GREAT BEND — Grant Harris led Great Bend High School's tennis team with a first-place at No. 1 singles at the Great Bend Invitational. Great Bend finished third with 36 points. Harris cruised through a 6-0 record. His closest match was a 8-6 decision over Sterling’s Zach Brashear.
Sterling finished first at No. 2 singles and second at No. 1 singles to finish first with 42 points. Garden City finished second with 37 points.
Playing at No. 2 singles, Great Bend’s Jun Ruh Chan finished second with a 5-1 record. Sterling’s Henry Weiner beat Chan 8-3 for first place.
At No. 1 doubles, the Great Bend tandem of Justin Kuhlman and Daniel Marshall finished sixth with a 2-4 record.
At No. 2 doubles, Great Bend’s Jermaine Lopez and Marcos Cerda placed sixth with a 1-5 record.
Hoisington was paced by runner-up Cameron Davis with a 4-2 record at No. 1 singles. The Cardinals scored 31 points.
Ellinwood’s best finish was recorded by Marc Waite at No. 1 singles with a fourth-place finish of 3-3.
The day-long event featured eight-game pro sets with a three-point tiebreaker.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
Great Bend Invitational
At Great Bend
Saturday
Team scores
1. Sterling 42; 2. Garden City 37; 3. Great Bend 36; 4. Hoisington 31; 5. Dodge City 28; 6. Liberal 21; 7. Ellinwood 15.
Great Bend results
No. 1 singles — 1. Grant Harris, 6-0; No. 2 singles — 2. Jun Ruh Chan, 5-1; No. 2 singles — 6. Santiago Talamantes, 1-5; No. 1 doubles — 6. Justin Kuhlman/Daniel Marshall, 2-4; No. 2 doubles — 6. Jermaine Lopez/Marcos Cerda, 1-5.
Ellinwood results
No. 1 singles — 4. Marc Waite, 3-3; No. 1 doubles — 7. Kyle Jenks/Jacob Kasselman, 0-6; No. 2 doubles — 5. Alex Robl/Tyson Martinez, 2-4.
Hoisington results
No. 1 singles — 2. Cameron Davis, 4-2; No. 2 singles — 6. Jacob Saterlee, 1-5; No. 1 doubles — 4. Evan Smith/Austin McHenry, 3-3; No. 2 doubles — 3. Brennan Knapp/Tagan Brown, 4-2.
Harris captures first place at Great Bend Invitational