• Tennis team wins seven matches to help coach reach milestone

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team is off to a 9-0 start after winning seven matches last week.  The Lakers had opened up the season with a pair of matches at an indoor meet at Fargo, March 28, but the Lakers had all 5-2 and 7-0 scores last week in winning seven more.

The Lakers earned two wins over Fergus Falls (7-0) and YME (7-0) during a home triangular last Tuesday and then earned a 5-2 win at Benson-KMS, Thursday

On Friday, the Lakers won two more over Perham (5-2) and Crookston (5-2) during another home triangular, Friday, and Minnewaska Area closed out the week with another pair of wins at a triangular at Fargo, beating Moorhead (7-0) and East Grand Forks (5-2).  A recap of the Saturday triangular will appear next week.

During the two wins at home, Friday, head coach Tara Reichmann earned her 500th career coaching victory.  She is an unofficial 502-276 after the two wins, Saturday, after coaching girls tennis for 24 seasons and boys tennis for over 21 years.

“I’ve been lucky to have coached so many great players and teams over the years,” coach Reichmann said.  “Although this an accomplishment I’m proud of, I think it’s more about longevity than anything else along with the fact that I’ve been blessed to have had so many great players that I’ve been able to coach.”

Through the first seven matches, the Lakers have five players that are still undefeated as Tenzin Dahl, Marshall Kopp and Landon Schiffler are all 7-0 for the Lakers, while Xavier Johnson is 6-0 and Carter LeClair is 5-0.

This week, the pace of the schedule doesn’t slow down much as the Lakers were set to compete in a triangular at St. Cloud Tech, Monday, host Lac qui Parle-DB, Tuesday (tomorrow) and play a WCC match at MACCRAY, Thursday.

At home triangular #1

The Lakers hosted a triangular with Fergus Falls and YME last Tuesday, winning both matches by 7-0 scores.

Against Fergus Falls, the Lakers gave up just 13 total games and against the Sting, Minnewaska allowed only 10 games against the visitors.

Connor Quelle led the sweep against the Otters, winning 6-0, 6-0 at first singles, while Tenzin Dahl won easily at second singles (6-1, 6-0), Riley Thorfinnson prevailed at third singles (6-0, 6-1) and Carson Beyer won in straight sets at fourth singles (6-0, 6-2).

The Lakers had a little more difficulty in doubles as Drew Bleick and Carter LeClair teamed up for a 6-2, 6-1 victory at first doubles, Marshall Kopp and Landon Schiffler earned a 6-2, 6-3 win at second doubles and Xavier Johnson and Tyler Kohn prevailed 6-1, 6-0 at third doubles.

•  Things went even easier against the Sting, which was also the first conference match of the season.

Quelle (6-0, 6-1), Dahl (6-0, 6-1), Thorfinnson (6-3, 6-0) and Beyer (6-1, 6-4) gave up just 10 total games in sweeping the four singles’ matches and the Lakers also shut out their opponents in all three doubles’ matches.

Earning 6-0, 6-0 victories for the Lakers in doubles against YME were Bleick and LeClair at first doubles, Kopp and Schiffler at second doubles and Johnson and Kohn at third doubles.

Waska 5, Benson-KMS 2

The Lakers won the conference opener over Benson-KMS, 5-2, Thursday afternoon.  Minnewaska picked up two wins in singles by Connor Quelle at first singles (6-3, 6-2) and Tenzin Dahl at second singles (6-3, 6-2) and also swept the three doubles’ matches for three more points.

Drew Bleick and Carter LeClair had little trouble in winning 6-0, 6-0 at first doubles, while Marshall Kopp and Landon Schiffler stayed unbeaten for the season with a 6-1, 6-0 win at second doubles, and Xavier Johnson and Tyler Kohn earned a 6-1, 6-4 victory at third doubles.

At home triangular #2

The Lakers stayed perfect at 7-0 for the season with wins over Perham (5-2) and Crookston (5-2) at another home triangular, Friday.

The two wins also gave head coach Tara Reichmann her 500th career coaching victory.  She coached boys tennis at Rochester for three seasons before coaching 24 years of girls tennis and in her 19th season of boys tennis at Minnewaska Area High School.

Against Perham, Connor Quelle (6-4, 6-1) and Tenzin Dahl (6-0, 6-0) gave the Lakers two wins at first and second singles and Minnewaska Area also swept doubles.

Drew Bleick and Carter LeClair blanked their opponents at first doubles and Marshall Kopp and Landon Schiffler also blanked their opponents at second doubles, while Tyler Kohn and Carlson picked up the fifth point with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at third doubles.

•  The Lakers earned three singles’ points during the 5-2 win over Crookston.  Dahl won 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreaker at second singles, Bleick won 6-0, 6-0 at third singles and LeClair won by a sweep at fourth.  

In doubles, the Lakers earned two wins by Kopp and Schiffler at second doubles (6-3, 6-0) and by Xavier Johnson and Beyer at third doubles (6-3, 6-2).

Waska triangular #1

at Waska 7, Fer Falls 0

SINGLES results:  

(1)  Connor Quelle, Min def Ben Koch 6-0, 6-0  (2) Tenzin Dahl, Min def Leo Scheirer 6-1, 6-0  (3) Riley Thorfinnson, Min def William Nuss 6-0, 6-1  (4) Carson Beyer, Min def William Vaughn 6-0, 6-2

DOUBLES results:  

(1)  Drew Bleick-Carter LeClair, Min def Jackson Lysne-Jose Rodriguez 6-2, 6-1  (2) Marshall Kopp-Landon Schiffler, Min def Trey Smith-Lance Johnson 6-2, 6-3  (3) Tyler Kohn-Xavier Johnson, Min def Lucas Weber-Gus Krohn 6-1, 6-0

at Minnewaska 7, YME 0

SINGLES results:  

(1)  Connor Quelle, Min def Ryan Syring 6-0, 6-1  (2) Tenzin Dahl, Min def Karter Canatsey 6-0, 6-1  (3) Riley Thorfinnson, Min def Liam Hadfield 6-3, 6-0  (4) Carson Beyer, Min def Ryan Brouwer 6-1, 6-4

DOUBLES results:  

(1)  Drew Bleick-Carter LeClair, Min def Cyril Chase-Pendleton-Talmage Hadfield 6-0, 6-0  (2) Marshall Kopp-Landon Schiffler, Min def Enrique Yonez-Hlaing Aung 6-0, 6-0  (3) Xavier Johnson-Tyler Kohn, Min def Adrian Leske-Leonard Rosenau 6-0, 6-0

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Waska 5, at BKMS 2

SINGLES results:  

(1)  Connor Quelle, Min def Blake Brehmer 6-3, 6-2  (2) Tenzin Dahl, Min def Max Young 6-3, 6-2  (3) Alex Carlson, BKMS def Riley Thorfinnson 6-3, 6-3  (4) Harold Habben, BK def Carson Beyer 6-4, 6-2

DOUBLES results:  

(1)  Drew Bleick-Carter LeClair, Min def Isaac Carlson-Logan Schauer 6-0, 6-0  (2) Marshall Kopp-Landon Schiffler, Min def Antoni Grinievin-Brandon Sondag 6-1, 6-0  (3) Xavier Johnson-Tyler Kohn, Min def Carson Petrak-Joey Wilcox 6-1, 6-4

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Waska triangular #2

at Waska 5, Perham 2

SINGLES results:  

(1)  Connor Quelle, Min def Mason Happel 6-4, 6-1  (2) Tenzin Dahl, Min def Brekken Wokasch 6-0, 6-0  (3) Reid Wokasch, Per def Riley Thorfinnson 6-1, 6-1  (4) Maddox Happel, Per def Ethan Klick 6-1, 6-4

DOUBLES results:  

(1)  Drew Bleick-Carter LeClair, Min def Hudson Hackel-Kaleb Frohling 6-0, 6-0  (2) Marshall Kopp-Landon Schiffler, Min def Sam Brown-Michael Stoll 6-0, 6-0  (3) Tyler Kohn-Carson Beyer, Min def Zach Molberg-Ethan Kinn 6-2, 6-2

at Waska 5, Crookston 2

SINGLES results:  

(1)  Isaac Thomforde, Crook def Connor Quelle 6-0, 6-1  (2) Tenzin Dahl, Min def Reggie Winjum 6-4, 3-6, 10-6tb  (3) Drew Bleick, Min def Sam Widseth 6-0, 6-0  (4) Carter LeClair, Min def Alex Zammert 6-0, 6-0

DOUBLES results:  

(1)  Jack Everett-Grant Funk, Crook def Riley Thorfinnson-Tyler Kohn 6-0, 6-1  (2) Marshall Kopp-Landon Schiffler, Min def Gunnar Groven-Caden Boike 6-3, 6-0  (3) Xavier Johnson-Carson Beyer, Min def Tim Brule-Colton Osborn 6-3, 6-2

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