GRANITE FALLS - The Benson Braves blanked Yellow Medicine East 7-0 to wrap up the West Central Conference boys tennis title on Tuesday with a 4-0 record.
All seven of the wins came in straight sets. Aaron Szczur at 2-singles, Eric Hoium at 4-singles and the 1-doubles tandem of Bradley Berens and Brandon Gosson didn’t lose a game in one of their sets.
The WCC individual tournament is Saturday at Montevideo starting at 9 a.m.
Benson 7, YME 0
Singles
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(1) Alberto Sainz-Rico, B, def. Brandon Repsher 6-2, 6-3 (2) Aaron Szczur, B, def Shane Nokleby 6-4, 6-0 (3) Tyler Bergman, B, def Cody Speh 6-1, 6-1 (4) Eric Hoium, B, def Matt Bernhagen 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
(1) Bradley Berens/Brandon Gosson, B, def James DeJager/Ammon Bennett 6-1, 6-0 (2) Chad Clark/Kyle Ruppert, B, def Noah Lusti/Cody Zimmer 6-2, 6-1 (3) Dylan McNeill/Nate Habben, B, def Miles Jensen/Nick Schindele 6-1, 6-2
Montevideo 4, LQPV/DB 3
The teams split singles, but Montevideo claimed the top two doubles matches to edge the visitors.
Martin Moore and Tristan Voorhees teamed up to win 1-doubles and Connor Dann/Ryan Neville won 2-doubles for the Thunder Hawks, who are this year’s hosts for the individual conference tournament, which is Saturday starting at 9 a.m.
Jess Hansen won 6-1, 6-0 at 1-singles for Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd.
Singles
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(1) Jess Hansen, L, def Jesse Erickson 6-1, 6-0 (2) Jared Saue, M, def Eli Weber 6-3, 6-0 (3) Taylor Landmark, M, def Trevor Sigdahl 6-2, 6-1 (4) Hunter Olson, L, def Mitch Kwilinski 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
(1) Martin Moore/Tristan Voorhees, M, def Keith Abraham/Kain Matthies 6-3, 6-3 (2) Connor Dann/Ryan Neville, M, def Cody McKesson/Dalton Kostad 6-4, 7-5 (3) Ryan Borstad/Conrad Matthies, L, def Donny Albers/Brandon Johnson 6-3, 6-3
Wright County
Delano 5, New London-Spicer 2
Ethan Chvala won at 2-singles and Cody Treptau and Logan Eckhoff picked up New London-Spicer’s other point at 1-doubles.
Singles
(1) Keaton Bonine, D, def. Eli Nelson 6-1 6-1 (2) Ethan Chvala, N, def. Logan Dahl 6-3 6-2 (3) Reier Sjomeling, D, def. Alex Meder 6-3 6-4 (4) Cole Vosper, D, def. Josh Proehl 6-2 4-6 6-2
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Doubles
(1) Cody Treptau/Logan Eckhoff, N, def. Thomas Grove/Sasha Johnson 6-3 7-6 (7-4) (2) Nate Petrushi/James Henry, D, def. John Jacobson/Chris Molenaar 6-3 6-3 (3) Isaac Erickson/Will Anderson, D, def. Evan van Gulijk/Ely Rogers 6-2 6-2
Orono 7, New London-Spicer 0
Orono swept the Wildcats cleanly, winning all seven matches in straight sets.
Singles
(1) Conner Olson, O, def. Cody Treptau 6-1 6-2 (2) Connor Avery, O, def. Eli Nelson 6-0 6-1 (3) Ben Phelps, O, def. Ethan Chvala 6-1 6-0 (4) Robby Leslie, O, def. Alex Meder 6-2 6-1
Doubles
(1) Tucker Gilbertson/Patrick Codute, O, def. Logan Eckhoff/John Jacobson 6-3 6-0 (2) Nick Petschen/John Larkin, O, def. Chris Molenaar/Josh Proehl 6-1 6-0 (3) John Winston/Merrit Cook, O, def. Evan van Gulijk/Lucas Rogers 6-4 6-0
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Non-Conference
Montevideo 6, LPGE 1
Lane Larson won 1-singles for the visiting Thunder, but Montevideo claimed the other three singles matches and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle forfeited all three doubles matches.
Singles
(1) Lane Larson, L, def Jesse Erickson 6-1, 6-1 (2) Jared Saue, M, def Trevor Bergman 7-5, 6-3 (3) Taylor Landmark, M, def Ryan Welters 6-3, 6-2 (4) Riley Emery, M, def Dan Bachmeyer 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Doubles
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle forfeited all three matches
SC Cathedral 5, Litchfield 2
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Josh Prahl picked up a win at 1-singles and the team of Jon Green and Jordan Carew won at 3-doubles for the Dragons.
Litchfield hosts an invitational today that includes, New London-Spicer, Montevideo and Pine City, beginning at 9 a.m.
Singles
(1) Josh Prahl, L, def Ryan Jameson 6-3 6-1 (2) Nate Stracke, S, def. Mitch Evans 6-4 6-2 (3) Alec Ferris, S, def. Zach Kaiser 6-3 6-4 (4) Paul Decker, S, def. Matthew Wedin 6-2 6-2
Doubles
(1) Matt Bowe/Phil Rugemer, S, def. Jon Madsen/Andrew Fischer 6-1 6-0 (2) Andy Windschitl/Matt Zniewski, S, def. Sam Dollerschell/Nick Lundin 6-3 6-1 (3) Jon Green/Jordan Carew, L, def. Eli Stark-Haws/David Reisdorf 4-6 6-2 6-2
