EHS Blanks Robinson, T-town Wins In Tennis Action

Effingham played host to Robinson and blanked the Maroons 9-0 in tennis competition Monday.

In singles play, Jared Minor was a 6-3, 6-1 winner at No. 1. Aaron Conley took a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Drake Hill, Ashton Haythrone and Jake Gadberry blanked their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Matt Niebrugge was a winner 6-1, 6-2.

In doubles play, Minor and Hill combined to win 6-1, 6-2. Conley and Niebrugge were 6-0, 6-1 winners. Matt Linders and Nick Katz claimed No. 3, 6-2, 6-2.

Effingham is now 1-2 on the season.

At Effingham

Singles

No. 1 -- Jared Minor (E) defeated Tom Goodman (R), 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 -- Aaron Conley (E) defeated Cameron Ireland (R), 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 -- Drake Hill (E) defeated Conner Weber (R), 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 --  Ashton Haythrone (E) defeated Duncan Fiscus (R), 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 -- Matt Niebrugge (E) defeated Dillion Prouty (R), 6-1, 6-2

No. 6 -- Jake Gadberry (E) defeated Preston Ireland (R), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Minor-Hill (E) defeated Goodman-Weber (R), 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 -- Conley-Niebrugge (E) defeated Ireland-Fiscus (R), 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 -- Matt Linders-Nick Katz (E) defeated Prouty-Ireland (R), 6-2, 6-2

Exhibition

Dustin Gurley-Nicholas Beck (E) defeated Zachary Clements-Jon Kartawich (R), 6-3

Preston Miller (E) defeated Ian Quick (R), 6-1

Kaleb Blake (E) defeated Riley Guyer (R), 6-1

Antonio Munoz (E) defeated Quick (R), 6-2

Will O'Bryan (E) defeated Guyer (R), 6-3

Clements (R) defeated Zack Keitel (E), 6-2

Gurley (E) defeated Kartawich (R), 6-1

Blake-Beck (E) defeated Quick-Guyer (R), 6-1

Clements (R) defeated Miller (E), 6-3

At Mount Zion

Teutopolis handed Mount Zion a 7-1 defeat to remain unbeaten at 7-0 on the season. The No. 2 doubles was not played because of time constraints.

T-town picked up the top spot in singles as Andy Mersman was a winner 6-2, 6-3. Trevor Lee won at No. 3 in a hard-fought battle. Lee lost the opener 6-3 but came back with 6-4, 7-6(4) wins to pull out the victory.

Jacob Mette blanked his opponent, 6-0, 6-0 while Christian Deters and Joseph Esker were 6-1, 6-0 winners.

In doubles play, Mersman and Nick Pals combined to win the top spot, 6-1, 6-0. Deters and Esker then combined to win 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3.

In junior varsity play, T-town fell to Edwardsville 5-4.

At Mount Zion

Singles

No. 1 -- Andy Mersman (TT) defeated Andy Hinch (MZ), 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 -- Nick Laramee (MZ) defeated Nick Pals (TT), 6-3, 6-3

No. 3 -- Trevor Lee (TT) defeated Rafael Santos (MZ), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)

No. 4 -- Jacob Mette (TT) defeated Tristan Balgemann (MZ), 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 -- Christian Deters (TT) defeated Adrienne Jelasco (MZ), 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 -- Joseph Esker (TT) defeated Kevin Kappenman (MZ), 6-1 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Mersman-Pals (TT) defeated Laramee-Balgeman (MZ), 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 -- not played

No. 3 -- Deters-Esker (TT) defeated Kappenman-Grant Fritze (MZ), 6-2, 6-3

Junior Varsity Match

Singles

No. 1 -- Alex Probst (TT) defeated Jared Smith (E), 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 -- Noah Pals (TT) defeated Dan Thomas (E), 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(9-7)

No. 3 -- Jason Pan (E) defeated Tyler Broom (TT), 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 -- Logan Russell (E) defeated Alex Meinhart (TT), 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 -- Corey Schabbing (TT) defeated Logan Kuhns (E), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

No. 6 -- Brooks Thomas (E) defeated Justin Vogt (TT), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Smith-Russell (E) defeated Devin Sabo-Jacob Schmidt (TT), 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 -- Pan-Kuhns (E) defeated Logan Waldhoff-Max Ruholl (TT), 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 -- Pals-Meinhart (TT) defeated D. Thomas-Grant Thiedy (E), 10-5