Aberdeen Central crowned a champion at sixth flight singles and added a pair of third place finishes in singles to its collection. The Golden Eagles finished fourth at the Eastern South Dakota Conference boys' tennis championships on Friday with 129 points. Watertown swept to first place with 386 points. The Arrow singles champions were Jordan Feige at number one singles, Tanner Heiser at number two and Tommy Nealon at number four.
"We had a really good day," said Central boys' tennis coach Trent Kurtz. "We had a great first half of the day (singles). We didn't play doubles up to what we're capable of. Finishing fourth was a good day for us."
Jesse Margolies, an Aberdeen seventh-grader, turned a fourth seed into a championship at sixth flight singles. He defeated Patrick Bollinger of Pierre 10-4 in the first round before knocking off the number one seed, Brenden Lehr of Mitchell, 10-8 in a semifinal match. Lucas Mutschelknaus of Brandon Valley lost 10-8 to Margolies in the title match.
"In the semifinals, Jesse beat a Mitchell kid (Lehr) that had only lost once all year. The Mitchell kid beat up on Jesse pretty good earlier in the year. He beat a Brandon Valley kid (Mutschelknaus). Both matches were tied at 8-8 and Jesse broke serve to win in both matches. It's tough to win an ESD championship in any flight especially for Jesse in his first year of high school tennis. It was fun to watch," said Kurtz.
The Golden Eagles captured back-to-back third placings at number four and five singles.
Dillon Prissel beat a Brookings player in the opening round and lost in a semifinal match at flight four. He topped Mitchell Hanson of Pierre 8-5 for third place.
Alex Grandbois followed the same path at flight five. He followed up an opening round win over a Brookings player with a semifinal loss. He came back to defeat Peyton Jones of Pierre 8-1 for third place.
"We've been strong in the lower flights all year," said Kurtz. "Dillon and Alex played well. They both would have liked another shot at their semifinal opponents. It's tough when you're hoping to win the tournament and then lose in a semifinal. It's hard to come back."
Joey Crompton earned a fourth place finish at number two singles and Adam Zimmerman was fifth at number three.
An opening round 10-7 win by Aaron Lorenz and Crompton at number one doubles proved key in the final point standings. They trailed a Brookings team 5-1 but rallied for a win.
"That was a huge win," said Kurtz. "What sealed fourth for us was at number two doubles. In the consolation championship, Adam and Alex came back and beat a Brandon Valley team. If Brandon would have won that match, that would have finished ahead of us."
The Golden Eagles complete the season at the state tournament in Sioux Falls and Brandon on May 16-18.
Friday at Hillcrest Tennis Courts
Team Points: Watertown 386, Mitchell 266, Pierre 171, Aberdeen Central 129, Brandon Valley 119, Yankton 107, Huron 37, Brookings 13.
SINGLES
First Flight
First Round
Billy Trevillyan, BV, def. Baylor Dobbs, B, 10-1; Nathan Ellenbecker, P, def. Luke Rockne, Y, 10-5; Jacob Cersosimo, M, def. Aaron Lorenz, AC,, 10-5; Jordan Feige, W, def. Logan Meyer, H, 10-1.
Championship Semifinal
Trevillyan, BV, def. Ellenbecker, P, 10-5; Feige, W, def. Cersosimo, M, 10-0.
Consolation Semifinal
Rockne, Y, def. Dobbs, B, 8-1; Meyer, H, def. Lorenz, AC, 8-6.
Championship
Feige, W, def. Trevillyan, BV, 10-3.
Third Place
Ellenbecker, P, def. Cersosimo, M, 8-3.
Fifth Place
Rockne, Y, def. Meyer, H, 8-0.
Second Flight
First Round
Tanner Heiser, W, def. Vlad Chilom, B, 10-2; Joey Crompton, AC, def. Drake Van Edgom, BV, 11-9; Colin Claeys, H, def. Connor Shoop, P, 10-2; Beau Brown, M, def. Ben Jensen, Y, 10-0.
Championship Semifinal
Heiser, W, def. Crompton, AC, 10-7; Brown, M, def. Claeys, H, 10-4.
Consolation Semifinal
Van Egdorn, BV, def. Chilom, B, 8-3; Shoop, P, def. Jensen, Y, 8-4.
Championship
Heiser, W, def. Brown, M, 10-5.
Third Place
Claeys, H, def. Crompton, AC, 8-0.
Fifth Place
Shoop, P, def. Van Egdorn, BV, 8-3.
Third Flight
First Round
Mark Despiegler, W, def. Nathan Mutschelknaus, BV, 10-0; Brandon Frick, Y, def. Adam Zimmerman, AC, 10-6; Kanin Nelson, M, def. Andrew Crawford, B, 10-1; Brandon Vockrodt, P, def. Christian Olson, H, 10-3.
Championship Semifinal
Despiegler, W, def. Frick, Y, 10-0; Nelson, M, def. Vockrodt, P, 10-2.
Consolation Semifinal
Zimmerman, AC, def. Mutschelknaus, BV, 8-2; Olson, H, def. Crawford, B, 8-4.
Championship
Nelson, M, def. Despiegler, 10-5.
Third Place
Vockrodt, P, def. Frick, Y, 8-1.
Fifth Place
Zimmerman, AC, def. Olson, H, 8-4.
Fourth Flight
First Round
Tommy Nealon, W, def. Austin Sadler, BV, 10-2; Mitchell Hanson, P, def. Devon Carroll, H, 10-3; Tate Crago, M, def. Jason Shindler, Y, 10-6; Dillon Prissel, AC, def. Shannon Manson, B, 10-2.
Championship Semifinal
Nealon, W, def. Hanson, P, 10-3; Crago, M, def. Prissel, AC, 10-2.
Consolation Semifinal
Sadler, BV, def. Carroll, H, 8-4; Shindler, Y, def. Manson, B, 8-4.
Championship
Nealon, W, def. Crago, M, 10-5.
Third Place
Prissel, AC, def. Hanson, P, 8-5.
Fifth Place
Shindler, Y, def. Sadler, BV, 8-0.
Fifth Flight
First Round
Alex Hegg, M, def. John Fanta, Y, 10-1; Peyton Jones, P, def. Cooper Baltzer, BV, 10-6; Alex Grandbois, AC, def. Jeremy Shaffer, B, 10-6; Austin Vanderweide, W, def. Blake Meyer, H, 10-0.
Championship Semifinal
Hegg, M, def. Jones, P, 10-2; Vanderweide, W, def. Grandbois, AC, 10-3.
Consolation Semifinal
Baltzer, BV, def. Fanta, Y, 8-0; Shaffer, B, def. Meyer, H, 9-8 (10-3).
Championship
Hegg, M, def. Vanderweide, W, 11-10 (10-7).
Third Place
Grandbois, AC, def. Jones, P, 8-1.
Fifth Place
Baltzer, BV, def. Shaffer, B, 8-5.
Sixth Flight
First Round
Brenden Lehr, M, def. Paul Fanta, Y, 10-1; Jesse Margolies, AC, def. Patrick Bollinger, P, 10-4; Matt Gauger, W, def. Nick Bien, B, 10-3; Lucas Mutschelknaus, BV, def. Matt Johnson, H, 10-2.
Championship Semifinal
Margolies, AC, def. Lehr, M, 10-8; Mutschelknaus, BV, def. Gauger, W, 10-6.
Consolation Semifinal
Bollinger, P, def. Fanta, Y, 8-0; Bien, B, def. Johnson, H, 8-6.
Championship
Margolies, AC, def. Mutschelknaus, BV, 10-8.
Third Place
Lehr, M, def. Gauger, W, 8-6.
Fifth Place
Bollinger, P, def. Bien, B, 8-6.
DOUBLES
First Flight
First Round
Jordan Feige/Tanner Heiser, W, def. Logan Meyer/Colin Claeys, H, 10-0; Luke Rockne/Paul Fanta, Y, def. Jacob Cersosimo/Tate Crago, M, 10-7; Aaron Lorenz/Joey Crompton, AC, def. Baylor Dobbs/Vlad Chilom, B, 10-7; Nathan Ellenbecker/Mitchell Hanson, P, def. Billy Trevillyan/Austin Sadler, BV, 10-3.
Championship Semifinal
Feige/Heiser, W, def. Rockne/Fanta, Y, 10-2; Ellenbecker/Hanson, P, def. Lorenz/Crompton, AC, 10-6.
Consolation Semifinal
Cersosimo/Crago, M, def. Meyer/Chase, H, 8-6; Trevillyan/Sadler, BV, def. Dobbs/Chilom, B, 10-1.
Championship
Feige/Heiser, W, def. Ellenbecker/Hanson, P, 10-6.
Third Place
Rockne/Fanta, Y, def. Lorenz/Crompton, AC, 8-5.
Fifth Place
Trevillyan/Sadler, BV, def. Cersosimo/Crago, M, 8-6.
Second Flight
First Round
Mark Despiegler/Tommy Nealon, W, def. Andrew Crawford/Nick Bien, B, 10-1; Ben Jensen/Brandon Frick, Y, def. Tanner Wehrkamp/Drake Van Egdon, BV, 10-6; Beau Brown/Kanin Nelson, M, def. Christian Olson/Logan Meyer, H, 10-4; Connor Shoop/Brandon Vockrodt, P, def. Adam Zimmerman/Alex Grandbois, AC, 10-3.
Championship Semifinal
Despiegler/Nealon, W, def. Jensen/Frick, Y, 10-0; Brown/Nelson, M, def. Shoop/Vockrodt, P, 10-6.
Consolation Semifinal
Wehrkamp/Van Egdom, BV, def. Crawford/Bien, 8-5; Zimmerman/Grandbois, AC, def. Olson/Meyer, H, 8-5.
Championship
Despiegler/Nealon, W, def. Brown/Nelson, M, 10-7.
Third Place
Shoop/Vockrodt, P, def. Jensen/Frick, Y, 8-5.
Fifth Place
Zimmerman/Grandbois, AC, def. Wehrkamp/Van Egdom, BV, 8-6.
Third Flight
First Round
Alex Hegg/Brenden Lehr, M, def. Patrick Bollinger/Colton Shoop, P, 10-5; Jason Shindler/John Fanta, Y, def. Dillon Prissel/Jesse Margolies, AC, 10-10 (10-8); Cooper Baltzer/Nathan Mutschelknaus, BV, def. Devon Carroll/Tyler Sterret, H, 10-2; Austin Vanderweide/Matt Gauger, W, def. Jeremy Shaffer/Shannon Manson, B, 10-2.
Championship Semifinal
Hegg/Lehr, M, def. Shindler/Fanta, Y, 11-9; Vanderweide/Gauger, W, def. Baltzer/Mutschelknaus, BV, 10-8.
Consolation Semifinal
Bollinger/Shoop, P, def. Prissel/Margolies, AC, 8-6; Shaffer/Manson, B, def. Carroll/Sterret, H, 8-4.
Championship
Hegg/Lehr, M, def. Vanderweide/Gauger, W, 10-4.
Third Place
Baltzer/Mutschelknaus, BV, def. Shindler/Fanta, Y, 8-2.
Fifth Place
Shaffer/Manson, B, def. Bollinger/Shoop, P, 9-8 (10-8).