Tennis heads to Libby for divisionals this week
Hungry Horse News | UPDATED 1 year, 8 months AGO
The Columbia Falls tennis teams wrapped up the regular season on Saturday with matches against Corvallis and Hamilton at home.
Corvallis edged the girls 4-3 and the boys 5-2, but the Wildcats edged Hamilton 4-3 on both counts.
In girls singles, Cloey Ramage dropped Corvallis’s Ava Wilcox, 6-2, 6-0 and Lexi Oberholtzer beat Sophie Jessop, 6-1, 6-0. The girls got the third win on a forfeit.
In boys singles, Conner Malmberg dropped Atticus Chavez, 6-2, 6-2 and Oliver McDonald beat Christian Giriden 5-7, 6-3, (10-2).
Against Hamilton, Ramage beat Ciara Hunley, 2-6, 6-3, (10-1) and Oberholtzer beat Charlie Holmes 6-4, 0-6, (10-7). Zoey Byrd got a W against Codie Clarke, 6-1, 4-6, (10-8) and Aliyah Arends dropped Jasmine Jimenez 6-4, 6-2.
On the boys’ side Jax Ramage beat Jacob Rollins, 6-2, 6-2 ; Malmberg beat Kyle Pearce, 6-5 (7-5).
In doubles, Logan Heupel / Will Pickard beat Finn Dufresne / Jason Chaplin 6-1, 6-3, and Colton Little / Jaegar Mohr beat Micah Won Sickle / AB Schroehke, 6-1, 6-2 for the Wildcats.
The teams now compete at the divisional tourney in Libby this week, which will determine the state seedings.
The state tourney is in Missoula this year.