South and West, last year’s co-champions, open tennis season on a good note

The South Wolverines and West Eagles, co-champions of last year’s state tennis meet, opened the new season with victories last week.

South defeated Bartlett 9-0 and eked out a 5-4 win over Eagle River, and West scored 9-0 shutouts of Bartlett and Chugiak.

In other action, Service defeated East 9-0. No other results were reported.

The season continues with matches every day except Sunday until the end of the regular season Sept. 26.

South 5, Eagle River 4

Boys Singles #1: Jack Perkins (S) def. Korben Senden (ER) 6-1, 6-1,

Boys Singles #2: Ryder Skaaren (S) def. Dylan Bender (ER) 6-0, 6-0

Girls Singles #1: Irish Wolfe (ER) def. Ashley Huang (S) 6-1, 3-6, 10-6

Girls Singles #2: Melody Musick (ER) def. Madison Griffin (S) 6-2, 7-5

Boys Doubles #1: Walker Brown/Thomas Pease (S) def. Griffin Marson/Cameron Witte (ER 6-3, 4-6

Boys Doubles #2: Brock Helton/ JD Lincoln (S) def. Taiten Cogswell/Stefan Retzlaff (ER) 6-, 6-3

Girls Doubles #1: Lily Singleton/Lila Wegener (ER) def. Abbie Hemry/ Genell Searless (S) 3-6,6-4,10-8

Girls Doubles #2: Skylar McCasland/Sarah von Luhtre (ER) def. Elasha Manrique/Sophie Neuberger (S) 6-0, 6-0

Mixed Doubles: Aaron Griffin/Dani Jameson (S) def. Katherine Jimenez/Nate Walser (ER) 6-0, 6-0

West 9, Bartlett 0

Boys Singles #1: Nikos Penino (W) def. Chris Low (B) 6-0, 6-2

Boys Singles #2: Kian Grovier-Flynn (W) def. Xeng Her (B) 6-1, 6-1

Girls Singles #1: Athena Clendaniel (W) def. Lyndze Hatcher (B) 6-0, 6-1

Girls Singles #2: Armine Kardashyan (W) def. Allison Pogue (B) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6

Boys Doubles #1: Kai Binder/Cosmo Crowley (W) won by forfeit

Boys Doubles #2: Cyrus Clendaniel/Will Sedwick (W) won by forfeit

Girls Double #1: Taylor Lilly/Brenna Gessner (W) def. Haley Chadwick/Anna Shipman (B) 6-1, 6-1

Girls Double #2: Eva Lief/Sharon Kim (W) won by forfeit

Mixed Doubles: Jack Coulter/Antonia Yu (W) won by forfeit.

Service 9, East 0

Boys Singles #1: Nolan Beeler (S) def. Jonah Folds (E) 6-1, 1-6, 10-3

Boys Singles #2: Kelly Wages (S) won by default

Girls Singles #1: Harmony Pretlow (S) won by default

Girls Singles #2: Ema Peterson (S) won by default

Boys Doubles #1: Ben Brolyes/Toby Lochner (S) won by default

Boys Doubles #2: Zach Chang/Rudy Schumacher (S) won by default

Girls Double #1: Daniella Garnica/Ashleigh Shen (S) won by default

Girls Double #2: Zayn Cheema/Kinsey Young (S) won by default

Mixed Doubles: Quinn Guyer/Amelia Shen (S) won by default

South 9, Bartlett 0

Boys #1 Singles: Dawson Bjorgen (S) def Chris Lo (B) 6-0, 6-1

Boys #2 Singles: Jack Baker (S) def Xeng Her (B) 6-0, 6-0

Girls #1 Singles: Ashley Huang (S) def Lyndze Hatcher (B) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-2)

Girls #2 Singles: Madison Griffin (S) def Allison Pogue (B) 6-3, 6-3

Boys #1 Doubles: Brock Helton/Lochlan Mullen (S) won by default

Boys #2 Doubles: Andrew Ullman/Gabe Parrish (S) won by default

Girls #1 Doubles: Abbie Hemry/Genelle Searles (S) won by default

Girls #2 Doubles: Elahsa Manrique/Sophie Neuberger (S) def Haley Chadwich/Anna Shipman (B) 6-0, 6-1

Mixed Doubles: Logan Kaniut/Dani Jameson (S) won by default

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