CL boys tennis team defeats Decorah and Webster City

by Marianne Gasaway

The Clear Lake boys tennis team hosted the Decorah Vikings on Tuesday, April 16.  The Lions came out with a hard-fought 6-3 victory.

“This was a good win for us.   Decorah is a good team,” said Coach Dave Peters.  “I felt our doubles teams played well tonight.”

Clear Lake was up 4-3 with one and two doubles going to super tiebreakers.  The number one doubles team of Mac Adams and Aaron Blum were down 9-5 in the super tiebreaker. They won the next six points to win the tiebreaker, 11-9.  The number two doubles team of Carter Olk and Noah Mason ended up winning a very close 10-7 tiebreaker.

Erik McHenry won both his singles and doubles matches in straight sets.  Jackson Loge battled from one set down in singles to win in a super tiebreaker 10-5.

CL 6, Decorah  3

Singles

Aiden Hunter (D) over Mac Adams, 6-3, 7-5

Billy Lange (D) over Aaron Blum, 6-0, 6-3

Carter Olk (CL) over Joe Holland, 6-3, 7-5

Kaj Spencer (D) over Noah Mason, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6

Erik McHenry (CL) over Gabriel Anderson, 6-2, 6-3

Jackson Loge (CL) over Hayden Carlson, 2-6, 6-4, 10-5

Doubles

Adams/Blum (CL) over Hunter/Lange, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9

Olk/Mason (CL) over Holland/Spencer, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

McHenry/Loge (CL) over Anderson/Holyoke, 6-3, 6-3

JV Results

Brody Kuhlemeier/Cale Schmitz won, 5-3

Jaxson Gerhardt/Nathan Lollar tied, 4-4

Hunter Hill/Theo Swanson lost, 7-1

Jaxson Gerhardt/Brody Kuhlemeier tied, 4-4

Theo Swanson/Gavin Rich lost, 2-4

Brody Kuhlemeier/Nathan Lollar tied, 4-4

Jaxson Gerhardt/Cale Schmitz, 6-2

Gavin Rich lost, 4-2

Theo Swanson won, 4-1

CL 9, Webster City 0

The Lions traveled to Webster City on April 15 and came away with a 9-0 victory.  The Lions recorded four 10-0 wins in singles.

Singles

Mac Adams over Evan Estlund, 10-0

Aaron Blum over Heath Patterson ,10-0

Carter Olk over George Villa, 10-3

Noah Mason over Chase Black, 10-0

Erik McHenry over Caleb Ford, 10-0

Jackson Loge over Seth Nelson, 10-1

Doubles

Adams/Blum over Estland/Black, 10-0

Olk/Mason over Patterson/Ford, 10-2

McHenry/Loge over Villa/Nelson, 10-0

JV Results

Jaxson Gerhardt won, 6-1

Nathan Lollar won, 6-1

Hunter Hill lost, 4-1

Gavin Rich lost, 6-0

Theo Swanson lost, 4-1

Brody Kuhlemeier and Cale Schmitz won, 4-1

Boone 5, CL 4

The Lions gave fifth rated Boone a fight to the end on Thursday, April 18.  The Toreadors escaped with a narrow 5-4 victory.

Mac Adams and Aaron Blum both won their singles for the Lions and teamed up for a doubles victory.  The Lions also got a singles victory from Erik McHenry, who won in a super tiebreaker.

“This was excellent competition for us,” said Coach Rich Peters.  “We are continuing to improve.  We need to continue to be more consistent.”

Singles

Adams (CL) over Conner Patterson, 6-2, 6-1

Blum (CL) over Joe Zehr, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Nick Rose (B) over Carter Olk, 2-6, 6-4, 10-6

Brandon Rouse (B) over Noah Mason, 4-6, 6-4, 10-3

McHenry (CL) over Jacob Sternberg, 6-3, 2-6, 10-4

Ben Craven (B) over Jackson Loge, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

Adams/Blum (CL) over Patterson/Zehr, 6-1, 6-3

Rose/Rouse (B) over Olk/Mason, 1-6, 7-5, 10-8

Sternberg/Craven (B) over McHenry/Loge, 6-2, 6-2

JV Results

Brody Kuhlemeier lost, 6-2

Jaxson Gerhardt lost, 6-1

Hunter Hill lost, 6-1

Nathan Lollar and Cale Schmitz lost, 6-2

Kanon Goemann and Cale Schmitz lost, 6-3

Hunter Hill and Kanon Goeman lost, 6-1

Tim Swanson and Nathan Lollar lost, 5-1

Theo Swanson and Gavin Rich lost, 6-1