EHS Finishes 11th At Tennis Invitational, St. A 1-2 In Duals

Effingham High School competed in the Troy Triad Boys Tennis Invitational Saturday and took 11th place against some tough teams.

The Hearts fell to Peoria Notre Dame, 4-1. The lone point for the Hearts came at No. 2 doubles as Nate Linders and Brennan Barr won, 6-2, 7-6 (2).

EHS then downed Jersey, 3-2. All three points came in doubles action. Ben Donsbach and Parker Siner won, 6-2, 6-1 while Linders and Barr took the second match, 6-1, 6-1. Colby Heaton and Lucas Hagler won, 6-1, 6-3.

Mascoutah then took a 3-2 win over Effingham. Donsbach and Siner won in doubles, 6-2, 6-2 while Linders and Barr claimed No. 2, 6-4, 6-3.

The Hearts then downed Triad, 3-2. Donsbach and Siner were winners, 6-0, 6-0 while Linders and Barr won 6-1, 6-0. Heaton and Hagler took a 6-2, 7-5 win.

Troy Triad Invitational

PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL 4, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL 1

Singles

No. 1 -- Terry Xie, PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Hagler, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 -- Carson Getz, PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL def. Alan Hazelton, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6, 6-4, 12-10

Doubles

No. 1 -- Josh Montefolka - Gus Temple, PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL def. Ben Donsbach - Parker Siner, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 -- Nate Linders - Brennan Barr, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Colin Sutherland - Brian Coulter, PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 7-6 (2)

No. 3 -- Emmett Bucklar - John Fredrickson, PEORIA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL def. Colby Heaton - Andrew Qui, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 1-6, 8-10

EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL 3, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL 2

Singles

No. 1 -- Spencer Bryant, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Andrew Qui, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6, 2-6

No. 2 -- Carter Quinn, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Wilson, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-7 (2), 2-6

Doubles

No. 1 -- Ben Donsbach - Parker Siner, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Wyatt Freand - Will Roberts, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 -- Nate Linders - Brennan Barr, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Austin Hubbell - Logan Schultz, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 -- Colby Heaton - Lucas Hagler, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Zach Schaefer - Matthew Wargo, JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-3

MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL 3, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL 2

Singles

No. 1 -- Cameron Pavelschak, MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL def. Andrew Qui, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 0-6, 0-6

No. 2 -- Galen Bowers, MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL def. Alan Hazelton, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 3-6, 4-10

Doubles

No. 1 -- Ben Donsbach - Parker Siner, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Dylan Lercher - Cal Mccollum, MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 -- Nate Linders - Brennan Barr, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Jack Norrenberns - Isaac Beck, MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 -- Tommy Beck - Sam Norrenberns, MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL def. Colby Heaton - Lucas Hagler, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3, 4-6, 6-10

EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL 3, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL 2 (finished in 11th place overall)

Singles

No. 1 - Jake Weininger, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL def. Alan Hazelton, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 2-6, 6-7 (2)

No. 2 - Blake Reinken, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Wilson, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6, 1-6

Doubles

No. 1 - Ben Donsbach - Parker Siner, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Justin Del Rosario - Sean Kukowski, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 - Nate Linders - Brennan Barr, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Jack Sax - Tyler Carter, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-0

No. 3 - Colby Heaton - Lucas Hagler, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL def. Ian Olson - Drew Arbogast, TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 7-5

At Olney

Effingham St. Anthony competed in three dual matches at Olney Friday.

The Bulldogs defeated Centralia, 6-3 then lost to Olney, 8-1 and Carbondale, 4-0.

Against Centralia, the Bulldogs claimed four singles matches as Michael Kaldas won at No. 2, 10-4; Henry Kemme claimed No. 4, 10-5; Hunter Stephens won at No. 5, 10-2 and Bryson Wall claimed No. 6, 10-5.

The Bulldogs won the No. 2 doubles contest as Stephens and Wall combined, 8-3 and took the No. 3 spot as Noah Tegeler and Kemme were 8-3 winners.

Olney claimed an 8-1 win over the Bulldogs. Stephens was the lone point at No. 5 singles with 6-4, 7-5 counts.

Carbondale then blanked St. Anthony, 4-0.

In Saturday competition at the Mattoon Invitational, St. Anthony finished 13th out of 15 teams. Mattoon won the championship.

At Olney

St. Anthony 6, Centralia 3

Singles

No. 1 -- Felipe Caimi (C) defeated Noah Tegeler (SA), 10-6

No. 2 -- Michael Kaldas (SA) defeated Blake Nehrt (C), 10-4

No. 3 -- Ethan Dobbs (C) defeated Will Kabbes (SA), 10-4

No. 4 -- Henry Kemme (SA) defeated Dane Burrus (C), 10-5

No. 5-- Hunter Stephens (SA) defeated Reed Dearing (C), 10-2

No. 6 -- Bryson Wall (SA) defeated Lucas Fischer (SA), 10-5

Doubles

No. 1 -- Caimi-Nehrt (C) defeated Kaldes-Kabbes (SA), 8-1

No. 2 -- Stephens-Wall (SA) defeated Dobbs-Burrus (C), 8-3

No. 3 -- Tegeler-Kemme (SA) defeated Dearing-Brock Milburn (C), 8-3

Olney 8, St. Anthony 1

Singles

No. 1 -- Jack Bettis (O) defeated Noah Tegeler (SA), 6-0, 6-2

No. 2 -- Austin Atwood (O) defeated Michael Kaldas (SA), 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 -- Jacob Taylor (O) defeated Will Kabbes (SA), 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 -- Cade McDowell (O) defeated Henry Kemme (SA), 6-1, 6-1

No. 5 -- Hunter Stephens (SA) defeated Jaedyn Moyes (O), 6-4 7-5

No. 6 -- Seth Ingram (SA) defeated Bryson Wall (SA), 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Atwood-McDowell (O) defeated Kaldas-Kabbes (SA), 8-0

No. 2 -- Bettis-Taylor (O) defeated Stephens-Wall (SA), 8-1

No. 3 -- Moyes-Ingram (O) defeated Tegeler-Kemme (SA), 8-6

Carbondale 4, St. Anthony 0

Singles

No. 1 -- Jack Butler (C) defeated Will Kabbes (SA), 8-0

No. 2 -- Tyler Sherrill (C) defeated Henry Kemme (SA), 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Phen Grant-Will Bruns (C) defeated Noah Tegeler-Michael Kaldas (SA), 8-3

No. 2 -- Chancelor Braun (C) defeated Hunter Stephens-Bryson Wall (SA), 8-5

Mattoon Invitatonal

No. 1 Singles -- Noah Tegeler

Defeated Virrat Patel (Lincoln), 6-0, 6-0

Lost to Dylan Patel (Urbana), 6-2, 6-0

Lost to Ethan Graham (Paris), 8-6

No. 2 Singles -- Henry Kemme

Lost to Keegan Grimes (Salem), 6-4, 7-6

Lost to Ely Parker (Robinson), 802

No. 1 Doubles -- Will Kabbse-Micahel Kaldas

Lost to Minnis-Lawson (Paris), 6-0, 6-1

Lost to Layton-Mineyer (Urbana), 8-2