WEST FARGO — The first day of the Eastern Dakota Conference boys tennis individual tournament wrapped up Friday.
In the singles quarterfinals, No. 1 Julian Mallory from Grand Forks Red River defeated No. 8 Nicholas Angus from West Fargo Sheyenne 6-2, 6-2. No. 5 Leighton Heick from West Fargo Sheyenne defeated No. 4 Thor Cameron from Fargo Davies 6-4, 6-0.
No. 3 Brandt Aslakson from Sheyenne topped No. 6 Watson Nagel from Wahpeton 6-3, 6-1. No. 2 Joshua Wilkinson from Fargo South knocked off No. 7 Max Mecham from Grand Forks Red River 6-4, 6-3.
Fargo South tennis player Joshua Wilkinson hits a return against Bonsa Leema of Grand Forks Central in a match during the East Region Boys Individual Tournament on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Horizon Middle School in south Fargo.
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Mallory and Angus will square off, and Aslakson and Wilkinson will battle in the singles tournament semifinals at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Courts Plus in Fargo.
In the doubles quarterfinals, No. 1-ranked Jason Ling and Rylan Spicer from Grand Forks Central defeated No. 8 Brandt Bikic and Tyler Duffy from Sheyenne 6-1, 6-2.
Fargo North tennis player John Bourke hits a shot against Carter Deyle of West Fargo during the first round of the East Region Boys Individual Tournament on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Horizon Middle School in south Fargo.
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No. 5 Carson Peterson and Jordan Clemenson from Sheyenne topped No. 4 Breckun Metcalf and Chase Johnson from Davies 6-4, 6-4.
No. 3 Alex Comings and Garnett Anderson from Wahpeton won 7-6(4), 7-5 over No. 6 Brady Fee and Kasen Panzer from Central.
No. 2 Arnav Panwalkar and Drew Burris from North defeated Red River’s Max McDonald and Gabe Schauer 6-1, 6-4.
Ling-Spicer and Peterson-Clemenson, and Comings-Anderson and Panwalkar-Burris will meet in the semifinals at 9 a.m. Saturday at Courts Plus.
Fargo Davies tennis player Thor Cameron returns a shot against Noah Tulp of Valley City on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, during the East Region Boys Individual Tournament at Sheyenne High School.
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Grand Forks Red River tennis player Max Mecham stretches to return a shot in a match against his teammate Kevin Martinez during the East Region Boys Individual Tournament on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Horizon Middle School in south Fargo.
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West Fargo Sheyenne tennis player Brandt Aslakson gets in position to return a shot in a match during the East Region Boys Individual Tournament on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Horizon Middle School in south Fargo.
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