The Crookston Pirate Boy’s tennis team suffered a loss to Thief River Falls but bounced back for a nice win against Detroit Lakes at the Thief River Falls Triangular on Tuesday. Winning in both matches for Crookston was Sam Widseth, and the doubles team of Elliot Bartrum and Jack Everett.
CROOKSTON VS THIEF RIVER FALLS –
Crookston had just recently played Thief River Falls and the two teams appeared to get their players different matchups this time around.
In doubles, the #1 doubles team for the Pirates of Grant Funk and Tatum Lubinski went up against a tough team of Reece and Rhett Janisch who take care of them 6-1, 6-0. At #2 doubles, Ethan Erdman was inserted into the lineup and played with Gunnar Groven. Those two would fall in their match 6-3, 6-1. Crookston didn’t come away empty-handed in doubles however, as Elliot Bartrum and Jack Everett teamed up for a 6-3, 6-3 victory at #3 doubles giving the Prowlers a 2-1 advantage with the doubles matches.
In singles, Reggie Winjum won some games at #2 but would fall to JJ Cornelius 6-3, 6-3. Nathan Kelly was put in the #3 singles slot and battled in both of his sets before falling 6-2, 6-4. Sam Widseth had arguably the best performance for the Pirates picking up the other win in the match for Crookston at the #4 singles position 6-1, 6-2. At this point, Thief River Falls had already won the match as they were in front 4-2, but the #1 singles match had not yet finished. Isaac Thomforde was playing #1 singles for the Pirates and his match against Jett Cornelius was the only one that went to a third set. Thomforde dropped the opening set 2-6, before battling back and getting set two 6-4. In the third set tiebreaker though, Cornelius would edge Thomforde 10-8 to give himself the win, and Thief River Falls a 5-2 win in the match.
Crookston falls to 2-4 on the season with the loss.
| CROOKSTON-2 | TRF-5 | Win | Score | |
| 1st | Isaac Thomforde | Jett Cornelius | TRF | 6-2, 4-6, 8-10 |
| 2nd | Reggie Winjum | JJ Cornelius | TRF | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 3rd | Nathan Kelly | Spencer Hempel | TRF | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 4th | Sam Widseth | Ike Olson | Crox | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1st Dubs | Grant Funk Tatum Lubinski |
Reece Janisch Rhett Janisch |
TRF | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 2nd | Ethan Erdman Gunnar Groven |
Lucas Rantanen Geran Gonsorowski |
TRF | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 3rd | Elliot Bartrum Jack Everett |
Noah Burkel Kaleb Funk |
Crox | 6-3, 6-3 |
CROOKSTON VS DETROIT LAKES –
The Pirates came out in their second match of the day against Detroit Lakes and put together their best all-around team performance of the season. Sam Widseth continued his stellar play and picked up a win at #3 singles 6-1, 6-1, and all three doubles teams also had great matches to sweep the Lakers in doubles and already have the match locked up with a 4-0 lead. #1 doubles which was Tatum Lubinski and Nathan Kelly took care of business 6-0, 6-1 in convincing fashion. The #2 doubles team of Grant Funk and Ethan Erdman won their match 6-3, 6-0, and the duo of Jack Everett and Elliot Bartrum picked up a win at #3 doubles 6-3, 6-3.
With the match already won, Crookston wasn’t done yet. The Pirates would win the final three singles matches as well and complete the sweep for a 7-0 win. Isaac Thomforde picked up a win at #1 singles 6-4, 6-1, Reggie Winjum had a tight first set victory 7-5 before winning his second set 6-3 for a victory at #2 singles, and Gunnar Groven took care of his match in just two sets as well winning 6-3, 7-5. All seven matches were won by Crookston in just two sets.
Crookston improves to 3-4 on the season with the win.
| CROOKSTON-7 | DL-0 | Win | Score | |
| 1st | Isaac Thomforde | Reed Henderson | Crox | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2nd | Reggie Winjum | Connor Zamzo | Crox | 7-5, 6-3 |
| 3rd | Sam Widseth | Cooper Moore | Crox | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 4th | Gunnar Groven | Mason Frank | Crox | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1st Dubs | Tatum Lubinski Nathan Kelly |
Nick Buboltz Max Mereil |
Crox | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 2nd | Grant Funk Ethan Erdman |
Zane Roberts Max Splonskowski |
Crox | 6-3, 6-0 |
| 3rd | Jack Everett Elliot Bartrum |
Brian Morrison Brodie Phillips |
Crox | 6-3, 6-3 |
