Atlantic Boy’s Tennis Team advance to Class 1A Sweet Sixteen: Atlantic Girl’s Team Fall Short to Red Oak

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Boy’s Tennis team advances to the Sweet 16 in the Class 1A postseason tournament with a 5-4 win over Southwest Valley on Saturday in Atlantic.

Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott says the match came down to the doubles division. “Our top two Grant Sturm and Ethan Sturm both won their singles matches and paired up and got a victory for us in doubles,” said Coach McDermott. “Bodie Johnson and Dayton Templeton had some tough matches and lost in a tie-break, and it came down to our five and six players Bryan York and Hunter Weppler. Hunter was the key match of the day in singles and he turned around got us a doubles victory along with Bryan York.”

The Trojans will head to Pella next Saturday.

“At the beginning of the year, I don’t know if we had ourselves penciled into advancing this far in the tournament,” stated McDermott. “The players showed a lot of improvement throughout the year and continued to come to practice every day and compete to put us in a position to advance to the sweet sixteen with a chance to make some noise.”

Boy’s results: 

Atlantic 5       SW Valley 4

1. Grant Sturm 12 (A) def Kade Hutchings 12 (SW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Ethan Sturm 11 (A) def Gabe Fuller 11 (SW) 6-1, 6-1
3. Adam Timmerman 11 (SW) def Bodie Johnson 12 (A) 6-3, 6-1
4. Evan Timmerman 9 (SW) def Dayton Templeton 11 (A) 6-3, 6-2
5. Dominic Nicolas 12 (SW) def Bryan York 11 (A) 7-6 (0), 1-6, 7-5
6. Hunter Weppler 11 (A) def Owen Paul 9 (SW) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4

Doubles

1. GStrum/ESturm (A) def Hutchings/Fuller (SW) 6-3, 6-2
2. ATimmerman/ETimmerman (SW) def Johnson/Templeton (A) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
3. York/Weppler (A) def Nicolas/Paul (SW), 6-4, 6-4

The Atlantic girls topped Audubon 5-1 in postseason play and bowed out of post-season tournament with a 5-0 loss to Red Oak.

“This is how we thought things would break down today,” said Coach McDermott. “They had a strong performance against Audubon. From top to bottom we came out and played some of our better tennis. I thought the girls put their best foot forward for most of the match against Red Oak.”

The Atlantic girl’s team will compete in the individual tournament on Wednesday at Red Oak.

Girl’s Match Results

Atlantic 5           Audubon 1

1. Tessa Grooms 12 (A) def Kya Petersen 11 (Au) 6-4, 6-3
2. Aleah Hermansen 11 (Au) def Nellie Grooms 12 (A)       6-4, 6-3
3. Genevieve Martinez 12(A) def Rachel Huess 12 (Au)       6-0, 6-2
4. Olivia Engler 12 (A) def Jill Denny 11 (Au)                      6-2, 6-2
5. Addi Schmitt 11 (A) def Sophia Sebetka 12 (Au) 6-3, 7-5
6. Aspen Niklasen 11 (A) def Joss Chambers 11 (Au)         6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Grooms/Grooms (A) up on Petersen/Hermansen (Au)    6-4, 0-0 (did not finish)

Red Oak 5      Atlantic 0

1. Rhena Rolenc 12 (RO) def Tessa Grooms 12 (A) 6-0, 6-1
2. Brooke Johnson 12 (RO) def Nellie Grooms 12 (A) 6-3, 6-3
3. Tessa Rolenc 10 (RO) def Genevieve Martinez 12(A) 6-4, 6-3
4. Anna Grizzard 11 (RO) def Olivia Engler 12 (A) 6-1, 6-2
5. Jessica Lukehart 11 (RO) vs Addi Schmitt 11 (A) *DNF
6. Merced Ramirez 9 (RO) def Malena Woodward 11 (A) 6-1, 6-3