Tanager tennis team ends season at state tournament

Tanager tennis team ends season at state tournament by Jim Prosser The final tennis meet of the season was the state tournament in Sioux Falls May 20-22. Here are the VHS results:

First round singles: Flight 1 � Jack Higgins (V) def. Casey Dahl (Milbank) 6-2, 6-2; Flight 2 � Geng Wang (V) def. Matt Everson (Mitchell) 0-6, 7-5, 7-5; Flight 3 � Caleb Chapman (Sturgis) def. Dan Day (V) 6-3, 6-2; Nathan Scheidel (V), bye. There was incomplete information about Flights 5 and 6, but both Harsh Patel and Keshav Arogyaswamy lost their matches.

Second round: Brandon Bradfield (SF O'Gorman) def. Higgins 6-2, 6-2; Travis Alvine (Watertown) def. Wang 6-1, 6-1; Dallas Tucker (Madison) def. Day 10-6; Tommy Frehan (RCS) def. Scheidel 6-1, 6-3.

Third round: Mik Stavig (SFW) def. Scheidel 10-5.

Doubles: First round Flight 1 � Dahl/Lamberts (Milbank) def. Higgins/Wang (V) 7-5,2-6, 6-2. Flight 2 � Wheeler/Mahowald (Huron) def. Day/Foltz (V) 6-1, 6-1. Flight 3 � Mehlich/Schulz (Aberdeen Central) def. Keslar/Patel (V) 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: Second round consolation � Higgins/Wang (V) def. Koehler/Kloppel (Spearfish) 10-6.

Doubles: Third round consolation � Higgins/Wang (V) def. Shetler/Klapperich (Sturgis) 10-7; Bentley/ Swisher (Spearfish) def. Day/Foltz (V) 10-6; Whitmore/Whitney (Huron) def. Arogyaswamy/Patel (V) 10-3.

Doubles: Consolation championship ��McLaury/ Yapp (Huron) def. Higgins/Wang (V) 10-5.