Tigers doubles team finishes fourth at Division 1 sectional

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Marshfield’s No. 1 doubles team of freshman Evan Fait and junior Derek Reckner is moving on to the state tournament after finishing fourth at the WIAA Division 1 boys tennis sectional Wednesday at Stevens Point.

Fait and Reckner won their first match to solidify a spot in the field at the 2016 WIAA State Individual Boys Tennis Tournament in Madison on June 2-4. The duo dropped its final two matches to finish fourth and is now 15-3 this season.

Also competing at the sectional for Marshfield were Sam Haessly (15-12), who finished third at No. 3 singles; Craig Paulman (17-7), who took fourth at No. 4 singles; and the No. 3 doubles team of Isaac Houk and Luke Kaiser (18-6), who ended up fourth.

Marshfield, which won the Tomah subsectional on Monday, ended up third in the team standings with 21 points. Eau Claire Memorial won the team title with 52 points and will compete at the 2016 WIAA State Team Boys Tennis Tournament on June 10-11 in Madison.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

WIAA Division 1 Boys Tennis Sectional

May 25, at Stevens Point Area Senior High

Team scores: *1. Eau Claire Memorial 52; 2. Hudson 40; 3. Marshfield 21; 4. Eau Claire North 16; 5. Tomah 15; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 14; 7. Holmen 13; 8. Onalaska and Stevens Point 12; 10. Menomonie 8; 11. Chippewa Falls, River Falls and La Crosse Central 4; 14. New Richmond 2; 15. Superior 0.

No. 1 singles: *1. Mark Johnson (HUD) 22-0; *2. Logan Pepperl (ECM) 25-8; *3. Jon Peck (SP) 2-1; *4. Dane Steidl (WR) 19-5.

No. 2 singles: *1. Mark Pepperl (ECM) 23-10; 2. Mitch Thompson (HUD) 17-5; 3. Patrick Hefferan (SP) 16-7; 4. Ryan Graczkowski (WR) 16-11.

No. 3 singles: 1. Ken Tanawattanacharoen (ECM) 26-6; 2. Tyler Grosz (HUD) 17-4; 3. Sam Haessly (MAR) 15-12; 4. Peter Schroeder (TOM) 12-13.

No. 4 singles: 1. Joe Delmastro (ECM) 25-1; 2. Luke Holmberg (HUD) 19-3; 3. Noah Nick (TOM) 23-2; 4. Craig Paulman (MAR) 17-7.

No. 1 doubles: *1. Jackson Lindquist-Nick LaPoint (ECN) 15-0; *2. Zach Wolfe-Sohil Brahmbhatt (ECM) 22-10; *3. Nick Havlicek-Ben Havlicek (ON) 7-3; *4. Evan Fait-Derek Reckner (MAR) 15-3.

No. 2 doubles: *1. Luke Nijhawan-Sam Rechek (ECM) 20-9; 2. Jamie Wirth-Toby Haynor (HUD) 17-2; 3. Sam Gelder-Matt Labuzzetts (HOL) 11-3; 4. Michael Kelley-Jacob Parker (TOM) 16-10.

No. 3 doubles: 1. Avery Auleta-Danylo Ripeckyj (ECM) 12-6; 2. Isaac Young-Andre Burgess (HUD) 8-4; 3. Ethan Houskamp-Brandon Schmidt (ON) 17-6; 4. Isaac Houk-Luke Kaiser (MAR) 18-6.

*State tournament qualifier