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The Marquette Senior High School boys tennis team shows off the championship trophy and medals they earned for winning \u2014 actually sharing with Kingsford \u2014 the Great Northern Conference meet championship on Tuesday in Escanaba. (Tricia Bush photo courtesy Karl Thomsen)<\/p>\n
ESCANABA \u2014 Escanaba was the gracious host, not only showing one team a championship, but actually two of them at the Great Northern Conference boys tennis meet held Tuesday at the Eskymos courts.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because Marquette and Kingsford tied for the team title with 27 points, Escanaba taking third with 17. West Iron County was fourth with 7 while Gladstone had 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe it is the coach in me wanting to see perfection, but I don\u2019t think our guys played their best tennis today.\u201d MSHS head coach Karl Thomsen said in comments included with details of the meet. \u201cI guess the positive is it\u2019s nice to know despite having a lot more to give, we can still walk away with a share of the title against a powerful Kingsford team.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll four of our singles players took the runner-up medal and all four of our boys battled their tails off. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe had some mental lapses in the doubles department, but the positive is that we had three teams (that) dug deep, righted the ship and pulled out GNC championships.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a feeling next Wednesday up in Westwood, the U.P. Championships are going to be an absolute battle.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was referring to the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals in Division 1 to be hosted at 10 a.m. that day by the Patriots and include not only the Sentinels and Flivvers, but also a powerful Negaunee team, along with Westwood, Escanaba and Gladstone.<\/p>\n
At the GNC meet, Marquette pulled out championships at three doubles flights, along with runners-up in each of the other five flights \u2014 No. 1 doubles and all four singles.<\/p>\n
Kingsford, on the other hand, actually won one more flight than the Sentinels, four, capturing three in singles plus the No. 1 doubles title.<\/p>\n
But Marquette made up for it by sweeping second places at every other flight, while the Flivvers finished in third place at No. 4 singles, conceding the extra point they had grabbed with one more title.<\/p>\n
MSHS\u2019s toughest championship came at No. 3 doubles, where Elan Chu and Kane Bush prevailed with a 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) victory in the finals over Kingsford\u2019s Jacob Waara and Richard Waara.<\/p>\n
The Sentinels also won at No. 2 doubles, with Connor Dunn and Bode Helman taking a 6-1, 7-5 triumph over the Flivvers\u2019 Alex Hemgren and Beau Bracket in their finale.<\/p>\n
And Marquette completed its edge in doubles at No. 4, with Billy Krebs and Jack Tiziani taking a 6-1, 6-4 victory over KHS\u2019 Tyler Berglund and Gabe Mancuso in their last match.<\/p>\n
The other doubles flight, No. 1, ended with Kingsford\u2019s Andy Yu and Clark Robb winning 6-3, 6-1 over MSHS\u2019 Winston Leonard and Conner Henry.<\/p>\n
In singles, Marquette ran up against three Flivvers players and an Escanaba netter in the finals, and while the Sentinels didn\u2019t win any of them, they took one of those matches to three sets.<\/p>\n
That was at No. 1 singles, where Kingsford\u2019s Landon Adam held off the MSHS\u2019s Lucas Belkowski 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 for that title.<\/p>\n
At No. 2, the Flivvers\u2019 Isaac Lebouef won 6-3, 6-4 over Marquette\u2019s Brady Janofski, while at No. 3, Kingsford\u2019s Evan Grymes held on for a 6-4, 7-5 win over the Sentinels\u2019 Caden Laurn.<\/p>\n
Then at No. 4, the Eskymos\u2019 Kyle Smith won 6-4, 7-5 over MSHS\u2019 Dominic Camilli in that finale.<\/p>\n
There is one more dual tennis meet involving an area team before next week\u2019s finals \u2014 Munising is set to visit Ishpeming at 2 p.m. today.<\/p>\n
By the way, the Division 2 U.P. Finals are also scheduled for 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday at Kingsford, though it will be hosted by Iron Mountain.<\/p>\n
The Mountaineers will welcome Ishpeming, Gwinn, Munising, Menominee and West Iron County to decide that MHSAA title.<\/p>\n
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email received from Marquette tennis coach Karl Thomsen. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee\u2019s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.<\/p>\n
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