May 7—The Cat-Dawg tennis duals were all Whitefish Tuesday, with the Bulldog boys winning on their home court and the Bulldog girls winning in Columbia Falls, both by 6-1 scores.
The boys doubles teams of Walt Siegmund and Aaron Anderson for Whitefish and Silas Ypma and Wiliam Oberholtzer of Columbia Falls both brought the drama, both needed three sets to prevail.
The Wildkats' lone win came in No. 3 doubles; every Whitefish singles player or doubles team, from Leila Brust to the tandem of Zoey Marzo and Aubrey Mercer, won in straight sets.
Whitefish boys 6, Columbia Falls 1
SINGLES: Jack Oehlerich, Whitefish, def. Will Pickard 6-4, 6-3; Owen Erickson, Whitefish, def. Bruno Vasquez 6-1, 6-1; Bjorn Bungener, Whitefish. Def. Jackson Scholz 6-4, 6-3; Finn Hobart, Whitefish, def. Brady Heitz 6-4, 6-0.
DOUBLES: Walt Siegmund/Aaron Anderson, Whitefish, def. Jax Ramage/Sol Masters 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4); Silas Ypma/William Oberholtzer, Columbia Falls, def. Cole Moses/Marcus Mercer, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Jake Shors/Charlie Oehlerich, Whitefish, def. Connor Zumalt/Jackson Bowler 6-0, 6-3.
Whitefish girls 6, Columbia Falls 1
SINGLES: Liesl Brust, Whitefish, def. Bailey Windauer 6-2, 6-1; Emy Hansen, Whitefish, def. Ella Heppner 7-5, 6-4; Ainsley Grubb, Whitefish, def. Fiona Bryant 7-5, 6-1; Allie Shors, Whitefish, def. Apani Awua 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES: Camry Kelch/Maggie Mercer, Whitefish, def. Alanis Petersen/Ailyah Arends 6-1, 6-3; Zoey Marzo/Aubrey Mercer, Whitefish, def. Lucie Love/Madi Yerian 6-3, 6-2; Ava Scholz/Campbell LaCasse, Columbia Falls, def. Delila Vine/Lucy Marzo 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Libby, Polson split
In Libby, the Logger boys won two of three doubles matches and the Polson girls were able to do the same, resulting in a split Tuesday. The Lady Pirates and Loggers both won by 4-3 scores.
Libby boys 4, Polson 3
SINGLES: Alderic Martineau, Libby, def. Ruger Ellis 6-3, 6-4; Ryan Beagle, Libby, def. Bransen Moss 6-0, 6-1; Strider Gage, Polson, def. Teague Thompson 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; Truman Sawyer, Polson, def. Dayton Johnston 6-1, 6-0.
DOUBLES: Isaac Lemere/Blaise Erickson, Libby, def. Bransen Moss/Teague McElwee 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Zayne Newman/Parker Hendrickson, Polson, def. Eric Thompon/Dylan Warner 6-1, 7-5; Jon Cano/Cole Sunnell, Libby, def. Brody Kline/Aristo Cannon, 6-2, 6-3.
Polson girls 4, Libby 3
SINGLES: Summer Neman, Polson, def. Maggie Fantozzi 6-3, 6-0; Marissa Hollingsworth, Libby, def. Baylee Lemm 6-4, 6-4; Claire Fantozzi, Libby, def. Johanna Bieber 6-2, 6-3; Linay Dupuis, Polson, def. Olivia Martineau 7-6 (3), 6-2.
DOUBLES: Aubrey Davis/Bella Meyer, Libby, def. Hinkley Moss/Greta Lund 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2); Vivian Grainey/Josie Henriksen, Polson, def. Rylee Delmas/Jill Stewert 7-5, 6-2; Karly Smith/Alexa Kinman, Polson, def. Augie Bailey/Shya Huck 6-3, 7-5.
