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Oilers, Cardinals qualify for 3-1A state tennis
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CIMARRON — Central Plains Oiler Peyton Ryan (33-0) leads seven 3-1A state tennis qualifiers next week at Wichita. The No. 1 seeded Ryan rolled past Hoisington's Evan Foltz (24-9), 6-0, 6-0 and won 48 consecutive games. Ryan has swept 116 consecutive games.

The Oilers' doubles tandem of Karter Beck/Michael Menges (21-13) downed WaKeeney-Trego's Micah Burk/Isaac Brungardt, 6-4, 6-3, in the championship match. The Oilers won the regional title with 14 points, one better than Hoisington.

Hoisington’s tennis team emerged as a huge surprise with four state qualifiers. Trego's Caden Brown edged past Braden Mooney (23-11), 7-6, 6-2 for fifth place. The Cardinals’ No. 2 doubles team of Mason Haxton/Chase Maier (13-16) placed fifth, beating their teammates Hunter Morris/Ryan Woydziak (23-8) 75. 6-3 in their fifth-place match.

Hoisington's Haxton/Maier edged Larned's Phillip Applequist/Joseph Theis, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to qualify for state. Morris/Woydziak downed Meade's. Konner Jones/Kody Henson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to qualify for state.

VALLEY CENTER 5A — Great Bend's Brendyn Schroeder pushed his first-round match to a pair of tiebreakers before losing  7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1) to Salina South's Cayden Cassel in the 5A tennis regional. Panthers  Jordan Manning, Caden Bieker/Carlos Jacobo, and Alex Sandoval/Tushal Karshan all lost first-round matches.

3A SINGLES QUALIFIERS

WICHITA RIVERSIDE

FRIDAY'S FIRST ROUND—Connor Harcrow, Hutchinson Trinity (18-4) vs. Roger Powell, Douglass (16-7); Colby Osner, Conway Springs (21-11) vs. Carson Shimer, Sterling (16-8); Korben Clawson, Meade (19-5) vs. Luke Formwalt, Shawnee Maranatha (9-4); Jake Lucas, Smoky Valley (28-5) vs. Braden Mooney, Hoisington (23-11); Ian Garis, KC Christian (19-8) vs. Caden Brown, Trego (22-7); Avry Noll, Scott City (19-9) vs. Max Bieker, Smoky Valley (20-14); Max Kice, Wichita Classical (19-12) vs. Trevor Gamble, Hesston (16-11); Cole Mathews, Wichita Trinity (19-14) vs. Caden Davis, Douglass (5-3) 

SECOND ROUND—Peyton Ryan, Central Plains (33-0); Alex Sherer, Rossville (32-2); Rhain Isaac, Hesston (23-5); Grant Ramsey, Wichita Collegiate (10-2); Nick Grabon, Wichita Collegiate (15-4); Anthony Clennan, Hutchinson Trinity (16-2); Caleb Bartels, KC Christian (23-4); Evan Foltz, Hoisington (24-9) 

3A DOUBLES QUALIFIERS

WICHITA RIVERSIDE

FRIDAY'S FIRST ROUND—Nathan Ringwald/Giovanni Battistoni, Ellinwood (15-9) vs. Dylan Duff/Sage Stoecklein, Scott City (17-4); Hunter Morris/Ryan Woydziak, Hoisington (23-8) vs. Drew Bryant/Dillon Bryant, Wichita Trinity (22-7); Max Ball/Charlie Graham, Wichita Classical (20-13) vs. Joe Goodman/Caden Pinter, Shawnee Maranatha (14-5); Robert Newman/Grant Buresh, KC Christian (10-6) vs. Tucker Peine/Preston Mullere, Columbus (17-14); Bryar O'Neil/Simeon Wassom, Marysville (26-9) vs. Seth Ohl/Aidan May, Conway Springs (14-15); Ethan Chouinard/Isaac Branam, Wichita-Classical (21-11) vs. Chase Bourbon/Jaret Brungardt, Ellsworth (22-3); Samuel Ralston/Matthew Draper, Wichita Trinity (23-11) vs. Mason Haxton/Chase Maier, Hoisington (13-16); Braden Miller/Garrett Hageman, Hutchinson Trinity (12-10) vs. Elias Cardenas/Jakob Koon, Colby (13-9)

SECOND ROUND—Luke Swan/Charlie Dunne, Wichita Collegiate (10-1); Adam Vehring/Brendan Anderson, Ellsworth (25-3); Karter Beck/Michael Menges, Central Plains (21-13); Ben Bollinger/Andrew Schmidt, Hesston (18-10); Cole Deutschendorf/Micah Dahlsten, Hesston (28-4); Micah Burk/Isaac Brungardt, Trego (23-7); Owen VanderArk/James VanderArk, KC Christian (23-6); Charlie Nolan/Mark Feng, Wichita Collegiate (9-6) 

CIMARRON 3-1A REGIONAL

TEAM TOTALS—1—Peyton Ryan, CP (33-0) def. Evan Foltz, Hoisington (24-9), 6-0, 6-0

3—Avry Noll, Scott City (19-9) def. Korben Clawson, Meade (19-5), 6-4, 6-3

5—Caden Brown, Trego (22-7) def. Braden Mooney, Hoisington (23-11), 7-6, 6-2

1—Central Plains 14; 2—Hoisington 13; 3—WaKeeney-Trego 9; Scott City 9; 5—Colby 5; 6—Meade 4 

SINGLES

1—Peyton Ryan, CP (33-0) def. Evan Foltz, Hoisington (24-9), 6-0, 6-0

3—Avry Noll, Scott City (19-9) def. Korben Clawson, Meade (19-5), 6-4, 6-3

5—Caden Brown, Trego (22-7) def. Braden Mooney, Hoisington (23-11), 7-6, 6-2

SEMIFINALS—Ryan def. Noll, 6-0, 6-0; Foltz def. Clawson, 7-5, 4-6, 3-0, default

CONSOLATION—Brown def. Luke Janzen, Cimarron, 6-2, 6-0; Mooney def. Aniol Marjoral-Obradors, Goodland, 6-2, 6-4

QUARTERFINALS—Ryan def. Janzen, 6-0, 6-0; Noll def. Brown, 6-2, 7-5; Foltz def. Mooney, 6-1, 6-2; Clawson def. Marjoral, 6-2, 6-4

FIRST ROUND—Ryan def. Peyton Samms, SC, 6-0, 6-0; Janzen def. Lincoln Myers, Colby, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Brown def. Vincent Lynn, Meade, 6-2, 6-3; Noll def. Gavin Garza, WT, 6-1, 6-1; Mooney def. Matthew Figger, Larned, 6-1, 6-1; Foltz def. Nick Ratzlaff, Larned, 6-1, 6-2; Marjoral def. Ivan Mendez, Cimarron, 6-2, 6-4; Clawson def. Clawson, 6-1, 6-0 

DOUBLES

1—Karter Beck/Michael Menges, CP (21-13) def. Micah Burk/Isaac Brungardt, Trego (23-7), 6-4, 6-3

3—Elias Cardenas/Jakob Koon, Colby (13-9) def. Dylan Duff/Sage Stoecklein, Scott City (17-4), 6-3, 6-3

5—Mason Haxton/Chase Maier, Hoisington (13-16) def. Hunter Morris/Ryan Woydziak, Hoisington (23-8), 7-5, 6-3

SEMIFINALS—Beck/Menges def. Duff/Stoecklein, 7-5, 6-4; Burk/Brungardt def. Cardenas/Koon, 6-4, 6-4

CONSOLATION—Haxton/Maier def. Phillip Applequist/Joseph Theis, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Morris/Woydziak def. Konner Jones/Kody Henson, Meade, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

QUARTERFINALS—Beck/Menges def. Haxton/Meier, 6-7, 6-4 (11-9); Duff/Stoecklein def. Applequist/Theis, 6-1, 6-1; Burk-Brungardt def. Morris/Woydziak, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1; Cardenas/Koon def. Jones/Henson, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) 

FIRST ROUND—Beck/Menges def. Garrett Kuhn/Corbin Micek, WT, 6-4, 6-0;  Haxton/Maier def. Tanner Bailey/Eli Greene, Cimarron, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1; Applequist/Theis def. Orvin Dyck/Zach Hawley, Meade, 6-3, 6-3; Duff/Stoecklein def. Bill Bradley/Logan Haggard, Colby, 6-0, 6-0; Cardenas/Koon def. Isiah Jensen/Jacob Torgersen, CP, 6-2, 6-2; Jones/Henson def.  Presson/Frank, SC, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (7-4), (14-12); Morris/Woydziak def. Estevan Ordonez/Nate Schears, Goodland, 6-3, 7-5; Burk/Brungardt def. Jaron Nothdurft/Lockhart, Goodland, 6-0, 6-0 

VALLEY CENTER 5A REGIONAL

TEAM TOTALS—1—Salina Central 26; 2—Maize High 13; 3—Newton 12; 4—Emporia 4; 5—Salina South 2; 6—Valley Center 1

SINGLES

1—Connor Phelps, SC (29-5) def. Collin Phelps, SC (21-6), 6-1, 6-2

3—Sam Ritchie, Maize (25-8) def. Bode Carter, Maize, (21-11) default

5—Otis Musser, Newton (18-13) def. Sam Claassen, Newton (12-22), 6-2, 6-3

GREAT BEND RESULTS—Connor Phelps, SC def. Jordan Manning, GB, 6-0, 6-0; Cayden Cassel, SS def. Brendyn Schroeder, GB, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1) 

DOUBLES

1—Reed McHenry/Maxwell Shaffer, SC (34-0) def. Braden Stack/McCabe Green, SC (27-8), 6-1, 6-3

3—Jonah Scholenger/Justin Franz, Newton (24-7) def. Taylor Woorman/Brenden Kienholz, E (24-11), 6-3, 6-2

5—Calvin Murrell/Pierson Rogers, Maize (23-9) def. Max Musser/Ezekiel Thompson, Newton (20-12), 6-1, 6-2

GREAT BEND RESULTS—Stack/Green, SC def. Caden Bieker/Carlos Jacobo, GB, 6-0, 6-0; Moorman/Kienholz, E def. Alex Sandoval/Tushal Karshan, GB, 6-0, 6-1.