PIRATE BOY’S TENNIS FINISHES 6TH AT HIBBING TOURNAMENT

The Crookston Pirate Boy’s Tennis team finished in a tie for sixth place at the Hibbing tournament. Pine City won the tournament with 31 points. 

TEAM SCORES –
1. Pine City – 31
2. Cambridge – 25
3. Mound Westonka – 23
4. Hibbing – 19
5. East Grand Forks – 13
6. Crookston – 10
6. Grand Rapids – 10
8. Duluth Marshall – 0

Crookston came into the tournament a little short-handed without their usual second singles player, Reggie Winjum, and they were also without Hudson Rick.

Isaac Thomforde lost his first match of the day to a kid from Mound Westonka. It was Thomforde’s first loss of the season, but he bounced back and won his next two matches with ease to finish fifth place.

Sam Widseth moved up to second singles and won his first match over a kid from Grand Rapids 7-4, 6-1. He lost the next two matches to players from Mound Westonka and Pine City to finish fourth place.

Gunnar Groven only played two matches, and both of them went to third-set tie-breakers. Both third-sets were great back-and-forth battles, but Gunnar came up short as both scores were 11-9.

Colton Osborn moved in to play fourth singles and lost his first match before winning the second match against a player from Grand Rapids 6-2, 6-1. Colton lost his final match to finish sixth place. 

The first doubles team of Jack Everett and Grant Funk lost a heart-breaker in the first round. They won the first set before losing the second set 7-5, which forced a third set. In the third set, they lost 10-8. They received a bye in the second match to advance to the consolation championship, where they lost to a duo from Cambridge. 

The second doubles team of Caden Boike and Tim Bruley ran into a solid team from Cambridge and lost their first match. They bounced back to win the second match against a team from Duluth Marshall. They won the first set 6-3 before losing the second set 6-4, which forced a third set. The Crookston duo finished strong and won 10-7 to advance to the consolation championship. They lost a hard-fought match to a pair from Hibbing to finish sixth place.

Ean DeLeon and Alex Zammert teamed up at third doubles, and after losing their first match, they bounced back to win the second match against East Grand Forks 6-2, 6-2. In the consolation championship, the Crookston duo battled and played a great match. They lost the first set 6-4 before bouncing back to win the second set 7-5 to force a third set. The Grand Rapids duo was able to win the race to 10 as they won 10-3 to win the match. But it was a solid performance for the young Pirate team that was playing their first varsity matches as a doubles team.