Whitefish whips Columbia Falls at FVCC tennis courts
Whitefish continues to prevail in those tight matches and that led to another dual victory for the girls tennis team on Thursday versus rival Columbia Falls at the Flathead Valley Community College Courts.
Hannah Madsen rallied for a win at No. 1 singles, 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, Claire Carloss, at No. 4 singles, won 6-4, 6-3, and Cailyn Ross and Paige Sproul pulled through with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win at No. 1 doubles.
The final score — Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 1.
The Whitefish girls are now 11-2 on the season.
“That’s kind of surprising,” Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden said of his team’s dual mark.
“We didn’t think we would have a very good dual team, but we’ve won a lot of close matches and tie-breakers.”
Dryden said the Madsen versus Molly Schmit rivalry is a friendly, but very competitive one.
“Everyone of their matches is an epic, long three setters,” he said.
“I think the score is tied with two wins apiece.”
He expects both girls to face off again at divisionals in the semifinal round.
Whitefish won the first meeting with Columbia Falls this spring, 4-3.
In boys play, it was all Whitefish as the Bulldogs cruised to a 7-0 verdict.
The closest battle on the court was at No. 3 singles where Whitefish’s Noah Fauth bested Chris Howell 7-5, 4-6, 6-0.
“We shuffled the lineup a bit and had a convincing win today against an improving Columbia Falls team,” Whitefish coach Chris Schwaderer said.
“We have a really busy couple of weeks coming up, and the guys know that they must continue to improve to get ready for the tournament season. This weekend should be a good test when both Corvallis and Hamilton come to town.”
Girls
Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 1
Singles — Hannah Madsen, W, def. Molly Schmit, 1-6, 6-0, 7-5; Paint Intasuk, W, def. Sammi Mueller, 6-0, 6-0; Anna Pickard, CF, def. Savannah Krause, 6-3, 6-4; Claire Carloss, W, def. Mariah Lingle, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles — Cailyn Ross/Paige Sproul, W, def. Meghan McCallum/Kayla Nicol, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); Holly Hileman/Melissa Pollard, W, def. Taylor Kellar/Paige Lozeau, 6-3, 6-2; Olivia Potthoff/Auvery Hanks, W, def. Shae Turk/Brianna Kirby, 6-3, 6-1.
Boys
Whitefish 7, Columbia Falls 0
Singles — Eric Holdhusen, W, def. Jayden Wirkus, 6-0, 6-2; Brendan Buls, W, def. John Gilk, 6-0, 6-1; Noah Fauth, W, def. Chris Howell, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0; Forrest Kobelt, W, def. Garrett Caffrey, 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles — Ethan Potthoff/Thomas Carloss, W, def. Caleb Fleury/Patrick Tillman, 6-2, 6-4; Mark Anderson/Colter Upton, W, def. Camryn Lingle/Tristan Grein (C), 6-3, 6-3; Travis Catina/Jamie Schwartz, W, def. Dillon Washington/Camryn Klintworth, 6-1, 6-3.
Stevensville-Polson Dual
POLSON — Polson swept a pair of duals against Stevensville.
The Pirates singles led the girls team to a 5-2 victory over Stevi, with victorys from Cassie Carlyle, Sophia Speckert, Josie Peterson and Alia Tavenner. The girls No. 1 doubles combo of Kyler Lundeen and Olivia Hewston also won in straight sets to put Polson over the top.
The Polson boys swept all seven matches, led in singles by straight set wins from Colin Kenney, Johnny Moore, Sam Schultz and Kendal Forman-Webster.
GIRLS
Polson 5, Stevi 2
Singles — Cassie Carlyle, P, def. Ashley Eyre 6-0, 6-0; Sophia Speckert, P, def. Brianne Bartschi 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2; Josie Peterson, P, def. Callie Cavill 6-3, 7-5; Alia Tavenner, P, def. Emma Blyton by default.
Doubles — Kyler Lundeen/Olivia Hewston, P, def. Shelby Spoas/Jackie Westman 6-1, 6-0; Alex Deschamps/Kayla Eyre, S, def. Shea McGuinness/Elizabeth Violett 6-4, 6-3; Jamyn Beller/Kylie Burlingham, S, def. Sharmaine Zempel/Olivia Perez 6-3, 6-1.
BOYS
Polson 7, Stevi 0
Singles — Colin Kenney, P, def. Austin Armijo 6-0, 6-0; Johnny Moore, P, def. Tristen Delgadillo 6-1, 6-0; Sam Schultz, P, def. Braxton Craythorn 6-2, 6-1; Kendal Forman-Webster, P, def. Reese Haugo 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles — Cadis Chowning/Matt Sitter, P, def. David Haake/Tucker Weber 6-0, 6-1; Carson McDaniel/Kabe Forman-Webster, P, def. Noah Breneman/Tom Trangmoe 6-2, 6-1; Braden Youngren/Joe McDonald, P, def. Ben Hale/Sam Hale 6-3, 6-4.
Libby-Troy Dual
TROY — Libby won at Nos. 1-2 singles and doubles to beat Troy 4-2 in boys play.
Troy won at No. 1 singles and doubles to top the Libby 2-1 girls.
Boys
Libby 4, Troy 2
Singles — Jhamaal Sykes, L, def. AJ Faur, 6-2, 6-2; Colin Maloney, L, def. Cody Osterberg, 6-4, 6-1; Alex Freund, T, def. Nik Gier, 6-4, 7-5; Austin McCully, T, def. Zach Carter, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
Doubles — Erik Lauer/Braydan Thom, L, def. Noah Caballero/Dylan Cummings, 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Nagle/Gio Cano, L, def. Jordan Day/Zach Cotten, 6-1, 6-2.
Girls
Troy 2, Libby 1
Singles — Allie Brown, T, def. Isabelle Martineau, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles — Kayle Stecher/Molly Walter, T, def. Morgan Snyder/Madison Snyder, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Ciera Lucas/Savannah Huni, L, def. Rhonelle Morter/Oranda Deny, 6-2, 7-5.