St. A Competes at Champaign Centennial, Effingham at Belleville

Effingham St. Anthony High School competed in the Champaign Centennial Invitational Saturday and finished sixth as a team. Cole Buehnerkemper and Frank Jansen captured third place each in singles play while Scott Rentfrow and Jay Niebrugge finished fifth in doubles play.

Morton won the team championship with 34 points followed by Warren (Gurnee) 31 1/2, Troy Triad 31, Chicago Andrew 22 1/2, Champaign Centennial 22, St. Anthony 16 1/2, McHenry 12 1/2, Pontiac 11 1/2, Mattoon 11, Teutopolis 11, St. Thomas More 8 1/2, Bradley 7 1/2, Charleston 4, Bloomington Central Catholic 4, Rock Island 2 and Urbana 0.

No. 1 Singles: Cole Buehnerkemper -- Third Place

First Round -- Defeated Colin Condon (McHenry), 6-0, 6-0

Second Round -- Defeated Travis Tressler (St. Thomas More), 6-1, 6-1

Semifinals -- Lost to Kristiyan Trukor (Warren), 6-1, 6-1

Third Place -- Defeated Dylan Faulkenberg (Triad), 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 Singles: Frank Jansen -- Third Place

First Round -- Defeated Anthony Beavers (Charleston), 6-0, 6-2

Second Round -- Defeated Jesse Dankle (St. Thomas More), 6-1, 6-0

Semifinals -- Lost to Jake Bernier (Morton), 7-6, 3-6, 6-3

Third Place -- Defeated Grant Unger (Triad), 6-1, 6-3

No. 1 Doubles: Scott Rentfrow/Jay Niebrugge -- Fifth Place

Defeated J. Woodyard-C. Hnness (Mattoon), 6-3, 2-6 (14-12)

Second Round -- Lost to G. Reiman-T. Reiman (Morton), 6-1, 6-1

Second Round Consolation -- Defeated A. Ahlden/S. Ahlden (Bradley Bourbonnais), default

Fifth Place -- Defeated A. Kohlmeier/Tibbs (Pontiac), 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 Doubles -- Alec Niebrugge/Luke Jansen

First Round -- Lost to J. Funneman/K. Pruemer (Teutopolis), 6-7, 6-4

First Round Consolation -- Lost to Lyons/Bohm (Pontiac), 4-6, 6-4 (10-8)

No. 3 Doubles -- Tommy Schottman/Chris Jones

First Round -- Lost to Shah/Ayalur (Warren), 6-1, 6-0

First Round Consolation -- Lost to Case/Wiencek (Andrew), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7)

At Belleville

Effingham competed in the Belleville East Tournament Friday and Saturday and finished 12th out of 16 teams. Belleville East won the title and Peoria Richwoods was second.

Friday's Matches

No. 1 doubles -- Isaac Foreman/Jason Wohltman, 2-2 record

No. 2 Doubles -- Jared Minor/Parth Maheshwari, 1-2

No. 3 Doubles -- Wyatt Wohltman/Caleb Wohltman, 1-2

Saturday's Matches

No. 1 Singles -- Wyatt Wohltman, 0-23

No. 2 Singles -- Isaac Foreman, 1-2

No. 3 Singles -- Jared Minor, 0-2

No. 4 Singles -- Caleb Wohltman, 0-2

No. 5 Singles -- Parth Maheshwari, 2-1

No. 6 Singles -- Jason Wohltman, 2-1