EHS, T-town Are 8-1 Winners in Tennis Action

ROBINSON -- Effingham High School improved to 2-0 on the young tennis season with an 8-1 victory over Robinson Monday.

The Hearts picked up five of the six singles wins, all in two sets, except for the No. 2 spot. Isaac Foreman went 6-1 in the opening set, then fell 7-6 before coming back 10-3 for the victory. Jared Minor won 6-2, 6-4 while Jake Heuerman was a 6-4, 7-6 winner. Parth Maheshwari claimed a win 6-2, 6-0 while Wyatt Wohltman reversed the scores to win 6-0, 6-2.

In doubles action, the first two were hard-fought battles. Foreman and Jason Wohltman combined to take the victory. The duo lost the opener 6-4 then came back with a 7-5 win and went out at 10-1. Minor and W. Wohltman also lost the opening set 7-6 but fought back to win 6-3 and go out at 10-8. Heuerman and Maheshwari easily claimed their win at No. 3, 6-0, 6-1.

At Robinson

Singles

No. 1 -- Brennan Buchanan (R) defeated Aaron Meyers (E), 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 -- Isaac Foreman (E) defeated Curtis White (R), 6-1, 6-7 (10-3)

No. 3 -- Jared Minor (E) defeated Nick Sandschafer (R), 6-2, 6-4

No. 4 -- Jake Heuerman (E) defeated Dylan White (E), 6-4, 7-6

No. 5 -- Parth Maheshwari (E) defeated Conner Weber (R), 6-2, 6-0

No. 6 -- Wyatt Wohltman (E) defeated Tom Goodman (R), 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Foreman-Jason Wohltman (E) defeated Buchanan-C. White (R), 4-6, 7-5 (10-1)

No. 2 -- Minor-Wyatt Wohltman (E) defeated Sandschafer-D. White (R), 6-7, 6-3 (10-8)

No. 3 -- Heuerman-Maheshwari (E) defeated Goodman-Weber (R), 6-0, 6-1

Exhibition

Kodi Avery (E) defeated Jacob Britton (R), 6-2, 6-1; Caleb Gadberry-Jeff Keitel (E) defeated Duncan Fiscus-James Hillard (R), 6-1, 6-3

At Casey

Teutopolis traveled to Casey-Westfield and picked up both varsity and junior varsity victories Monday.

In the varsity contest, the Wooden Shoes won 8-1. Kyle Brumleve took the top spot easily 6-1, 6-1. Ryan Westendorf was a winner at No. 2, 6-3, 7-5. In the No. 3 spot, Matt Grunloh blanked his opponent in the opening contest 6-0, then won 6-2. Mitch Meinhart went 6-2, 6-3 and Ben Hoelscher claimed a 7-5, 6-4 victory.

In doubles play, T-town swept through. Brumleve-Westendorf lost the first set 7-6 but rallied to take the second set 6-4 and won 6-4. Jay Funneman and Hoelscher sailed through the second match 6-1, 6-0. Matt Grunloh and Meinhart claimed the final match 7-6, 6-2.

T-town also claimed the junior varsity contest 5-0. The matches were the season openers for the Wooden Shoes.

At Casey

Varsity Match

Singles

No. 1 -- Kyle Brumleve (TT) defeated Eddie Kemper (CW), 6-1, 6-1

No. 1 -- Ryan Westendorf (TT) defeated Cody Hollensbe (CW), 6-3, 7-5

No. 3 -- Matt Grunloh (TT) defeated Andrew Young (CW), 6-0, 6-2

No. 4 -- John Pajak (CW) defeated Jay Funneman (TT), 6-1, 6-3

No. 5 -- Mitch Meinhart (CW) defeated Matt Sandiford (CW), 6-2, 6-3

No. 6 -- Ben Hoelscher (TT) defeated Nat Davidson (CW), 7-5, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Brumleve-Westendorf (TT) defeated Kemper-Hollensbe (CW), 6-7 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 -- Funneman-Hoelshcer (TT) defeated Semiton-Smith (CW), 6-1, 6-0

No. 3 -- Grunloh-Meinhart (TT) defeated Pajak-Davidson (CW), 7-6, 6-2

Junior Varsity Match

No. 1 -- Karson Pruemer (TT) defeated Keygen Decker (CW), 8-3

No. 2 -- Alex Kreke (TT) defeated Robbie Gladu (CW), 8-4

No. 3 -- Calvin Kreke (TT) defeated Dell Miller (CW), 8-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Keith Weber-Nick Pals (TT) defeated Garrett Kemper-Wyatt Young (CW), 8-0

No. 2 -- Trevor Lee-Jacob Mette (TT) defeated  Bobby Elliot-Tanner Brown (CW), 8-0