Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis beats DL in Section 8A Tourney

The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team received the third seed in the Section 8A Boys Tennis tournament and beat the #6 seed Detroit Lakes 5-2 at Horizon School courts in Moorhead.

It was a cold and windy morning at the Moorhead Horizon School tennis courts with wind chill readings in the 30’s. It didn’t affect the Pirates as they got off to a great start with Grant Funk winning his second singles match in impressive fashion 6-0, 6-0 to get the Pirates off to a 1-0 lead.
The next match completed was the first doubles team of Jack Everett and Hudson Rick as they won the first set 6-1 and won a more competitive second set 6-4 to win the match and give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
Crookston’s Sam Widseth kept the winning streak going as he won his fourth singles match 6-4, 6-1 to give the Pirates a 3-0 lead.
Gunnar Groven continued the Pirates’ winning ways as he won the third singles match with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 victory and the win solidified a Pirate team victory with a 4-0 lead.
The second doubles team of Colton Osborn and Alex Zammert won a hard-fought three-set match. They lost the first set 7-5, but bounced back to win the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to give the Pirates a 5-0 lead.
The third doubles team of Sawyer Anderson and Jacob Halvorson lost a hard-fought three-setter. They won the first set 7-6 before the Lakers duo bounced back to win the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to win the match.
Detroit Lakes finished the match win a win at first singles match in another three-setter. Reggie Winjum lost the first set 6-4, before dominating the second set on his way to the win 6-1. It forced a third-set tie-breaker, and since the match was decided, they played up to 10. DL was able to win the third set 10-6, but Crookston won the match 5-2.

Crookston improves to 11-8 on the year and will take on New London-Spicer in the semi-finals this afternoon. Detroit Lakes’ team season ends with a 5-14 record.

	Crookston-5	Detroit Lakes-2	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Nick Buboltz	DL	6-4, 1-6, 10-6
2nd	Grant Funk	Max Mercil	Crox	6-0, 6-0
3rd	Gunnar Groven	Jude Houglum	Crox	6-3, 6-2
4th	Sam Widseth	Tristan Bristlin	Crox	6-4. 6-1
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Damarion Moss Aiden Askelson	Crox	6-1, 6-4
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Reece Winter Max Splonskowski	Crox	5-7, 6-4. 6-4
3rd	Sawyer Anderson Jacob Halvorson	Owen Lipton Beau Carlson	DL	6-7, 6-2, 6-4

Crookston will take on New London-Spicer in the semi-finals. The match will be the second match at Fargo Courts Plus with an estimated start time around 4 to 5 p.m.

	Crookston-	NLS –	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Jowell Gamez
2nd	Grant Funk	Jameson Dragt
3rd	Gunnar Groven	Coleman Davis
4th	Sam Widseth	Jovial Martinez
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Henry Vetch Owen Lee
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Vaughn Hanson Isaac Palmer
3rd	Sawyer Anderson Jacob Halvorson	Ethan Wenke Liam Hanson

 

 

 

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