The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team had six individuals competing in the Section 8A Individual tennis tournament at Courts Plus in Fargo, North Dakota on Tuesday.
Reggie Winjum and Jack Everett competed in singles. In doubles, Gunnar Groven and Grant Funk, Rick Hudson, and Sam Widseth competed for Crookston. Everett was the only senior competing.
SINGLES –
Reggie Winjum earned the #3 seed and played #14 seed Max Splonskowski of Detroit Lakes. Winjum was dominant in a 6-2, 6-0 victory.
In the second round, Winjum took on #11 seed Riley Thorfinnson of Minnewaska Area, who upset #4 seed Maddax Happel of Perham in the first round. Winjum was impressive again as he cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory to advance to the section semi-finals, where he will play Jett Cornelius of Thief River Falls on Wednesday morning.
Jack Everett received the #12 seed and took on #5 seed Aaden Wavra of East Grand Forks in the first round. Everett came out strong and won the first set 6-4. Wavra won the second set 6-4, and the third set was another back-and-forth battle, but Wavra came away with a 7-5 victory to win the match, and Everett was eliminated.
DOUBLES
Crookston’s Gunner Groven and Grant Funk received the 7th seed and took on #10 seed Coleman Davis and Jameson Dragt of New London Spicer in the first round. Groven and Funk dominated the first set 6-1, but lost the second set 6-4. In the third set, the Crookston duo bounced back to win 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, Groven and Funk lost to the #2 seed Tenzin Dahl and Marshall Kopp of Minnewaska. Dahl and Kopp won the first set 6-0, and the Crookston duo battled in the second set but came up short in a 7-5 loss and were eliminated.
Hudson Rick and Sam Widseth received the 11th seed and beat the #6 seed Vaughn Hanson and Isaac Palmer of New London-Spicer 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round.
Hudson and Widseth took on #3 seed Nick Buboltz and Max Mercil of Detroit Lakes, lost 6-2 and 6-2, and were eliminated.
Sam Widseth, Hudson Rick, Gunnar Groven, Grant Funk, Jack Everett, Reggie Winjum
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