EHS, T-town Tennis Players Compete at Metamora
Published on March 27 2017 8:24 am
Last Updated on March 27 2017 8:46 am
Written by Millie Lange
PEORIA -- Effingham and Teutopolis tennis players competed at the Metamora Red and White Invitational Saturday. The meet ended up moving indoors to The Clubs at River City, Peoria.
Once the meet moved indoors, the No. 3 doubles competition was dropped.
Dunlap won the team title with 54 points followed by Metamora 34, Teutopolis 29, Chatham Glenwood 25, Peoria Notre Dame 12, Rockford Guilford 11, Carbondale 8 and Effingham 7.
T-town's No. 1 singles, Kyele Mossman took third place while Joseph Esker captured second place at No. 2 singles.
The Wooden Shoes No. 1 doubles of Noah Pals and Alex Probst finished fourth while Jacob Pals and Seth Probst took third place in the No. 2 doubles.
"We came in behind a very strong Dunlap team who has the Class 1A No. 1 singles player in the state and Metamora who has one of the strongest doubles teams in 1A in the state," said T-town Coach Kaye Kimpling.
Effingham's Alessandro Boca finished sixth at the No. 1 singles. Nate Linders also took sixth at the No. 2 singles.
In doubles, Matt Linders and Nick Katz finished seventh at No. 1 while Parker Siner and Ben Donsbach took sixth at the No. 2 doubles.
"It was a great tournament," said EHS Coach Lee Althoff. "I cannot wait to see where Effingham tennis goes this year."
Metamora Tournament
Teutopolis Results
No. 1 Singles -- Kyele Mossman, Third Place
Defeated Carsten Opris (Peoria Notre Dame), 6-0, 6-0
Lost to Victor Spolidoria (Dunlap), 6-1, 6-1
Defeated Ben Luebkemann (Chatham Glenwood), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Singles -- Joseph Esker, Second Place
Defeated Alex Bender (Peoria Notre Dame), 6-0, 6-0
Defeated Zack Lambiase (Metamora), 6-1, 6-2
Lost to Ashwin Yedavalli (Dunlap), 6-0, 6-0
No. 1 Doubles -- Noah Pals/Alex Probst, Fourth Place
Defeated Tyler Sherrill-Charlie Sanders (Carbondale), 6-1, 6-3
Lost to Fletcher Koehrsen-Carsten Boast (Metamora), 6-1, 6-1
Lost to Zack Tennehouse-Kevin Zhang (ChathamGlenwood), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Doubles -- Jacob Pals/Seth Probst, Third Place
Defeated Cole Kampmeier-Milan Patel (Rockford Guilford), 6-3, 6-2
Lost to Aanan Kashyap-Jack Disharoon (Dunlap), 6-0, 6-2
Defeated Rickie Guingrich-Kaleb Bloomfield (Peoria Notre Dame), 7-6(4), 6-3
