The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team announced its season awards and honors recently.  

Earning All-Conference for the Lakers this spring were Connor Quelle, Tenzin Dahl, Noah Palmer, Carter LeClair and Drew Bleick while Riley Thorfinnson earned recognition on the honorable mention team.

In team awards, Noah Palmer earned the Senior Leadership Award, Tyler Kohn and Drew Bleick were named Most Improved, Tenzin Dahl won the Sportsmanship Award, Marshall Kopp earned the Team Spirit Award and Landon Schiffler was named Rookie of the Year.

Drew Bleick and Carter LeClair both went 19-7 to finish the season with the most wins, while Ethan Klick was named the JV team’s Most Improved Player.

In addition, named to the All-WCC Academic team were Connor Quelle, Tenzin Dahl, Riley Thorfinnson, Drew Bleick, Carter LeClair and Landon Schiffler.

The Lakers finished 11-8 overall and 5-1 in the WCC this spring.  NLS beat the Lakers in a close match at MAHS, 5-2, to win the WCC title with a 6-0 record followed by Minnewaska Area (5-1), Benson-KMS (4-2), Montevideo (3-3), LQP-DB (2-4), MACCRAY-RCW (1-5) and YME (0-6).

The Lakers, coached by Tara Reichmann and Chad Quelle, were seeded fourth in the Section 8A Team Tourney, but fell to fifth-seeded Fergus Falls in the opener, 4-3.

Riley Thorfinnson and Landon Schiffler played in the Section 8A Individual Tourney, losing in the first round of singles, while Connor Quelle, Tenzin Dahl went 1-1 in doubles and Drew Bleick-Carter LeClair went 2-2 in doubles, finishing fourth overall.

Thief River Falls won the Section 8A team title with a 6-1 win over NLS in the finals.

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