Strong doubles play has big role in West winning city tennis title
West, South, Southwest, Central and Washburn Rural participated in the Lawrence Invitational Tennis Tournament May 2 at Lawrence High School. Participants competed in doubles and singles play with the top three in each bracket receiving medals. West tallied the most points of any Lawrence Junior High to take the city title.
Lawrence Invitational Doubles Results
#1 Doubles:
Round 1
Michael Swank/Blaine Kaehr (West) def Ryan Hobbs/Stu Coldsnow (Southwest) 6-0
Dar Fornelli/Skyler Chriswell (South) def Winston Heilman/Evan Elzen (West) 6-2
Alex Thompson/EthanMorton-Gaught (Southwest) def Ian Sommerville/Chase Vervynek (West) 6-1
Daniel deZamacona/Johnny Stueve (W. Rural) def Chris Nieto/Alex Bracciano (Central) 6-0
Semi-finals
-Winner’s bracket-
Swank/Kaehr def Fornelli /Chriswell 6-2
deZamacona/Stueve def Thompson/Morton-Gaught 6-0
-Losers bracket-
Hobbs Coldsnow def Heilman/Elzen 6-1
Sommerville/Vervynck def Nieto/Bracciano 6-4
Finals
Championship Match
deZamacona/Stueve def Swank/Kaehr 6-2
3rd Place Game
Thompson/Morton-Gaught def Fornelli/Chriswell 6-3
5th Place Game
Sommerville/Vervynck def Hobbs/Coldsnow 6-4
7th Place Game
Nieto/Bracciano def Heilman/Elzen 6-2
#2 Doubles
Round 1
Alex Wilson/Max Cooper (W. Rural) def Christopher Helt/Mike Lyons (West) 6-0
Austin Bergstron/Ian White (West) def Ryan Giblin/Doug Compton (Southwest) 6-0
Spencer Renfro/Brock Norwood (Southwest) def Nathan Wycoff/Tyler Trarbach (South) 6-2
Chris Carter/Jeff Jasperson (West) def Jack Geddings/Grant Gregg (Central) 6-0
Semi-finals
-Winners bracket-
Wilson/Cooper def Bergstrom/White 6-1
Carter/Jasperson def Renfro/Norwood 7-6 (6-4)
-Losers bracket-
Giblin/Compton def Helt/Lyons 6-2
Wycoff/Trarbach def Geddings/Gregg 7-5
Finals
Championship Match
Wilson/Cooper def Carter/Jasperson 6-2
3rd Place Game
Bergstrom/White def Renfro/Norwood 6-2
5th Place Game
Wycoff/Trarbach def Giblin/Compton 6-2
7th Place Game
Helt/Lyons def Geddings/Gregg 6-4
#3 Doubles
Round 1
Coulter Scott/Evan Taylor (West) def Edward Plutnikov/Ryan Miller (South) 6-1
Seth McCauley/Joey Sakumura (West) def Neil Newsome/Mark Jungman (Southwest) 6-1
Zach Aldrich/Kyle Seals (W. Rural) def Osterman/Beckett Bergstrom (Central) 6-0
Jeff Carmody/Ryan Abbott (Southwest) def Sam Prososki/Keenan McCauley (West)6-0
Semi-Finals
-Winners bracket-
Scott/Taylor def McCauley/Sakumura 6-1
Aldrich/Seals def Carmody/Abbott 6-0
-Losers bracket-
Newsome/Jungman def Plutnikov/Miller 6-4
Osterman/Bergstrom def Prososki/McCauley 6-2
Finals
Championship Match
Scott/Taylor def Aldrich/Seals 6-3
3rd Place Game
Carmody/Abbott def McCauley/Sakumura 6-4
5th Place Game
Newsome/Jungman def Osterman/Bergstrom 6-2
7th Place Game
Plutnikov/Miller def Prososki/McCauley 6-3

