurynn Lauer/Morgan Snyder, L, 6-4, 7-5; Jessika Jones/Marissa Wood, L, def. Kit Anderson/Autumn Roalson, W, 6-2, 3-4 (retired). (Fr18May18)
Selective earlier round doubles progressions:
• Lundeen/Ellis def. Kit Anderson/Autumn Roalson, W, 6-3, 6-1; semi; final.
• Elizabeth Violette/Qia Harlan, P, won by forfeit; Jessika Jones/Marissa Wood, L, def. Violette/Harlan, 6-2, 6-3; Taylor Jarrett/Anna Pickard, CF, def. Violette/Harlan, 6-2, 6-4.
• Ara Mercer/Megan Rost, P, def. Kelsey Wright/Kylie Dougherty, CF, 6-1, 6-1; Aubrey Hanks/Olivia Potthoff, W, def. Mercer/Rost, 6-1, 6-3; Jarratt/Pickard def. Mercer/Rost, 6-2, 6-4.