T-town Finishes Fourth at Alton Doubles Invitational

The Teutopolis doubles team of, left to right, Jacob Mette and Trevor Lee, captured first place in the No. 4 doubles at the Alton Doubles Tournament Saturday.

ALTON -- Teutopolis High School captured fourth place in the Alton Doubles Tennis Invitational Saturday.

Alton won the event with 37 points followed by Belleville Althoff 31, St. Louis U High 28, Teutopolis 26, DeSmet Jesuit 21, Fort Zumwalt South 18 1/2, Champaign University High 11 and Marquette Catholic 7 1/2.

Trevor Lee and Jacob Mette claimed first place in the No. 4 doubles. The pair defeated Belleville Althoff 6-2, 6-1, St. Louis University High 6-3, 6-2 and Alton 7-5, 7-5.

Kyle Brumleve and Nick Pals took fourth place at No. 1 while Jay Funneman and Mitch Meinhart also finished fourth at No. 3. Calvin Kreke and Drew Copple took fourth at No. 5. Andy Mersman and Keith Weber were sixth at No. 2.

"This was a fun event and a good showing for the guys," said T-town Coach Kaye Kimpling. "They all did well in their flights as none of them were seeded, but did well despite that and ended up surprising a lot of people. It was a great experience playing some schools we usually don’t get to play."

Alton Doubles Invitational

Team Scores -- Alton 37, Belleville Althoff 31, St Louis U High 28, Teutopolis 26, DeSmet Jesuit 21, Fort Zumwalt South 18 ½, Champaign University High 11, Marquette Catholic 7 ½

No. 1 Doubles: Kyle Brumleve/Nick Pals, 4th place

Defeated Katragadda/Compton, Fort Zumwalt South 5-7, 6-1, 10-2

Lost vs Stradal/Scheiter, Alton 6-7 (5), 6-3

Lost vs Panesar/Hardin, DeSmet Jesuit 3-6, 3-6

No. 2 Doubles: Andy Mersman/ Keith Weber, 6th place

Lost to Fox/Wessel, DeSmet Jesuit 4-6, 4-6

Defeated Berkinbile/Edwards, Marquette Catholic 6-0, 6-0

Lost to Bartholomew/Lord, St Louis University High 2-6, 2-6

No. 3 Doubles: Jay Funneman/Mitch Meinhart, 4th place

Defeated Kim/Stavins, Champaign University High 6-2, 6-1

Lost to Mueller/Crook, Belleville Althoff 7-6, 3-6, 4-10

Lost to Lord/Sullivan, St. Louis University High 1-6, 5-7

No. 4 Doubles: Trevor Lee/Jacob Mette, 1st place

Defeated Reeb/Tyler, Belleville Althoff 6-2, 6-1

Defeated Bott/Bott, St. Louis University High 6-3, 6-2

Defeated Sutton/Raymond, Alton 7-5, 7-5

No. 5 Doubles: Calvin Kreke/Andrew Copple 4th place

Defeated Cousley/St. John, Marquette Catholic 6-1, 6-0

Lost to McKnight/Crook, Belleville Althoff 3-6, 2-6

Lost to Boren/Northway, Alton 2-6, 3-6

At Edwardsville

The Teutopolis junior varsity tennis team went to Edwardsville Saturday for competition in a tournament.

Vs. Edwardsville:

Singles -- Nick Ruholl lost to David Flovik, 6-0, 6-0

No. 1 doubles -- Tyler Broom and Joseph Esker lost to Alex O’Leary, 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 doubles -- Christian Deters and Noah Pals lost to Carson Ware and Ben Bagatte, 7-6, 6-0

No. 3 doubles -- Alex Meinhart and Corey Schabbing lost to Brooks Thomas and Ddamian McClima, 6-0, 6-1

In the consolation bracket against Hillsboro

Singles -- Nick Ruholl defeated Tristen Welch 6-2, 7-5

No. 1 doubles -- Tyler Broom and Joseph Esker lost to Ryan Long and Conner Reese, 6-2, 3-6, 10-4

No. 2 doubles -- Christian Deters and Noah Pals defeated Colin Chasten and Brett Barker, 6-3, 3-6, 10-7

No. 3 doubles -- Alex Meinhart and Corey Schabbing lost to Jacob Plocher and Kody Welsch, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8