Effingham Hands T-town 6-3 loss, St. Anthony Wins

TEUTOPOLIS -- Effingham High School remained unbeaten on the season by downing Teutopolis 6-3 in tennis action Tuesday evening.

The Hearts and Wooden Shoes split victories in singles play, each winning three. Effingham's Isaac Foreman, Jared Minor and Nick Pellman were winners while T-town's Kyle Brumleve, Andy Mersman and Karson Pruemer claimed victories.

In doubles action, Effingham swept. Parth Maheshwari and Minor combined to win 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Foreman and Pellman were winners at No. 2, 6-0, 7-5 while Aaron Meyers and Jason Wohltman won 6-4, 1-2 (injury).

"I was really pleased with how well we did," said T-town Coach Kaye Kimpling. "We came close to winning a couple of other matches. The boys fought well."

Effingham is now 8-0 on the season.

In a junior varsity match, Teutopolis claimed a 6-2 win over Effingham.

At Teutopolis

Singles

No. 1 -- Kyle Brumleve (TT) defeated Aaron Meyers (E), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

No. 2 -- Isaac Foreman (E) defeated Ryan Westendorf (TT), 6-2, 7-5

No. 3 -- Jared Minor (E) defeated Matt Grunloh (TT), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

No. 4 -- Andy Mersman (TT) defeated Parth Maheshwari (E), 6-1, 6-4

No. 5 -- Mitch Meinhart (TT) defeated Jason Wohltman (E), 6-7, 7-6 6-4

No. 6 -- Nick Pellman (E) defeated Karson Pruemer (TT), 7-6, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Maheshwari-Minor (E) defeated Brumleve-Westendorf (TT), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

No. 2 -- Foreman-Pellman (E) defeated Mersman-Keith Weber (TT), 6-0, 7-5

No. 3 -- Meyers-J. Wohltlman (E) defeated Grunloh-Meinhart (TT), 6-4, 1-2 (injury)

Junior Varsity Match

Teutopolis 6, Effingham 2

Singles

Trevor Lee (TT) defeated Caleb Wohltman (E), 6-4, 6-2

Jacob Mette (TT) defeated Mathew Niebrugge (E), 6-1, 6-3

Trevor Lee (TT) defeated Aaron Conley (E), 8-6

Doubles

Alex Kreke-Ben Hoelscher (TT) defeated Kody Avery-Cody Sennett (E), 8-6

Nick Ruholl-Nick Pals (TT) defeated Jeff Keitel-Caleb Gadberry (E), 9-0

Brady Scott-Drake Hill (E) defeated Ben Feldhake-Jay Funneman (TT), 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

Ashton Haythorne-Jacob Gadberry (E) defeated Andrew Copple-Jared Apke (TT), 7-8 (6)

Trevor Lee-Jacob Mette (TT) defeated Caleb Wohltman-Mathew Niebrugge (E), 6-3, 6-2

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony picked up its 10th victory of the season with a 6-3 win over Highland.

The Bulldogs captured the top four spots as Cole Buehnerkemper won 6-2, 6-0, Frank Jansen won 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, Scott Rentfrow won 7-5, 6-3 and Jay Niebrugge won 6-1, 6-1.

In doubles play, St. Anthony took the top two spots as Buehnerkemper and F. Jansen combined to win 6-0, 6-1 and Rentfrow-J. Niebrugge claimed a 6-1, 6-3 win. The Bulldogs are now 10-2 on the season.

At St. Anthony

Singles

No. 1 -- Cole Buehnerkemper (SA) defeated Evan Duft (H), 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 -- Frank Jansen (SA) defeated Zach Plocher (H), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

No. 3 -- Scott Rentfrow (SA) defeated Lucas Pusker (H), 7-5 6-3

No. 4 -- Jay Niebrugge (SA) defeated Tyler Stone (H), 6-1, 6-1

No. 5 -- Ryan Long (H) defeated Luke Jansen (SA), 6-2, 7-5

No. 6 -- Jack Martens (H) defeated Alec  Niebrugge (SA), 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Buehnerkemper-F. Jansen (SA) defeated Duft-Plocher (H), 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 -- Rentfrow-J. Niebrugge (SA) defeated Pusker-Stone (H), 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 -- Long-Martens (H) defeated L. Jansen-A. Niebrugge (SA), 6-3, 6-3

Exhibition

Reese-Bargettzi (H) defeated Chris Jones-Ian Harris (SA), 6-4; Barker-Welch (H) defeated Harris-Jones (SA), 8-6