Larned Indians qualify five players
WAKEENEY — Larned’s rugged Central Kansas League schedule paid off when the Indians qualified two doubles teams and four-time singles qualifier Dalton Penka to the 3-1A state tennis tournament.
Penka (20-10) won three of four matches and placed third with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Scott City’s William Cupp. Ellsworth’s regional champion Joey Oberle (28-1) defeated Penka 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) in a hotly-contested semifinal match.
Ellsworth’s Caden Whetzel-Dalton Zelenka defeated Larned’s Andrew Bright-Logan DeMond, 6-3, 7-5 in the championship match. Bright and DeMond (23-7) won three of four matches.
Ellsworth’s Adam Vehring-David Wesseler defeated Larned’s Britton Herrman-Joseph Theis (16-11), 6-3, 6-0 for fifth place. Larned’s Bright-Demond beat their teammates 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Larned’s qualifiers advance to the 3-1A state tournament May 9-10 at Prairie Village.
3-1A WAKEENEY REGIONAL
TEAM SCORES
1—Ellsworth 19
2—Larned 13 (.555)
3—Colby 13 (.522)
4—Meade 7
5—Scott City 4
6—Hoisington 1, WaKeeney-Trego 1
SINGLES
1—Joey Oberle, Ellsworth def. Drew Starbuck, Colby, 6-7 (7-3), 6-2, 6-1
3—Dalton Penka, Larned derf. William Cupp, Scott City, 6-2, 6-3
5—Joan Bartes Vilalte, Meade def. Cody Bourbon, Ellsworth, 7-5, 6-1
RECORDS—Oberle 28-1; Starbuck 26-3; Penka 20-10; Cupp 25-6; Bartes Vilalte 21-8; Bourbon 17-7
SEMIFINALS—Oberle def. Penka, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5); Starbuck def. Cupp, 6-0, 6-4
QUARTERFINALS—Oberle def. Seth Huftles, Colby, 6-0, 6-0; Penka def. Bartes Vilalte, 6-0, 6-2; Starbuck def. Bourbon, 6-1, 6-2; Cupp def. Dylan Pfeifer, WT, 6-3, 6-2
CONSOLATION—Bartes Vilalte def. Hutfles, 6-3, 6-3; Bourbon def. Pfeifer, 6-2, 6-4
FIRST ROUND—Oberle def. Ian Orth, Larned, 6-0, 6-0; Hutfles def. Ambrose Shaughnessy, Cimarron, 1-6, 6-3, (10-2); Bartles-Vilalte def. Andrew Mejia, WT, 6-2, 6-0;
Penka def. Chris Wright, Scott City, 6-2, 6-2; Cupp def. Michael Smith, Russell, 6-0, 6-0; Pfeifer def. Will Spires, Hoisington, 6-0, 6-1; Bourbon def. Sam Ochs, Russell, 6-0, 6-1; Starbuck def. Jon Unruh, Meade, 6-0, 6-0
PLAY-IN—Mejia def. Evan Foltz, Hoisington, 9-3
DOUBLES
1—Caden Whetzel-Dalton Zelenka, Ellsworth def. Andrew Bright-Logan DeMond, Larned, 6-3, 7-5
3—Nathan Lee-Brysen Barton, Colby def. Gatlin Clawson-Korben Clawson, Meade, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
5—Adam Vehring-David Wesseler, Ellsworth def. Britton Herrman-Joseph Theis, Larned, 6-3, 6-0
RECORDS—Whetzel-Zelenka, 25-5; Bright-DeMond, 23-7; Lee-Barton, 19-13; Clawson-Clawson, 18-14; Vehring-Wesseler, 18-7; Herrman-Theis, 16-11
SEMIFINALS—Whetzel-Zelenka, E def. Lee-Barton, Colby, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4; Bright-DeMond, L def. Clawson-Clawson, M, 6-2, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS—Whetzel-Zelenka, E def. Keaton Klug-Braden Mooney, Hoisington, 6-2, 6-4; Lee-Barton, Colby def. Vehring-Wesseler, E, 6-1, 6-3; Clawson-Clawson, M def. Riley Kraft-Clyde Horniek, Colby, 6-3, 6-1; Bright-DeMond, L def. Herrman-Theis, L, 6-0, 6-2
CONSOLATION—Vehring-Wesseler, E def. Klug-Mooney, H, 6-4, 6-2; Herrman-Theis, L def. Kraft-Horniek, Colby, 6-4, 6-2
FIRST ROUND—Klug-Mooney, Hoisington def. Kendal Henson-Nate Reimer, Meade, 7-5, 6-1; Vehring-Wesseler, E def. Blake Koehn-Osidro Ponce, Scott City, 6-0, 6-0; Lee-Barton, C def. Nick Long-Payton Steiner, 6-0, 6-3; Clawson-Clawson, M def. Clay Frink-Cody Frink, Cimarron, 6-1, 6-2; Kraft-Horniek, Colby def. Clay Burk-Dylan Johnson, WT, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Herrman-Theis, L def. Jordan Wagner-Chase Cupp, Scott City, 6-4, 6-1; Bright-DeMond, L def. Ben Anderson-Gavin Garza, WT, 6-2, 6-0
