Polson, C-Falls split tennis duals with Dillon

POLSON — Polson’s girls and Columbia Falls’ boys grabbed 4-3 victories Friday in high school tennis as the Wildcats squads opened their seasons.

The Wildkats and Polson boys both fell in their duals 4-3. 

Columbia Falls also battled Ronan Friday, taking both duals 7-0, though not all matches were contested. 

Dillon boys 4, Polson 3

SINGLES — Zach Sandall, Dillon def. Ruger Ellis 6-3, 6-3; Marcus Lucas, Polson def. Zach Maki 6-2, 5-7, 10-9; Declan Oswald, Dillon def. Cash Brown 6-0, 6-1; Elijah Gardner, Dillon def. Aristo Cannon 8-7 (7-5). 

DOUBLES — Carson Fluckinger and Ben Lund, Dillon def. Strider Gage and Zayne Newman 6-4, 4-6, 10-5; Maddox Bird and Jaidon Minhkuk, Polson def. Drew Morganthaler and Eli Crites 6-3,6-3; Brody Kune and Evan Tolley, Polson def. Chase Reasaner and James Seidensticker 8-3. 

Polson girls 4, Dillon 3

SINGLES — Gabby Thomas, Dillon def. Karly Smith 5-7, 6-2, 10-8; Shannon Martin, Dillon def. Baylee Lemm 6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 10-8; Lindy Dupuis, Polson def. Evelyn Tolman 6-4, 6-2; Embree Bird, Polson def. Kynsey Morrisroe 6-0, 6-2. 

DOUBLES — Sam Steadman and Skylar Lapierre, Dillon def. Hinkley Moss and Greta Lund 3-6, 6-4, 11-9; Zoe Schroeder and Johanna Beiber, Polson def. Amelia Maki and Raigan Wright 6-1, 6-1; Cleo Martin and Evan Kline, Polson def. Lily Malesich and Elli Scheffel 8-0. 

Columbia Falls boys 4, Dillon 3

SINGLES — Maki, Dillon def. Jack Austin 6-3, 6-2; Sol Masters, Columbia Falls def. Lund 7-5, 6-3; Declan Oswald, Dillon def. Scout Love 6-0, 6-0; Pablo Perles, Columbia Falls def. Morganthaler 6-0, 6-2. 

DOUBLES — Sandall and Fluckinger, Dillon def. William Oberholtzer and Jackson Scholz 6-1, 6-0; Taiven Combs and Blake Perry, Columbia Falls def. Gardner and Reasoner 6-0, 6-1; Jackson Bowler and Gabe Plevel, Columbia Falls def. Crites and Seidensticker 6-1, 6-2. 

Dillon girls 4, Columbia Falls 3

SINGLES — Lapierre, Dillon def. Bailey Windauer 6-3, 6-0; Steadman, Dillon def. Ella Heppner 7-6 (7-1), 6-4; Tolman, Dillon def. Fiona Bryant 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), 10-7; Campbell LaCasse, Columbia Falls def. Morrisroe 6-0, 6-1. 

DOUBLES — Martin and Thomas, Dillon def. Alanis Petersen and Madi Yerian 7-5, 6-3, 10-7; Ava Scholz and Ashlyn Dunham, Columbia Falls def. Maki and Wright 6-2, 6-0; Khloe Perry and Kristina Tamburelli, Columbia Falls def. Fuller and Walker 6-0, 6-0. 

Columbia Falls boys 7, Ronan 0

SINGLES — Perles, Columbia Falls def. Rowan Parks 6-1, 6-2; Masters wins via forfeit; Harris, Columbia Falls def. Hayden Fussell 6-2, 6-4; Love, Columbia Falls def. Kaden Buck 6-1, 5-2. 

DOUBLES — Perry and Combs, Columbia Falls def. Mason Parks and Matiya Nenemay 6-3, 6-4; Oberholtzer and Scholz and Bowler and Plevel, Columbia Falls win via forfeit. 

Columbia Falls girls 7, Ronan 0

SINGLES — Windauer, Heppner, Bryant, LaCasse, Columbia Falls win via forfeit. 

DOUBLES — Petersen and Yerian, Columbia Falls def.  Hosanna Wilson and Emily Skare 6-0 ,6-0; Scholz and Dunham, Columbia Falls def. Addi Shallock and Olivia Willer 6-2, 6-0; Perry and Tamburelli, Columbia Falls def. April Unrich and Brinley Shallock 6-1, 6-0.