Iron Mountain boys tennis edges Kingsford
Mountaineers sweep singles matches for 4-3 triumph
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KINGSFORD -- The Iron Mountain-Kingsford rivalry was renewed in boys tennis Thursday afternoon at the Kingsford High School tennis facility. The Mountaineers swept the four singles matches to slip past the Flivvers 4-3 in non-conference action.
"We're struggling through some numbers issues for a variety of reasons, so it was tough to start the meet down 0-2. However, our guys fought through some difficult weather in order to come out on top," said Mountaineers head coach Marcus Celello.
Kingsford earned forfeit wins in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles right from the start of the dual.
The Flivvers' Caleb Boone and Isaac Nash earned a win in No. 1 doubles.
"Brenden LaPoint played a well-rounded game at one singles to get us started," Celello said. "Kurt Adiao Ryan battled back from down 0-4 in the second set and won in a tiebreaker. With Kurt's match being the last one to finish, the way he battled was the difference between us going home with a win instead of a loss," Celello said.
"All around, I couldn't be prouder of the group of guys we had out there today,"Celello added.
Iron Mountain (2-1) returns home to host Mid Peninsula Conference foe Gladstone on Monday, and West PAC Conference foe West Iron on Tuesday.
Kingsford (0-1) travels to Menominee on Tuesday for a Great Northern Conference matchup with the Maroons.
"For our first match of the year I thought we played well. Our team is young and with tennis canceled last year, we had many first-time players," said first-year Kingsford tennis coach Mark Novara. "We will improve throughout the year."
Singles:
No. 1 – Brenden LaPoint, IM def. Gabe Lafreniere, K, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 – Kurt Adiao Ryan, IM def. Niko Przeslakowski, K, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – Kaden Sheldon, IM def. Michael Occhietti, K, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 – Blake Julian, IM def. Ben Cook, K, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles:
No. 1 – Caleb Boone, Isaac Nash, K def. Lucas Kassin, Andrew Larsen, IM, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Ben Trevillian, Charlie Christesen, K def. IM- Forfeit
No. 3 – Cale Harris, Noah Johnson, K def. IM- Forfeit