The Section 8A Boys Tennis tournament seeds were announced on Friday, and the Crookston Pirates received the second seed after going undefeated in section play. The only section team Crookston didn’t play is #6-ranked Minnewaska Area, who received the top seed. The team and individual seeds are below –
TEAM SEEDS-
1. Minnewaska Area
2. Crookston
3. Detroit Lakes
4. East Grand Forks
5. Perham
6. Osakis
7. Thief River Falls
8. Fergus Falls
First round – Monday, May 18 (at Choice Fitness in Grand Forks)
All start times are approximate after the first match and depend on previous matches.
8:30 AM – #4 East Grand Forks vs #5 Perham
10:00 AM – #1 Minnewaska Area vs #8 Fergus Falls
11:30 AM – #2 Crookston vs #7 Thief River Falls
1:00 PM – #3 Detroit Lakes vs #6 Osakis
SEMI-FINALS – Monday, May 18 (at Choice Fitness in Grand Forks)
3:00 PM – EGF/Perham winner vs Minnewaska/Fergus Falls winner
5:30 PM – Crookston/TRF winner vs DL/Osakis winner
CHAMPIONSHIP – Tuesday, May 19 (at Choice Fitness in Grand Forks)
9:00 AM –
INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT – starts Tuesday, May 19 (at Choice Fitness in Grand Forks)
11:30 AM – First round matches begin, followed by quarter-finals
INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT FINALS – Wednesday, May 20 (at Choice Fitness in Grand Forks)
10:00 AM – Section 8A Individual semi-finals
NOON – Section 8A Individual Championship and 3rd place matches
2:00 PM – True second matches if needed
INDIVIDUAL SINGLES SEEDS-
1. Drew Bleick (Minnewaska)
2. Jett Cornelius (TRF)
3. Maddax Happel (Perham)
4. Jude Houglum (DL)
5. Leo Scheirer (FF)
6. Drew VanNyhus (Osakis)
7. Carson Beyer (Minnewaska)
8. Gunnar Groven (Crookston)
9. Kaleb Funk (TRF)
10. Sam Widseth (Crookston)
11. Austin Kovar (EGF)
12. Jack Hennagir (Perham)
13. Dylan Hetland (Osakis)
14. Tristan Bristlin (DL)
15. Tyler Gemar (EGF)
16. Sullivan Rufer (FF)
INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES SEEDS-
1. Carter LeClair/Marshall Kopp (Minnewaska)
2. Reggie Winjum/Grant Funk (Crookston)
3. Max Mercil/Bauer Walter (DL)
4. Luke Hanson/Aaden Wavra (EGF)
5. Tyler Stier/Kellan George (Osakis)
6. Landon Schiffler/Carter Myrom (Minnewaska)
7. Max Splonskowski/Damarion Moss (DL)
8. Hudson Rick/ Jacob Halvorson (Crookston)
9. Kaleb Frohling/Paytan Myers (Perham)
10. Tyler Heruth/Dane Hare (Fergus Falls)
11. Oliver Kalenze/Nolan Kluck (EGF)
12. Carter Svensgaard/Nathan Dearth (TRF)
13. Sam Brown/Zach Morberg (Perham)
14. Preston Steinert/Brandon Anderson (Osakis)
15. Kameron Price/Dawson Sheridan (TRF)
16. William Vaughn/Gabe Carlson (FF)
