Blue Jays Roundup: Three compete at State tennis, season ends officially

Katie Ringer, The Jamestown Sun, N.D.
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Oct. 9—MINOT — Things just never really came together for the Jamestown High School tennis team this fall but three members of the squad did get to play on the second-to-last day of the 2022 season.

Mason Lunzman, Luke LeFevre and Kai Backen all competed in the individual portion of the Class A tournament.

"Our guys are resilient and I'm proud of how they dealt with adversity throughout the year," JHS head coach John Ness said. "I am really impressed by how our guys finished the season. We had a rough start certainly, but we will be better for it in the long run."

Lunzman competed in the singles bracket while LeFevre and Backen patterned to take on the doubles team. Lunzman and the doubles pair each ended up going 0-2 on the first day of individual competition which brought an end to their seasons.

"Mason Kai and Luke all had a tough ending to their season, but spirits remain high for next year," Ness said. "Mason Lunzman was a great captain for me, and we will miss him next year no doubt. It's been a pleasure to coach him and all my seniors who finished their tennis careers."

2022 Class A State Tennis Tournament

Singles

Round 1

Jake McCormick, FD def. Mason Lunzman 6-3, 6-2

Round 2

Caleb Johnson, LEG def. Lunzman 6-4, 1-6, 1-6

Doubles

Round 1

Kai Kringlie/Trey Cope, VC def. Kai Backen/Luke LeFevre 6-2, 6-0

Round 2

Jared Pitcher/Baeu Xander, BC def. Backen/LeFevre 6-0, 6-1

The Blue Jay swimming and diving team held its annual Marney Shirley Invitational on Saturday.

The Jays placed third out of seven competing teams with 411 points. Dickinson won the event with 445 total points. The Jays will be back at the JHS pool on Oct. 15 for a dual that is scheduled to begin at noon.

Team results

1. Dickinson 445; 2. Legacy 444; 3. Jamestown 411; 4. Mandan 340; 5. Shanley 261; 6. Williston 212; 7. Bismarck High 202.

Top finishers / Blue Jay results

200 medley relay: 1. JHS (Allysah Larson, Georgia Lettenmaier, Chea Baugh, Alexes Prasek), 1:58.84; 8. JHS (Rebecca Lloyd, Jordyn Larson, Cloe Nelson, Zoe Bjerke), 2:15.08; 15. JHS (Rhemmi Geinert, Sydney Fisher, Mia Berndt, Abby Boehm), 2:36.45.

200 freestyle: 1. Brooklyn Hanson, SHAN, 2:05.42; 2. Lettenmaier 2:05.86; 7. J. Larson 2:18.90; 23. Tori Nelson 2:41.51; 26. Geinert 2:47.38.

200 IM: 1. Alexa Heckamann, SHAN, 2:21.54; 3. Baugh 2:26.03; 11. Berndt 2:57.62; 18. Madison Schmidt 3:35.31.

50 freestyle: 1. Mara Ellerkamp, DHS, 27.02; 2. A. Larson 27.27; 3. Prasek 27.54; 20. Ella Brown 30.39; 24. Fisher 30.66.

1-meter diving: 1. Bjerke, JHS, 342.55; 5. Anabelle Cramer 299.90; 6. Julia Skari 298.10; 7. Jozie Davis 272.17.

100 butterfly: 1. Charley Rathgeber, DHS, 1:03.62; 2. Baugh 1:06.38; 6. Cloe Nelson 1:10.24; 13. Marissa Moltzen 1:28.05; 16. Lloyd 1:30.02.

100 freestyle: 1. Taylor Miller, DHS, 57.81; 2. Prasek 59.38; 18. T. Nelson 1:17.08; 19. Geinert 1:17.21; 22. Aliyah Tyson 1:20.67.

500 freestyle: 1. Molly Ellerkamp, DHS, 5:37.61; 4. Lettenmaier 5:43.23; 9. C. Nelson 6:20.01; 13. Berndt 6:37.92; 16. Lloyd 6:54.03.

200 freestyle relay: 1. DHS (Taylor Miller, Charley Rathgeber, Mara Ellerkamp, Aryana Twist), 1:44.41; 2. JHS (A. Larson, Baugh, Prasek, Lettenmaier), 1:49.09; 11. JHS (Ella Brown, T. Nelson, Regan Keller, Moltzen), 2:10.05; 17. JHS (Hattie McDonald, Madison Schmidt, Fisher, Tyson), 2:23.84.

100 backstroke: 1. A. Larson, JHS, 1:04.92; 24. Brown 1:24.50; 25. Abby Boehm 1:25.37; 36. Lana Mack 1:43.98.

100 breaststroke: 1. Mara Ellerkamp, DHS, 1:13.68; 4. J. Larson 1:19.85.

400 freestyle relay: 1. DHS (Aryanna Twist, Charley Rathgeber, Taylor Miller, Mara Ellerkamp), 3:48.53; 7. JHS (Moltzen, C. Nelson, Lloyd, J. Larson), 4:32.65; 11. JHS (Brown, Keller, T. Nelson, Berndt), 4:56.99; 15. JHS (Geinert, Schmidt, Boehm), Fisher), 5:13.86.