Le Mars tennis teams bow out of bracket – nwestiowa.com

SPENCER The Le Mars Community boys tennis team competed in the Class 1A substate tournament on Friday.

The team opened up against Missouri River Activities Conference rival Bishop Heelan. The Bulldogs were the No. 4 seed in the bracket while the Crusaders were the No. 5 seed.

Le Mars won the regular season meeting by a 7-2 score which featured four singles wins. The Bulldogs did even better this time around, winning five of the six singles matches in order to clinch the win to advance.

Michael Meis won at No. 1 by a 6-2, 6-0 score over Luka Ernesti. The No. 2 match was by the same scores in the other order as Evan Pratt beat Brady Schultz.

No. 4 singles went to Ian Penne by a 6-1, 6-2 score over Jack Bousquet.

The bottom two singles matches went to three sets. Jacob McGill won at No. 5 over Ikey Scott by a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 score. Devin DeVall claimed No. 6 by a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 score.

The only loss was at No. 3 as Caden Wurth fell to Jason Breen 6-2, 7-5.

The Bulldogs advanced to play top-seeded an No. 4 ranked Spencer in the next round. The Tigers won their first round contest 5-0 over Cherokee.

When Le Mars and Spencer met in non-conference action earlier in the season the Tigers won by a 9-0 score. It was a similar outcome this time around with the Tigers clinching all of the singles wins necessary to advance.

At No. 1, Sam Feldmann won a close 7-6 (7-5) tiebreaker in the first set over Michael Meis before winning 6-2 in the second set.

Owen Kierscht won by identical 6-1 set scores against Evan Pratt at No. 2.

The Tigers took No. 3 by a 6-3, 6-1 score as Riley DeWitt defeated Caden Wurth.

In the No. 4 matchup, Parker Bergstadt beat Ian Penne 6-1, 6-1.

At No. 6, Gavin Honkomp defeated Devin DeVall 6-4, 6-0.

The only set win for the Bulldogs came at No. 5 as Jacob McGill picked off the second set by a 6-3 score over Quinn Baker. The other set was a 6-1 win for Baker and he led the tiebreaker set before the Tigers clinched the victory with their fifth singles win.

Le Mars finishes 10-4 in dual competition.

Spencer advances to play Spirit Lake in Wednesdays substate final.

On Saturday, the Le Mars girls lost 5-1 to Estherville-Lincoln Central in the first round of their Class 1A regional bracket, ending their season winless in dual action. Individual results for that contest were unavailable.

The Midgets went on to lost 5-2 to Cherokee in the next round. The Braves advanced to play No. 4 ranked Spirit Lake in the next round.

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