Chugiak, Eagle River tennis squads stay busy

South holds off Chugiak

Emilee Groth won her No. 1 girls singles match against Mya Robinson to lead Chugiak in 7-2 high school tennis loss to South Thursday at Chugiak.

Francis Wanek and Bethany Kesler also posted a victory for the Mustangs, rallying to beat Lochlan Mullen and Abbie Hemry 10-2 in a tiebreaker. Mullen and Hemry won the first set in a tiebreaker before Wanek and Kesler rallied to take the second without losing a game.

Chugiak’s next match is at home against Eagle River on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Lynx nip Mustangs

Dimond narrowly defeated Chugiak on Tuesday in high school tennis matches at Dimond High.

Chugiak got wins from Riley Fugere (boys No. 1 singles), Emilee Groth (girls No. 1 singles), Ted Nichols/Kaleb Hendershot (boys No. 1 doubles) and Francis Wanek/Bethany Kesler (mixed doubles).

Wolverines get past Wolves

Eagle River’s Griffin Marson earned a close win over South’s Dawson Bjorgen to pick up the Wolves’ lone win in an 8-1 high school tennis loss to South on Wednesday. Marson won 7-5, 6-3 in one of the closest matches of the day.

In another tight one, South’s Madison Griffin narrowly defeated the Wolves’ Irish Wolfe, rallying to take the second set 7-5 and winning a 12-10 tiebreaker after Wolfe took the first set.

West nets win over Eagle River

West took seven of nine prep tennis matches to claim a team win over Eagle River on Tuesday at West High.

Eagle River got wins from two doubles teams, including Stefan Retzlaff?Taiten Cogswell in boys doubles and Ella Bryner/Sarah von Luhrte in girls doubles.

The Wolves play Chugiak Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Chugiak.

South 7, Chugiak 2

Aug. 29

Boys Singles 1: Gabriel Portal (SAHS) d Riley Fugere (CHS) 6-1,6-4

Boys Singles 2: Jack Baker (SAHS) d Andrew Bozone (CHS) 6-0, 6-2

Girls Singles 1: Emilee Groth (CHS) d Mya Robinson (SAHS) 6-2, 6-0

Girls Singles 2: Madison Griffin (SAHS) d Abigail Arant (CHS) 6-2, 6-2

Boys Doubles 1: Steve Kilkenny & Jack Perkins (SAHS) d Ted Nichols & Kaleb Hendershot (CHS) 6-0, 6-1

Boys Doubles 2: Walker Brown & Thomas Pease (SAHS) d Matthew Keller & Tyler Winborg (CHS) 6-0, 6-0

Girls Doubles 1: Dani Jameson & Ashley Huang (SAHS) won by forfeit

Girls Doubles 2: Quinn Jamieson & Genelle Marcelino-Searles (SAHS) d Kiara Bringhurst & Alice Osses (CHS) 6-1, 6-0

Mixed Doubles: Francis Wanek & Bethany Kesler (CHS) d Lochlan Mullen & Abbie Hemry (SAHS) 6-7(4), 6-0, 10-2

South 8, Eagle River 1

Aug. 28

Boys #1 Singles: Gabriel Portal (S) def. Cameron Witte (ER) 6-0, 6-0

Boys #2 Singles: Griffin Marson (ER) def. Dawson Bjorgen (S) 7-5, 6-3

Girls #1 Singles: Mya Robinson (S) def. Jilliana Muller (ER) 6-3, 6-4

Girls #2 Singles: Madison Griffin (S) def. Irish Wolfe (ER) 3-6, 7-5, 12-10

Boys #1 Doubles: Steve Kilkenny/Jack Perkins (S) def. Stefan Retzlaff/Taiten Cogswell (ER) 7-6, 6-1

Boys #2 Doubles: Walker Brown/Thomas Pease (S) def. Spencer Love/Avery White (ER) 6-3, 6-0

Girls #1 Doubles: Dani Jameson/Nicole Ness (S) def. Ella Bryner/Sarah von Luhrte (ER) 6-0, 6-0

Girls #2 Doubles: Ashley Huang/Abbie Hemry (S) def. Lilly Singleton/Lila Wegener (ER) 6-2, 6-2

Mixed Doubles: Andy Hemry/Carter Nelson (S) def. Korben Sender/Mikayla Johnson (ER) 6-0, 6-0

Dimond 5, Chugiak 4

Aug. 27

Boys singles #1: Riley Fugere (C) def Noah Kim (D) 6-2, 6-1

Boys singles #2: Andrew Teasley (D) def Tyler Winborg (C) 7-5, 6-4

Girls singles #1: Emilee Groth (C) def Averyl Bundy-Cobb (D) 6-0, 6-1

Girls singles #2: Amae Kam-Magruder (D) def Abigail Arant (C) 6-1, 6-1

Boys doubles #1: Ted Nichols/Kaleb Hendershot (C) def Ticus Brandt/Ben Spils (D) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8

Boys doubles #2: Marvin Ko/Chris Kinder (D) def Matthew Keller/Andrew Bozone (C) 6-1, 6-0

Girls doubles #1: Layna Debenham/Kate Debenham (D) def Megan Anshutz/Tyanna Melak (C) 6-0, 6-0

Girls doubles #2: Meghan Spils/Laney Fagerstrom (D) def Kiara Bringhurst/Alice Osses (C) 6-2, 6-0

Mixed doubles: Francis Wanek/Bethany Kesler (C) def Mauri Butzke/Will Fagerstrom (D) 6-0, 6-0

West 7, Eagle River 2

Aug. 27

Boys Singles #1: Jack Coulter (W) def. Griffin Marson (ER) 6-3, 6-2

Boys Singles #2: Ethan Pickett (W) def. Cameron Witte (ER) 6-3, 6-2

Girls Singles #1: Kristina Yu (W) def. Irish Wolfe (ER) 6-0, 6-1

Girls Singles #2: Antonia Yu (W) def. Jilliana Muller (ER) 6-0, 6-1

Boys Doubles #1: Stefan Retzlaff/Taiten Cogswell (ER) def. Kelly Hase/Jordan Green (W) 7-5, 6-3

Boys Doubles #2: Jack Carr/Paul Blumentrath (W) def. Korben Sender/Spencer Love (ER) 6-2, 6-1

Girls Doubles #1: Ali Butcher/Lauren O’Leary (W) def. Lilly Singleton/Lila Wegener (ER) 6-1, 2-6, 10-7

Girls Doubles #2: Ella Bryner/Sarah von Luhrte (ER) def. Brenna Gessner/Taylor Lilly (W) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7

Mixed Doubles: Andre & Eva Lief (W) def. Avery White/Mikayla Johnson (ER) 6-1, 6-0