Sandpoint tennis grabs third victory over Post Falls
Olivia Petruso eyes a return shot during doubles play on Tuesday at Travers Park.
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Maise Brazill hits a return on Tuesday at Travers Park.
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Christian Story returns a shot at the net on Tuesday.
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Charlie Johnson serves on Tuesday.
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Josh Embree returns a serve Tuesday.
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Carter Johnson serves on Tuesday.
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Olivia Petruso returns a serve on Tuesday.
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Christian Story hits a return on Tuesday.
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Tyler McNamee hits a return on Tuesday.
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Denali Terry prepares to hit a serve on Tuesday.
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Josh Embree serves on Tuesday.
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Tyler Korn hits a backhand on Tuesday.
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Charlie Johnson hits a backhand during a singles match against Post Falls on Tuesday.
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SANDPOINT — The Sandpoint tennis team hosted Post Falls on Tuesday, and the Bulldogs bested the Trojans 8-4.
It was Sandpoint's third victory over the Trojans this spring, and second at Travers Park.
In girls singles, SHS grabbed a pair of dominant 6-0, 6-0 victories. At No. 1, Neva Reseska won her match in just 19 minutes.
"I've never seen that before," head coach Kent Anderson said. "I don't know if she lost more than five points the whole match. I walked over there and she was already walking off the court, I thought they were still warming up."
At No. 2, Maise Brazill soared past her opponent in 27 minutes.
"Maise is amazing," Anderson said. "She really wants to be a good tennis player and she works so hard."
The Bulldogs swept boys doubles action. Josh Embree and Christian Story battled through a hard-fought first set to secure a 6-2, 6-1 win at the No. 1 spot.
"The first set was a little bit of a war even though they were winning most of the games," Anderson said. "They were fighting out there and trying to find their tempo, and eventually they did."
At No. 2, Carter Johnson and Tyler Korn cruised 6-0, 6-0.
"They were just ripping balls," Anderson said.
Brahma Heitz picked up the Bulldogs' first 10-point tiebreaker victory of the season at No. 3 singles for the boys. He won 2-6, 7-6 (10-3).
Charlie Johnson grabbed a win in straight sets at the No. 1 singles spot for the boys.
"It was nice to see Charlie dominate because he's played some really tough matches," Anderson said. "He was moving the ball around really well."
Evan Wiley and Patch Howard secured a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 2 mixed doubles.
The dynamic duo of Denali Terry and Olivia Petruso rebounded from their first loss of the season at No. 1 girls doubles with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 win.
Adrian Doty (girls singles) and Aden Heitz and Kailee McNamee (mixed doubles) both lost their matches in 10-point tiebreakers.
Sandpoint heads to Lakeland at 3 p.m. Thursday.
"Lakeland's got a good team this year," Anderson said. "That's going to be a great match and we've got to be ready for that."
Sandpoint 8. Post Falls 4.
Sandpoint athletes in bold.
GIRLS SINGLES: No. 1 Neva Reseska d. Mattie Martensen, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Maise Brazill d. Ryleah Plumea, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3 Claire Holding d. Adrian Doty, 6-1, 1-6 (10-4).
GIRLS DOUBLES: No. 1 Olivia Petruso/Denali Terry d. Laura Moler/Liberty Ortega, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1. No. 2 Melanie Fry/Maddi Barkley d. Maile Evans/Berkeley Cox, 7-6, 7-5.
BOYS SINGLES: No. 1 Charlie Johnson d. Cayden Wrublik, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Nic McLeod d. Tyler McNamee, 6-2, 6-2. No. 3 Brahma Heitz d. Colby Calkins, 2-6, 7-6 (10-3).
BOYS DOUBLES: No. 1 Josh Embree/Christian Story d. Josiah Shields/Isaac Gondo, 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Tyler Korn/Carter Johnson d. Ryan Nearing/Austin Nbyo, 6-0, 6-0.
MIXED DOUBLES: No. 1 Emily Schlotbauer/Jacob Ditty d. Aden Heitz/Kailee McNamee, 5-7, 6-2 (10-3). No. 2 Evan Wiley/Patch Howard d. Brody Christenson/Makensy Shapin, 6-3, 6-0.
