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Hoisington, Larned compete at CKL tennis
Tristan Thompson
Larned Indian Tristan Thompson

PRATT —Larned's No. 2 singles Troy Hemken (2-2) placed fifth and Hoisington's No. 2 doubles Jordan O'Neill/Tristan Thompson played for third place in the 2024 Central Kansas League tennis tournament.

Smoky Valley (67) won the team title by winning both doubles divisions and No. 2 singles over runner-up Hesston (63), which won No. 1 singles.

Larned's James Kingsbury (2-11), Hemken (5-11) and Mason Mead/Tristan Thompson (8-14) compete at Thursday's Ellsworth tennis regional.

CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE

TEAM SCORES—1—Smoky Valley 67; 2—Hesston 63; 3—Haven 44; 4—Pratt 30;  5—Hoisington 27;  6—Larned 21; 7—Lyons 14; Hillsboro 14

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Asher Deuschendorf, Hess def. Keaton Leiker, SV, 6-3, 6-2; 3—Jack Bushnell, P def. Fred Chuen, Lyons, 6-1, 6-7 (6-4), 6-4; 5—Cezanne Peirce, Haven def. Brody Rossman, Hois, 9-4; Chuen def. Rossman, 6-0, 6-1; Leiker def. James Kingsbury, Larned, 6-0, 6-0; Rossman def. Kingsbury, 9-2

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Crew Elliott, SV def. Janmejay Patwardhan, Hess, 6-2, 6-3; 3—Grant Richey, Haven def. Kyler Barker, P, 6-3, 6-3; 5—Troy Hemken, Larned def. Leyton Mooney, Hois, 9-8 (7-5); 7—Jace Forkner, Hill def. Kal Dalke, Lyons, 9-5; Barker def. Hemken, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Richey def. Mooney, 6-2, 6-3; Mooney def. Dalke, 9-0; Hemken def. Forkner, 9-5

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Per Nelson/Nate Nyquist, SV def. Kaden Quinn/Eli Miller, Hess, 6-1, 6-4; 3—Brady Peterson/Devin Boice, Haven def. Mason Mead/Tristan Thompson, Larned, 6-4, 6-4; 5—Kian DeLong/Arlis Thurman, Hois def. Colton Rempe/Luke Isaac, Hill, 9-7; 7—Cayden Caldwell/Tiger Thompson, P def. Diego Gamez/Isiias Burrola, Lyons, 9-2; Mead/Thompson def. DeLong/Thurman, 6-1, 6-2; Nelson/Nyquist def. Mead/Thompson, 6-3, 6-2; DeLong/Thurman def. Gamez/Burrola, 9-3

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Gabe Baker/Ezekiel Baker, SV def. Will White/Noah Hiebert, Hess, 6-0, 6-1; 3—Jordan O’Neill/Randy Chambers, Hois vs. Maquire Jacques/Gatlin Rinehart, Haven; 5—Landyn Johnson/Casen Steinert, Hill def. Jed Tatro/Liam Gordon, P, 9-3; O’Neill/Chambers def. Johnson/Steinert, 6-4, 6-1; Baker/Baker def. O’Neill/Chambers, 6-0, 6-0