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Tennis teams find success

Both the Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker high school boys tennis teams won Big Eight Conference openers Tuesday night.

n Craig 4, Sun Prairie 3—Winning a tiebreaker in the first set of the No. 1 doubles meet helped the Cougars edge past visiting Sun Prairie.

Steve Mickelson and Ben Tanko broke serve, and then closed out Matt Montgomery and Alex Grencik, 7-5, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.

“If that doesn’t go our way, who knows?” said Craig coach Gary Hallowell.

Stewart Winter and Derek Masters provided wins for Craig at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Adam Voskuill and Ben Dorscheid recorded the Cougars’ other victory at No. 2 doubles.

“We’re real, real young,” Hallowell said. “Masters is a freshman, and he came through.

“We watched a tape on mental toughness instead of practicing (Monday), and we came out with a lot of confidence. I think that really helped us.”

The Cougars will be at home next Tuesday against Beloit Memorial.

CRAIG 4, SUN PRAIRIE 3

Singles—Stewart Winter (JC) def. Tilo Buergel, 6-3, 6-1; Kyle Gosdeck (SP) def. Joel Neher, 6-3, 6-3; Derek Masters (JC) def. Kenny Boals, 6-1, 6-3; Andrew Reindl (SP) def. Andrew Krebs, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles—Steve Mickelson-Ben Tanko (JC) def. Matt Montgomery-Alex Grencik, 7-5, 6-0; Adam Voskuill-Ben Dorscheid (JC) def. Brian Smith-Tyson Hartman, 6-2, 6-3; Dan White-Chet Pohlman (SP) def. Brandon Stottler-Mo McCrone, 6-1, 6-1.

Junior varsity—Sun Prairie 7, Craig 0.

Parker downs Beloit

n Parker 5, Beloit 2—Janesville Parker High School washed a bad taste out its mouth after posting a 5-2 victory over Beloit in a Big Eight Conference boys tennis opener here Tuesday.

The Vikings lost 4-3 to Fort Atkinson last Saturday, costing them the Fort Atkinson quadranglar title.

“We bounced back from that 4-3 loss,” said Parker coach Mike Fuhrmann. “We came out hungry.’’

Parker swept the singles matches to get the ball rolling.

“We played well,” Fuhrmann said. “The singles set the tone.’’

Parker will host the Parker Quadrangular this Friday afternoon.

PARKER 5, BELOIT 2

Singles—Nick Gilbank (JP) def. Jake Boutelle, 6-3,. 6-4; Jason Knutson (JP) def. Robbie Goodwin, 6-2. 6-0; Matt Knutson (JP) Perry Campbell, 6-3. 6-4; Ethan Zillmer (JP) def. Ben Goodwin, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles—Mike Weiss-Nick Steinke (B) def. Dylan Peyer-Jeff Beighley, 6-1, 6-3. Jake Lewis-Ian Weiland (JP) def. David Scauanagh-Jason Maldoris, 6-4, 6-1. Chris Witting-Dan Luebke (B) def. Zach Atkins-cody Thompson, 6-1, 6-1.

Junior varsity—Parker 7, Beloit 0