Crookston High School Senior Boys tennis player Isaac Thomforde came into the Section 8A Individual Tennis tournament as the #1 seed in singles, and he has shown it was for a good reason. In his first-round match, he won 6-0, 6-0. In his quarter-final match, he won 6-0, 6-0. In the semi-final match, Isaac cruised to another victory as he beat Jackson Barber of New London-Spicer 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the Championship.
In the championship, Thomforde took on #3 seed Jowel Gamez of New-London-Spicer. Isaac lost the first set 6-4 and bounced back to win the second set in impressive fashion by a 6-0 score. The third set was a battle with Thomforde winning 7-5 to win the championship, and he will advance to the state tournament.
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FIRST AND SECOND ROUND STORY FROM WEDNESDAY
The Crookston Pirate Tennis team’s Isaac Thomforde won his first two matches and advances to the semi-finals of the Section 8A Boys Tennis Individual tournament in Osakis. Sam Widseth along with the doubles teams of Jack Everett/Grant Funk and Reggie Winjum/Gunnar Groven were eliminated.
SINGLES –
#1 seed Isaac Thomforde beat Max Splonskowski of Detroit Lakes 6-0, 6-0 in the first round. Isaac continued his solid play as he beat Max Mercil of Detroit Lakes 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Isaac will play Jackson Barber of New London-Spicer in the semi-finals on Thursday.
#10 seed Sam Widseth lost a heart-breaker to Tyler Stier of Osakis in the first round. Sam lost the first set 6-4. In the second set, Sam battled and came up with some huge points to win 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) to force a third set. In the final set lost a hard-fought 7-6 (7-4 tie-breaker) match and was eliminated.
DOUBLES –
#7 seed Jack Everett and Grant Funk lost a close match to Hudson Hackel and Reid Wokasch of Perham 7-5, 6-3 in the first round and were eliminated.
#8 seed – Reggie Winjum and Gunnar Groven beat Jovial Martinez and Justin Okuly of New London-Spicer 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. Winjum and Groven lost to Mason Happel and Brekken Wokasch of Perham in the quarter-finals 6-4, 6-2 and were eliminated.
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