The Willow Springs tennis team has competed several times in the last week. Here are the results of three different events:

Lebanon Invitational Tennis Tournament: Thursday, April 7, 2011

“This was a very challenging tournament for our team, and I thought the guys really rose to the challenge. Osage has some of the best players in the state, and it was a great experience. Josh Redburn and Simon Self came up big in their first varsity tournament,” commented Coach Marty Spence.

Team Scoring:

Osage 19

Bolivar 14

Willow Springs 11

Lebanon 9

 

Singles:

Flight 1:

Trevor Sparks (Bolivar) 8 def. Young Lee (WS) 5

Will Gross (Osage) 8 def. Young Lee (WS) 1

Young Lee (WS) 8 def. T.J. Overstreet (Lebanon) 4

*Lee finishes 3rd in flight.

 

Flight 2:

Jordan Capeder (WS) 8 def. Aric Gooch (Bolivar) 6

Thomas Uhl (Osage) 8 def. Jordan Capeder (WS) 1

Jordan Capeder (WS) 8 def. Brandon Rich (Lebanon) 5

*Capeder finishes 2nd in flight.

 

Flight 3:

Kyle Bolton (Bolivar) 8 def. Clint Harper (WS) 2

Jake Haeder (Osage) 8 def. Clint Harper (WS) 1

Clint Harper (WS) 8 def. Greg Archer (Lebanon) 5

*Harper finishes 3rd in flight.

 

Flight 4:

Kolton Peavey (Bolivar) 8 def. Zach Cunningham (WS) 6

Adam Keith (Osage) 8 def. Zach Cunningham (WS) 0

Charlie Brown (Lebanon) 8 def. Zach Cunningham (WS) 0

*Cunningham finishes 4th in flight.

 

Doubles:

Flight 1:

Sparks/Bolton (Bolivar) 8 def. Lee/Cunningham (WS) 5

Gross/Haeder (Osage) 8 def. Lee/Cunningham (WS) 4

Overstreet/Brown (Lebanon) 9 def. Lee/Cunningham (WS) 7

*Lee/Cunningham finish 4th in flight.

 

Flight 2:

Harper/Capeder (WS) 8 def. Peavey/Magana (Bolivar) 5

Uhl/Keith (Osage) 8 def. Harper/Capeder (WS) 2

Harper/Capeder (WS) 8 def. Rich/Boyer (Lebanon) 6

*Harper Capeder finish 2nd in flight.

 

Flight 3:

Gooch/Waldo (Bolivar) 8 def. Levi Thornton/Brandon Pitts (WS) 3

Garton/Curran (Osage) 8 def. Thornton/Pitts (WS) 4

Archer/Pitts (Lebanon) 8 def. Thornton/Pitts (WS) 4

*Thornton/Pitts finish 4th in flight.

 

Flight 4:

Murray/Samek (Bolivar) 8 def. Josh Redburn/Simon Self (WS) 5

Redburn/Self (WS) 8 def. Grasshoff/Tucker (Osage) 2

Redburn/Self (WS) 8 def. Ooten/Andersen (Lebanon) 3

*Redburn/Self finish 1st in flight.

 

Willow Springs 8 Reeds Spring 1: Monday, April 11, 2011

“We played without our number one player, Young Lee, and everyone slid up in the lineup and performed well. It was a nice way to start off a very busy week of tennis with four matches in four days.” – Coach Spence

Individual Scoring:

Singles:

1. Chris Schultz (RS) 8 Jordan Capeder (WS) 2

2. Clint Harper (WS) 8 Matt Palikij (RS) 3

3. Zach Cunningham (WS) 8 Zach Pietz (RS) 1

4. Levi Thornton (WS) 8 Keith Hoffman (RS) 5

5. Josh Redburn (WS) 8 Phillip Todd (RS) 0

6. Brandon Pitts (WS) 8 Jordan Halik (RS) 0

 

Doubles:

1. Capeder/Harper (WS) 8 Palikij/Pietz (RS) 1

2. Cunningham/Pitts (WS) 8 Schultz/Todd (RS) 6

3. Thornton/Redburn (WS) 8 Hoffman/Halik (RS) 0

 

 

Willow Springs 5 Salem 4: Tuesday, April 12, 2011

“This was a really big win against a very solid Salem team. It really came down to Young Lee’s singles match and Clint and Jordan’s doubles match. We were able to narrowly score wins in those matches to win overall. We need to improve and hopefully can continue to get better over the next few matches.” -Coach Spence

 

Singles:

1. Young Lee (WS) 9 def. Steven Moore (S) 8 (7-5 Tiebreaker)

2. Arthur Rekowski (S) 8 def. Jordan Capeder (WS) 3

3. Jon Hambacker (S) 8 def. Clint Harper (WS) 2

4. Matt Sirois (S) 8 def. Zach Cunningham (WS) 2

5. Levi Thornton (WS) 8 def. Josh Plank (S) 1

6. Josh Redburn (WS) 8 def. Emily Moser (S) 1

 

Doubles:

1. Moore/Rekowski (S) 8 def. Lee/Cunningham (WS) 2

2. Harper/Capeder (WS) 9 def. Hambacker/Sirois (S) 7

3. Thornton/Brandon Pitts (WS) 8 def. Plank/Stacey (S) 1

 

The record for the tennis team is 4-1.