PREP TENNIS: Sandpoint's Rickert notches third straight regional girls singles title

LEWISTON — Sandpoint junior Pepper Rickert improved to 21-0 on the season, winning a regional girls singles title for the third year in a row, beating Eliza Pfaff of Lewiston 6-0, 6-0 in the 5A Region 1 championship match at the Lewiston Country Club on Saturday. 

The top two in each event advance to the state tournament next Friday and Saturday at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club.

BOYS SINGLES — Championship bracket: First round: Nathan Duke, Sandpoint, had a bye; Caleb Papineau, Moscow, had a bye; Isaac Dover, Lewiston, d. Sam Harrell, Lakeland, 6-2, 6-2; Joey Allen, Sandpoint, had a bye; Micah Broadman, Moscow, had a bye; Treyton Burke, Lewiston, d. Peyton Davis, Lakeland, 6-2, 6-0; Luke Martin, Mscow, d. Cord Stocks, Lewiston, 6-0, 6-0; Umbi Petito, Sandpoint, had a bye. Second round: Duke, Sandpoint, d. Papineau, Moscow, 6-0, 6-0; Allen, Sandpoint, d. Dover, Lewiston, 6-0, 6-1; Broadman, Moscow, d. Burke, Lewiston, 6-1, 6-1; Petito, Sandpoint, d. Martin, Moscow, 6-3, 6-2. Semifinals: Duke, Sandpoint, d. Allen, Sandpoint, 6-4, 2-6, 10-5; Broadman, Moscow, d. Petito, Sandpoint, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8. Championship: Broadman, Moscow, d. Duke, Sandpoint, 6-1, 6-1. Consolation bracket: Martin, Moscow, had a bye; Burke, Lewiston, d. Harrell, Lakeland, 6-1, 6-1; Dover, Lewiston, d. Davis, Lakeland, 6-0, 6-2; Papineau, Moscow, d. Stocks, Lewiston, 6-1, 6-3. Second round: Burke, Lewiston, d. Martin, Moscow, 1-6, 6-2, 10-5; Dover, Lewiston, d. Papineau, Moscow, 7-5, 4-6, 10-3. Semifinals: Burke, Lewiston, d. Allen, Sandpoint, 4-6, 6-0, 10-5; Petito, Sandpoint, d. Dover, Lewiston, 6-0, 6-1. Championship: Petito, Sandpoint, d. Burke, Lewiston, 6-1, 6-3. Third-place match: Petito, Sandpoint, d. Duke, Sandpoint, 6-1, 6-3. 

GIRLS SINGLES — Championship bracket: First round: Pepper Rickert, Sandpoint, had a bye; Eliose Hanisch, Moscow, d. Imogen Sanborn, Lakeland, 6-0, 6-3; Ella Hansen, Moscow, d. Bridget Derbyshire, Lakeland, 6-3, 6-0; River Hoover, Lewiston, had a bye; Natalie Godfrey, Moscow, had a bye; Avery Thornton, Sandpoint, d. Frieda Doerner, Lewiston, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7; Paityn Zimmerman, Sandpoint, had a bye; Eliza Pfaff, Lewiston, had a bye. Second round: Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Hanisch, Moscow, 6-0, 6-0; Hansen, Moscow, d. Hoover, Lewiston, 6-3, 6-0; Godfrey, Moscow, d. Thornton, Sandpoint, 6-1, 1-6, 10-6; Pfaff, Lewiston, d. Zimmerman, Sandpoint, 6-0, 6-1. Semifinals: Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Hansen, Moscow, 6-0, 6-0; Pfaff, Lewiston, d. Godfrey, Moscow, 6-3, 6-1. Championship: Rickert, Sandpoint, d. Pfaff, Lewiston, 6-0, 6-0. Consolation bracket: First round: Zimmerman, Sandpoint, d. Sanborn, Lakeland, 6-4, 6-1; Hoover, Lewiston, d. Doerner, Lewiston, 6-2, 7-6 (3); Hanisch, Moscow, had a bye. Second round: Hansen, Moscow, had a bye; Thornton, Sandpoint, d. Zimmerman, Sandpoint, 6-1, 6-1; Hoover, Lewiston, d. Hanisch, Moscow, 6-1, 6-0; Godfrey, Moscow, had a bye. Semifinals: Hansen, Moscow, d. Thornton, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-4; Godfrey, Moscow, d. Hoover, Lewiston, 6-4, 2-6, 10-4. Championship: Godfrey, Moscow, d. Hansen, Moscow, 6-3, 6-2. Third-place match: Pfaff, Lewiston, d. Godfrey, Moscow, 6-3, 6-2. 

BOYS DOUBLES — Championship bracket: First round: Beau Beehler/Joe Hartwig, Lewiston, d. McCoy Jensen/Louie Reale, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-4; Brady Blankenship/Matthew Mason, Moscow, d. Aiden Hunt/Landon Cederblom, Lakeland, 7-5, 7-5; JJ Pacheco/Dylan Smith, Lewiston, d. James Woodland/Simon Cilley, Moscow, 6-0, 6-1; Caden Martz/Brayden Western, Sandpoint, had a bye. Semifinals: Beehler/Hartwig, Lewiston, d. Blankenship/Mason, Moscow, 6-0, 6-2; Pacheco/Smith, Lewiston, d. Martz/Western, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-2. Championship: Pacheco/Smith, Lewiston, d. Beehler/Hartwig, Lewiston, 6-0, 6-3. Consolation bracket: First round: Jensen/Reale, Sandpoint, d. Hunt/Cederblom, Lakeland, 6-1, 6-0. Semifinals: Western/Martz, Sandpoint, d. Jensen/Reale, Sandpoint, 6-0, 6-3; Blankenship/Mason, Moscow, d. Woodland/Cilley, Moscow, 6-0, 6-1. Championship: Western/Martz, Sandpoint, d. Blankenship/Mason, Moscow, 6-0, 7-5. Third-place match: Hartwig/Beehler, Lewiston, d. Martz/Western, Sandpoint, 7-6 (8), 6-2. 

GIRLS DOUBLES — Championship bracket: Amelia Poulsen/Lily Evans, Sandpoint, had a bye; Sophie Penny/Emma Wassmuth, Lewiston, d. Isabel Clark/Alexis Tran, Moscow, 6-1, 2-6, 11-9; Grace Klein/Malley Geary, Lewiston, d. Jaidynn Huber/Bristol Burnside, Lakeland, 6-1, 6-1; Hayden Wilson/Kayla Windley, Moscow, d. Veronica Kramer/Morgan Harris, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-3. Semifinals: Penny/Wassmuth, Lewiston, d. Poulsen/Evans, Sandpoint, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7; Wilson/Windley, Moscow, d. Klein/Geary, Lewiston, 6-2, 3-6, 12-9. Championship: Penny/Wassmuth, Lewiston, d. Wilson/Windley, Moscow, 7-5, 2-6, 10-5. Consolation bracket: First round: Kramer/Harris, Sandpoint, d. Huber/Burnside, Lakeland, 6-0, 6-1. Semifinals: Tran/Clark, Moscow, d. Klein/Geary, Lewiston, 7-5, 6-0; Poulsen/Evans, Sandpoint, d. Kramer/Harris, Sandpoint, 6-0, 6-1. Championship: Poulsen/Evans, Sandpoint, d. Tran/Clark, Moscow, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4. Third-place match: Evans/Poulsen, Sandpoint, d. Windley/Wilson, Moscow, 6-2, 6-2. 

MIXED DOUBLES — Championship bracket: First round: Alexis Keller/Brennan Rice, Lewiston, d. Kordell Gabell/Zayda Ambauen, Sandpoint, 6-3, 6-2; Andrew Elder/Jacqueline Williams, Moscow, d. Paetyn Blagden/Eli McCracken, Lakeland, 6-1, 6-0; Cate Gloeckner/Oliver Flick, Moscow, d. Hezekiah Dover/Taylor Musser, Lewiston, 6-2, 6-1; Marty Babb/Caitlin Costello, Lakeland, d. Tanner Western/Morgan Dail, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-4. Semifinals: Elder/Williams, Moscow, d. Keller/Rice, Lewiston, 7-5, 6-1; Babb/Costello, Lakeland, d. Gloeckner/Flick, Moscow, 6-2, 6-4. Championship: Elder/Williams, Moscow, d. Babb/Costello, Lakeland, 6-1, 4-6, 10-5. Consolation bracket: First round: Gabell/Ambauen, Sandpoint, d. Blagden/McCracken, Lakeland, 6-1, 6-1; Western/Dail, Sandpoint, d. Dover/Musser, Lewiston, 6-2, 7-5. Semifinals: Gloeckner/Flick, Moscow, d. Gabell/Ambauen, Sandpoint, 6-2, 6-0; Rice/Keller, Lewiston, d. Western/Dail, Sandpoint, 6-4, 6-2. Championship: Rice/Keller, Lewiston, d. Gloeckner/Flick, Moscow, 6-3, 6-3. Third-place match: Keller/Rice, Lewiston, d. Babb/Costello, Lakeland, 7-6 (3), 6-4.