The Bulldog boys tennis team captured two wins and lost one this past week to improve to 12-6 heading into their final Granite Ridge Conference meet this weekend.

 

 

Last Friday, (Hokan) Bengtson’s boys battled hard against a great team from Duluth East, only to fall by one match at home.

 

“Great matches all over the court today,” said Bengtson.  “We competed really well at #3 doubles, #3 singles and of course #1 singles.  Those guys are getting better and continually improving.”  

 

Duluth was 12-1 coming in to the match, so it was a good showing by Hokan’s boys.

 

 

No. 1 - Jacob Lukkarila (BB) defeated E.j. Hietala (DE), 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 - David Holliday (DE) defeated Brady Gruenhagen (BB), 6-1, 7-5; No. 3 - Luke Bordson (BB) defeated Ty Kruger (DE), 6-4, 2-6, 10-5; No. 4 - Dane Patten (DE) defeated Zach Bengtson (BB), 6-1, 6-2.

 

 

No. 1 - Nolan Humphreys and Michael Sutherland (DE) defeated Aiden Persons and Ryan Bengston (BB), 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 - Lucas Goetzman and Dane Patten (DE) defeated Eli Scheideman and  Caden Elliott (BB), 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 - Wyatt Hiltner and  Isaac Boyer (BB) defeated Vinny Berarducci and Tristan Bombardieri (DE), 7-6 (5), 0-6, 10-8.

 

 

Tuesday, Becker hosted Aitkin and came away with a near sweep over the Gobblers.

 

“This was our final (head-to-head) Granite Ridge Conference match of the year,” said Becker’s head coach.  “We played well at many spots and are beginning to gel as we head into playoffs.”

 

Singles:

 

No. 1 - Jacob Lukkarila (BB) defeated Joel Fremling (AG), 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 - Brady Gruenhagen (BB) defeated Nathan Rom (AG), 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 - Luke Bordson (BB) defeated Owen Hagen (AG), 6-1, 6-2; No. 4 - Zach Bengtson (BB) defeated Ben Harris (AG), 6-1, 6-2.

 

 

No. 1 - Nathan Hagestuen and James Much (AG) defeated Ryan Bengston and Aiden Persons (BB), 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 - Caden Elliott and Eli Scheideman (BB) defeated Johnny Ryan and Seth Watts (AG), 6-4, 6-1; No. 3 - Wyatt Hiltner and Isaac Boyer (BB) defeated Payton Berg and Josh Hagestuen (AG), 6-1, 6-2.

 

 

Becker had a great final match of the regular season at home Thursday, competing really well and playing some excellent competition from a quality Anoka team.  The Tornadoes were 10-4 coming into the match after playing in a tough North Suburban conference.

 

Lukkarila finished the regular season undefeated at 18-0 and will most likely be the #1 seed heading into the Section 8AA Tournament next week.

 

 

No. 1 - Jacob Lukkarila (BB) defeated Joel Wagner (AT), 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 - Brady Gruenhagen (BB) defeated Matt Orr (AT), 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 - Luke Bordson (BB) defeated John Wise (AT), 6-2, 6-1; No. 4 - Hunter Ling (AT) defeated Zach Bengtson (BB), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

 

 

No. 1 - Ryan Bengston  and Aiden Persons (BB) defeated Quinlin Putt and Wyatt Maloney (AT), 7-6 (4), 6-1; No. 2 - Josiah Ahlquist and Ben Terzich (AT) defeated Eli Scheideman and Caden Elliott (BB), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; No. 3 - Isaac Boyer and Wyatt Hiltner (BB) defeated Blake Torgerson and Cole Kellar (AT), 6-2, 6-4.

 

 

The boys travel to Foley today (Saturday) to play in the GRC meet before Section 8AA playoffs are held May 17-24.