PIRATE BOY’S TENNIS WINS ALL SINGLES MATCHES, WINS NW QUAD

The Crookston Pirate Boy’s Tennis team won all 12 singles matches to sweep the singles on its way to a first-place team finish in the Northwest Quad in East Grand Forks and Grand Forks on Wednesday. Bemidji finished second place.

TEAM SCORES –
1. Crookston – 16
2. Bemidji – 13
3. East Grand Forks  10
4. Thief River Falls – 3

SINGLES –
Crookston went 12-0 in singles, with all four singles players winning the championship.
Isaac Thomforde won all three of his first singles matches. He beat Thomas McMahon of East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-0, beat Owen Lappunga of Bemidji 6-3, 6-1 before beating Jett Cornelius of Thief River Falls by a forfeit for a first place finish.
Reggie Winjum beat Dom Arndt of Bemidji 6-0, 6-3 in his first match. He beat Nolan Meulbroeck of East Grand Forks 6-3, 6-2, and beat Spencer Heupel of Thief River Falls 6-3, 6-3 to win the second singles championship.
Gunnar Groven won three close matches as he beat Kaleb Funk of Thief River Falls 6-3, 7-5. He beat Peter Mathews in a three-setter in the second match. Gunnar lost the first set 6-2 before bouncing back to win the second set 6-3. In the third set, it was back and forth before Gunnar won the set 10-8 to win the championship.
Sam Widseth completed the singles sweep at fourth singles as he beat Austin Kovar of East Grand Forks 6-2, 6-4, beat Jack Dodson of Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-2, before winning a tight third match 7-6, 6-3 over Josh Arel of Bemidji to win the championship.

DOUBLES 
The doubles matches were highly competitive, with great matches up and down the lineup. At first doubles, Jack Everett and Grant Funk lost a close match to Bemidji 6-4, 7-5. They beat Thief River Falls in a wild match. They won the first set 7-5 before losing the second set 6-2 to force a third set. In the third, Everett and Funk outlasted their opponents to win 13-11. The third match also went three sets, with East Grand Forks winning the first set decisively 6-1. Crookston won the second set 6-3 before East Grand Forks won the third set 10-7, and Funk and Everette finished third place.
The second doubles team of Tim Brule and Caden Boike beat Thief River Falls 6-0, 6-2 before losing to Bemidji 7-5, 6-2. In the third match, East Grand Forks beat Brule and Boike 6-1, before the Crookston duo bounced back to win 6-2. In the third set, East Grand Forks won 10-6, and Crookston finished third place.
The third doubles team of Colton Osborn and Hudson Rick beat East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-2. They also beat Thief River Falls 6-4, 6-4 before falling to a good Bemidji team 6-1, 6-1 to finish second place.
The fourth doubles team of Eon Deleon and Breck Borowicz lost to Bemidji 6-2, 6-0 in their first match. In the second match, they bounced back to beat East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-0, and beat Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-1 to finish second place.