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Ellsworth wins Larned tennis title
Larneds Andrew Bright reaches for an overhead shot.


LARNED – Ellsworth enjoyed a perfect day on a perfect 80-degree afternoon while sweeping 12 matches to win the Larned Tennis Invitational with 30 points.

Ellsworth’s No. 1 singles Joey Oberle, No. 2 singles Parrish Blanding, No. 1 doubles Alex Maxwell-Dalton Zelenka and No. 2 doubles Brandon Kerr-Caden Whetzel all finished with 3-0 records.

Runners-up were Larned’s No. 1 singles Dalton Penka, Ellinwood’s No. 2 singles Caleb Robl, Larned’s No. 1 doubles Andrew Bright-Logan DeMond and Larned’s No. 2 doubles Britton Herrman-Joseph Theis.

LARNED INVITATIONAL

TEAM TOTALS—1—Ellsworth 30; 2—Larned 18; 3—Ellinwood 10; 4—Pratt 2

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Joey Oberle, Ells, 3-0; 2—Dalton Penka, L, 2-1; 3—Keaton Robl, Ellinwood, 1-2; 4—Chase Folkerts, P, 0-3; Oberle def. Penka, 7-1; Oberle def. Robl, 7-0; Penka def. Robl, 7-2; Penka def. Folkerts, 7-1; Robl def. Folkerts, 7-3

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Parrish Blanding, Ells, 3-0; 2—Caleb Robl, Ellinwood, 2-1; 3—Trevor Coulson, L,  1-2; 4—Kale Wilson, P, 0-3; Blanding def. Robl, 7-0; Blanding def. Coulson, 7-1; Robl def. Coulson, 7-2; Robl def. Wilson, 7-0; Coulson def. Wilson, 7-2

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Alex Maxwell-Dalton Zelenka, Ells, 3-0; 2—Andrew Bright-Logan DeMond, L, 2-1; 3—Caleb Bookout-Brooke Degenhardt, Ellinwood, 1-2; 4—Caden Donnenwald-Jacob Bricks, P, 0-3; Ellsworth def. Larned, 7-3; Ellsworth def. Ellinwood, 7-5; Larned def. Ellinwood, 7-4; Larned def. Pratt, 7-4; Ellinwood def. Pratt, 7-3

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Brandon Kerr-Caden Whetzel, Ells, 3-0; 2—Britton Herrman-Joseph Theis, L, 2-1; 3—Luis Garcia-Jimenez-Hogan Thompson, P, 1-2; 4—Landon Robl-Nathan Ringwald, Ellinwood, 0-3; Ellsworth def. Larned, 7-1; Ellsworth def. Ellinwood, 7-2; Larned def. Ellinwood, 7-4; Larned def. Pratt, 7-5; Pratt def. Ellinwood, 7-1