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Posey County Sports
Vikings claim third straight Invite title, Wildcats are second
By Steve Joos
It was, for the most part, a good week for the Mount Vernon boys’ tennis
team. But on Saturday, it was an even better day for North Posey as they
kept their perfect season intact and easily outdistanced the field to claim
their third straight Washington Tennis Invitational title.
Posey County was well represented at the tournament as North Posey claimed
first place in four of the five spots to finish with 54 points. Mount Vernon
was second in the 8-team field with 36 points. Evansville Central was third
with 27 while Evansville Mater Dei and Washington tied with 17 points
apiece. Linton was next with 13 points while Boonville had nine and
Washington Catholic had two.
Actually, it was a very good week for Mount Vernon, except for Wednesday’s
match with the visiting Castle Knights.
The Knights topped Mount Vernon 4-1, putting a damper on a stretch where the
Wildcats blanked Princeton 5-0 Thursday night on the road and reversed that
4-1 count in a win over Harrison Tuesday in Evansville.
The Cats had things pretty much under control in Princeton, as they took all
five spots in straight sets. Seth Reeves had some trouble at third singles,
but he stopped the Tigers’ Matt Hughes 6-3, 6-3. Layton Hopper and Curt
Crabtree also faced a competitive match at second doubles, but still came
away with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Justin Simmons and Blade Stevens.
At first doubles, Jacob Steinhart and Riley Oberle capped an undefeated week
with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Princeton’s Alex Holder and Jerry Scott. The top
two singles spots were taken by Jevin Redman, 6-1, 6-1 over Cody Deffendoll
at first singles and Ross Canada 6-2, 6-0 over Robbie Merrill at second.
Canada stretched Neil Jairath to three sets before losing at second singles
6-2, 3-6, 6-2, and Redman came close at first singles, but fell to Brandon
Davies 6-2, 6-4. Castle easily took the other spots, as Robert Cooke won
6-1, 6-0 at third singles and the second doubles combo of Saraub Cauhdry and
Alex Gurtcheff posted s similar score in beating Hopper and Crabtree at
second doubles.
Steinhart and Oberle, the team’s two seniors, were also the lone bright spot
when Castle came calling on Wednesday. The first double combo posted a 7-5,
7-6(7-3) win to give Mount Vernon one spot against the Knights by beating
Brandon Bauer and Jake Geobel.
Against Castle, Sheffer lost to Isaac Alleg 6-3, 6-3, Higgins fell to Gustav
Cauhdry 6-4, 6-3 and the doubles combo of Andrew Gill and Luke Lowry topped
Rynkiewich and Clark 6-0, 6-0.
The Wildcats started their week by taking the top four spots against
Harrison.
Redman topped Mitchell Baker 6-1, 6-1, Canada beat Eric Briedle 6-1, 6-3,
and Reeves was a7 -5, 6-0 winner over Dustin Bachynski as the Cats swept the
singles spots, while Steinhart and Oberle took care of Alex Estill and Ryan
Griggs 6-1, 6-3 at first doubles.
Jake Graham and Logan Marshall salvaged one spot for the Warriors with a
6-3, 6-3 victory over Crabtree and Hopper.
The reserves went 2-1 on the week as well, beating Princeton 4-0, and
Harrison 3-0, Todd Sheffer and Andrew Higgins won the doubles match 8-0,
then Sheffer came back to claim an 8-0 win at singles. Jacob Rynkiewich and
Michael Clark were 8-2 winners at the other doubles spot.
The Wildcat reserves started out by blanking Harrison, with Sheffer posting
a 8-0 win over Cooper Ware and Higgins an 8-6 winner over Ware. Rynkiewich
and Clark topped John Washorski and Roger Wellhausen 6-1.7-5.
