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Prep Boys Tennis: Altoona Sends 2 Doubles Teams To State For first Time Since 2015 

Confronting a unit they'd effectively tumbled to this season, things might have soured rapidly for Jack Ives and Ryan Chmelik when they fell behind right on time. 

The Altoona No. 2 pairs group dropped the principal set of their sectional last to Aquinas' Nathan Koch and Ethan Schamberger 6-3 on Wednesday. They'd effectively lost to the pair right off the bat in the spring, and things weren't turning upward. 

Ives and Chmelik arranged things at the most ideal time. They traveled to a 6-2 success in the subsequent set to constrain a sudden death round, and secured a sectional title by winning it 10-6. 

"At the point when they lost that originally set, I was somewhat apprehensive," Altoona mentor Michael Barr saiad. "I resembled, 'We should not have a rehash of last time.' But they returned. They play incredible when they're feeling better, so when they play good they play truly well. It was a genuine nail-biter, however they overcame eventually, which I was content with." 

As it should be. With the triumph, Altoona secured a subsequent duplicates group's compartment to the Division 2 state competition. The Rails' No. 1 couple of Ty Rondestvedt and Dan Harris had effectively punched their ticket before in the day. 

With the two sets state-bound, it's the first run through since 2015 that the Rails will have two pairs went to state. 

"It's been a short time since that is occurred, so that was an extraordinary reward for now," Barr said. "The way that we have four children going to express, that is extraordinary. We haven't had that in six years."  메이저사이트

Altoona has sent in any event one copies group to state in each season since 2010, however getting two there is uncommon. This is only the subsequent time they've done it somewhat recently. 

Rondestvedt and Harris required second in the No. 1 pairs flight, arriving at the title prior to tumbling to Aquinas' Garrett Butler and Seth Capelli 7-5, 6-0. They cleared groups from West Salem and Baldwin-Woodville in straight sets to arrive. 

"They had some great successes, and Aquinas certainly has the best No. 1 copies group here so I realized that one would be a test," Barr said. "Our folks lost, yet they gave it their everything and contended energetically so I'm content with how they did. They've truly gelled this season." 

Regis will likewise send an unforeseen to the state competition. Singles player Alex Erickson qualified for state by beating Amery's Luke Julson 6-4, 1-6, 13-11 in the first round of the No. 1 flight. He completed third in the flight, beating Medford's Logan Searles 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in the third-place match. 

The success over Julson was a feature for Erickson. Julson hadn't dropped a set throughout the season prior to playing the Regis sophomore. 

"He's a child that simply battles for each point," Regis mentor Kyle Seyer said. "He won't abandon anything. He keeps a quiet head and is balanced out there. He played as long as he could and allowed himself an opportunity. He's sort of cresting at the opportune time." 

The Ramblers' duplicates team of Anderson Lowry and Jack Merrick will join Erickson at state. They crushed Osceola's Travis Jennings and Jackson Dvorak in straight sets in the first round to punch their ticket. 

The two played an Aquinas juggernaut as Garrett Butler and Seth Capelli in the elimination rounds, falling 7-5, 6-1. They proceeded to take third spot in the No. 1 flight. 

"They did extraordinary," Seyer said. "They did what needed to be done. They played some extraordinary tennis against Aquinas. They presumably played their best tennis of the year in that initially set, yet ran out of steam. Ideally they can carry on their force over at state." 

This is the first run through Regis has gotten both a singles player and pairs team to state since 2017. 

"It's great,"Seyer said. "Truly I'm only glad for the children, having the chance to state is a major achievement." 

Baldwin-Woodville's pairs group of Sam Sykora and Caleb Lokker is likewise state-bound. They took fourth spot in the No. 1 trip on Wednesday. 

Aquinas won the group sectional title, holding off Medford in a sudden death round. Regis took third and Altoona set fourth. 

The Division 2 individual state competition is set for June 17-19 at Sports Core in Kohler.