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Panthers' Schroeder earns fifth-place medal
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MCPHERSON – Great Bend’s No. 1 singles Brendyn Schroeder (3-1) won three of four matches to place fifth at the McPherson Tennis Tournament. Schroeder downed McPherson’s Kayden McVicker, 8-4 for fifth place after losing to Derby’s singles champion Tyler Bradt 8-5 in the quarterfinals.

Panther Jordan Manning (1-3) lost three of four matches and placed 14th with an 8-3 loss to Winfield’s Corden Cuington.

Great Bend’s doubles teams combined to finish with a 2-6 record.

Salina South’s Brodie Garnett/Dylan Norris defeated Kaden Deines/Cameron Harbough, 8-2 for 13th place. Great Bend’s Marco Castanon/Jacob Parks defeated McPherson’s Aiden Wheaton/Ethan Harrington, 8-6 for 15th place. Deines/Harbough defeated Castonon-Parks, 8-7 (7-1) in a thrilling consolation match.

Winfield (45) edged Derby (42) for the team title. Great Bend (20) placed seventh.

The Panthers play at home Saturday for an invitational meet.

MCPHERSON TOURNAMENT

TEAM TOTALS—1—Winfield 45; 2—Derby 42; 3—McPherson Red 39; 4—Newton 38; Hays High 38; 6—Salina South 36; 7—Great Bend 20; 8—McPherson White 14

SINGLES

1—Tyler Bradt, Derby def. Lane Dobbs, Winfield, 8-3

3—Colin Clark, Hays def. Carson Crow, SS, 8-3

5—Brendyn Schroeder, GB def. Kayden McVicker, McR, 8-4

7—Ethan Tolbert, Newton def. Xavier Catura, Hays, 8-5

9—Gavin Hadley, Newton def. Will Fulkerson, SS, 8-2

11—Ethan Elder, McR def. Collin Bale, Derby, 8-3

13—Corden Cuington, Winfield def. Jordan Manning, GB, 8-3

15—Kunj Bhakta, McW def. Jeremy Elbert, McW, 8-2

Schroeder def. Elbert, 8-0; Bradt def. Schroeder, 8-5; Schroeder def. Catura, 8-3; McVicker def. Manning, 8-2; Fulkerson def. Manning, 8-0; Manning def. Bhakta, 8-4

DOUBLES

1—Isaak Bowman/Hayden Carrillo, Derby def. Jackson Davis/Adam Everett, Winfield, 8-2

3—Justin Franz/Otis Musser, Newton def. Alex Berger/Bryson Archer, McR, 8-0

5—Andrew Schrage/Isaac Harper, SS def. Jackson Palmer/Matt Norton, Winfield, 8-6

7—Hunter Mendez/Viggo McHenry, McW def. Owen Neighbors/Charlie Krug, McR, 8-4

9—Kaiden Bunger/Henry Fitzthum, Hays def. Carson Riat/Jack Scoby, Hays, 8-1

11—Reid Golubski/Luke Stenzel, Newton def. Evan Clark/Coen Sowden, Derby, 8-1

13—Brodie Garnett/Dylan Norris, SS def. Kaden Deines/Cameron Harbough, GB, 8-2

15—Marco Castanon/Jacob Parks, GB def. Aiden Wheaton/Ethan Harrington, McW, 8-6

Franz/Musser def. Deines/Harbough, 8-0; Bunger/Fitzthum def. Deines/Harbough, 8-0; Deines/Harbough def. def. Castonon-Parks, 8-7 (7-1); Bowman/Carrillo def. Castonon-Parks, 8-0; Golubski/Stenzel def. Castonon-Parks, 8-0