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Mountaineers compete in Mid-Pen tennis tourney

Negaunee extended its run of consecutive Mid-Peninsula Conference boys tennis meet championships to 15 at Westwood High School on Tuesday.

The Miners won six of the eight flights, including a sweep of singles, and added in a pair of runner-up finishes in the other two flights to total 44 points.

The host Patriots were runners-up with 35, winning the other two flights and taking second place in another five, while Ishpeming was third with 23, including the one other runner-up finish.

Iron Mountain came in fourth with 11 points, garnering a third place, while Gwinn had 7 and Munising 5, also getting a third place.

The half-dozen Miners champion flights lost a total of just 16 games in their sextet of finals matches. The most dominant was Negaunee No. 4 singles player Axl Sarasin, who took a 6-0, 6-0 victory in his finale against Westwood’s Evan Hebert.

In No. 1 singles, Iron Mountain’s Malakai Broersma posted an opening round 6-4, 6-0 win over Levi Westcomb of Munising before falling to eventual champion Easton Guenette of Negaunee, 6-2, 7-5.

Seth Greenleaf opened with a win for the Mountaineers at No. 2 singles — 6-2, 6-1 over Brayden Couture of Gwinn. He battled Westwood’s Caden Balzarini in the semifinals, falling 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.

At No. 3 singles, Iron Mountain’s Eli Siren earned third place, opening with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Munising’s Clay Horne. After a 6-0, 6-2 loss to eventual champion Max Larson of Negaunee, Siren defeated Axel Carlson of Ishpeming 8-3 for third place.

At No. 1 doubles, Iron Mountain’s Keven Sgrecci and Adam Lane defeated Gwinn 6-2, 6-3 in the opener, but fell to eventual champion Negaunee in the semifinals.

Iron Mountain also got an opening win at No. 2 doubles from Ryan Sgrecci and John Manier, 6-1, 6-2 over Gwinn.

The Mountaineers weren’t represented at No. 4 singles and No. 3 and No. 4 doubles.

The Marquette Mining Journal contributed.

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