Blue Jay Roundup: Tennis gets a 'great' start to the fall season
Aug. 19—JAMESTOWN — All the conditioning that Jamestown High School head tennis coach John Ness put the 2022 Blue Jay tennis team through started paying off at about 9:30 a.m. Friday morning.
The Blue Jays secured their first win of the season, squeaking out a 3-2 win over Bismarck Century at the Minot 3-2 Multi-Duals.
Ness' crew fell 5-0 to WDA defending champs, Minot, in the second round of the non-conference tournament. They finished out the day with 3-2 to Bismarck Legacy.
Jamestown will have to find a way to keep the 1-2 momentum rolling as they have got another full day on Saturday as they compete in the Minot Round Robin.
The scheduled start time for the round robin tourney is 9 a.m.
Camron Andersen was the first Blue Jay to earn a win, defeating Century's No. 3 Bridger Sorenson 7-5, 6-3.
Max Fronk and Luke LeFevre partnered to take down Century's No. 1 doubles squad 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 to tie things up at two apiece.
Kai Backen and Adam Sortland secured the win with a 6-2, 6-1 performance at No. 2 doubles.
Ness said getting a win and hanging with some of the West's best teams was a great way to start the season but that the Blue Jays have more to accomplish on Saturday.
Jamestown 3, Century 2
Singles
No. 1: Jared Pitcher, BC def. Mason Lunzman 6-1, 6-0
No. 2: Austin Walth, BC def. Kane Schmidt 4-6, 6-0, 10-6
No. 3: Camron Andersen, J def. Bridger Sorenson (7-5, 6-3)
Doubles
No. 1: Max Fronk/Luke LeFevre, J def. Kandvroo/Tyler Kleinman 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
No. 2: Kai Backen/Adam Sortland, J def. Holzer/Dienstmann 6-2, 6-1
Minot 5, Jamestown 0
Singles
No. 1: Grayson Schaeffer, M def. Fronk 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: Brayden McLean, M def. Schmidt 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Josh Hegstad, M def. Andersen 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1: Hunter Rice/Aiden Diehl, M def. Lunzman/LeFevre 6-1, 6-1
No. 2: Sam Griffith/Nolan Calahan, M def. Backen/Sortland 6-3, 7-6
Legacy 3, Jamestown 2
Singles
No. 1: Anthony James, L def. Backen 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: Brayden Ruff, L def. LeFevre 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: Drew Beasley, L def. Sortland 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-7
Doubles
No. 1: Lunzman/Schmidt, J def. Joe Kolb/Nathan Mathevn 3-6, 6-2, 10-3
No. 2: Fronk/Andersen, J def. Caleb Johnson/Cooper Miller 6-2, 2-6, 11-9
The few days of practice the JHS golf team had between the East-West Classic and the Bismarck Invite served the team well as two of their golfers cracked 91 points Friday.
Isabel LeFevre lead the Blue Jays at Tom O'Leary, carding an 89 for her round while Olivia Sorlie was one stroke back of her teammate and entered the clubhouse with a score of 90.
The Jays will get right back at it on Monday when they head out to Mandan for the Braves' home meet.
The team's final three golfers, Mylee Michel, McKenna Nieswaag and Belle Sjostrom rounded out the five-man roster with scores of 102, 107 and 116. The Blue Jays tabulated a team score of 388 to place seventh out of 10 teams.
Mandan won the meet with a team score of 325. The No. 1 player of the day proved to be the Braves' Anna Huettl. Huettl turned in a two-under-70.
Team scores
1. Mandan 325; 2. Legacy 329; 3. Century 334; 4. Minot 354; 5. St Mary's 369; 6. Williston 379; 7. Jamestown 388; 8. Dickinson 405; 9. Watford City 431; 10. Minot North 432.
Top 10 finishers
1. Anna Huettl, MAN, 70; 2. Hannah Herbel, BC, 76; 3. Hazel Emter, DHS, 79; 4. Ava Kalanek, LEG, 80; 5. Anne Hulstm LEG, 81; 6. Ruby Heydt, MAN, 82; 7. Brooke Hollar, LEG, 83; T7. Aliyah Iverson, BC, 83; T7. Paige Breuer, BHS, 83; 10. Brittyn Mettler, MAN, 84.
Blue Jay results
Isabel LeFevre 89; Olivia Sorlie 90; Mylee Michel 102; McKenna Nieswaag 107; Belle Sjostrom 116.
