Havre girls, boys sweep Conrad tennis tourney

CONRAD Breyon Briese and Samantha Velk teamed to win the girls doubles title and lead Havre to the team championship at the Conrad Invitational tennis tournament last weekend.

Nikki Baltrusch and Laura Hedstrom placed third and fourth, respectively, in singles, and Jennifer Gorder and Ryan Hamilton added a third-place finish in doubles for the Ponies, who claimed first place with 37 points.

Havre's Seth Maristuen placed second in singles to help the Ponies claim the boys team title with 34 points.

Jeremy Heninger and Tyler Vincent placed second in doubles, Tyler Croft and Daine Solomon were third, and Cody McLain added a third-place finish in singles.

GIRLS RESULTS

Team scores Havre 37, Lewistown 25, Conrad 14, Cut Bank 6.

Singles

First round Nikki Baltrusch (Hav) d. Valach (Lew) 8-0; Olson (CB) d. Taylor Donaldson (Hav) 8-3; Samantha Shrauger (Hav) d. Howard (Con) 8-1; Laura Hedstrom (Hav) d. Chapman (Lew) 8-3; Crystal Pyrak (Hav) d. Squires (Lew) 8-3.

Quarterfinals Baltrusch d. Olson (CB) 8-2; Richter (Lew) d. Shrauger 8-1; Hedstrom d. Smith (CB) 8-5; Young (Con) d. Pyrak 8-4.

Semifinals Richter d. Baltrusch 8-3; Young d. Hedstrom 8-4.

Consolation Donaldson d. Valach 8-5; Shrauger d. Donaldson 8-1; Pyrak d. Chapman 8-2; Shrauger d. Meznarich (CB) 8-2; Pyrak d. Smith; Hedstrom d. Shrauger 8-5; Baltrusch d. Pyrak 8-5.

Third-fourth Baltrusch d. Hedstrom 6-2.

Doubles

First round Breyon Briese-Samantha Velk (Hav) d. Butler-Conroy (Lew) 8-1; Brown-Phifer (Lew) d. Jennifer Gorder-Ryan Hamilton (Hav) 8-2.

Semifinals Briese-Velk d. Harris-Peterschick (Lew) 8-0.

Championship Briese-Velk d. Brown-Phifer by injury default.

Consolation Gorder-Hamilton d. Paulson-Geiger (CB) 8-2; Gorder-Hamilton d. Harris-Peterschick 8-6.

Third-fourth Gorder-Hamilton d. Brown-Brown (Con) 8-6.

BOYS RESULTS

Team scores Havre 34, Lewistown 20, Cut Bank 19, Conrad 9.

Singles

First round Terrence Wells (Hav) d. Pollard (Lew) 8-0; Cody McLain (Hav) d. Snyder (Con) 8-0; Hofstad (Con) d. Andrew McLain (Hav) 8-0; Seth Maristuen (Hav) d. Kavanagh (CB) 8-1.

Quarterfinals Gregg (CB) d. Wells 8-4; C. McLain d. Bride (Lew) 8-3; Maristuen d. Lewis (CB) 8-2.

Semifinals Gregg (CB) d. C. McLain 8-2; Maristuen d. Hofstad 8-7 (10-8).

Championship Gregg d. Maristuen 8-1.

Consolation Woldtvedt (CB) d. A. McLain 8-7 (7-5); Wells d. Brown (CB) 8-3; Bride (lew) d. Wells 8-1; C. McLain d. Lewis (CB) 8-5.

Third-fourth C. McLain d. Hofstad (Con) 6-5 (7-4).

Doubles

First round Rudolph-Onstot (Con) d. Tyler Croft-Daine Solomon (Hav) 8-3; Jeremy Heninger-Tyler Vincent (Hav) d. Atkinson-Flentie (Lew) 8-4; Kavanagh-Hannah (CB) d. Brian Childree-Ian Spencer (Hav) 8-1.

Semifinals Heninger-Vincent d. Kavanagh-Hannah 8-7 (7-1).

Championship Ernst-Ernst (Lew) d. Heninger-Vincent 8-7 (7-5).

Consolation Croft-Solomon d. Krapf-Neilson (CB) 8-0; Atkinson-Flentie (Lew) d. Childree-Spencer 8-1; Croft-Solomon d. Kavanagh-Hannah 8-3.

Third-fourth Croft-Solomon d. Rudolph-Onstot 8-5.