Portland Boys Tennis Takes 2nd in Regionals

Portland Boys Varsity Tennis took 2nd place in Division 4 Regionals hosted by Portland on Thursday and they qualified for the State tournament! The boys had to play in cold temperatures and high winds but didn’t let that stop them. The Regional Champs for Portland were Jack Roe at 4 singles, Kurt Kraczon and Alex Russman at 3 doubles, and Ryan Leonard and Cade Vallier at 4 doubles.

According to coach Joel Cross, “Lansing Catholic High School ended up as regional champions by winning 17 points with 3 flight champions. The winning flights were at 3 singles, 1 doubles, and 2 doubles. Portland also had 3 flight champions but didn't send as many flights to the championship round. This earned them 14 points and second place. Their winning flights were at 4 singles, 3 doubles, and 4 doubles. Lansing Christian and Flint Powers rounded out the teams that qualified for the state tournament. Lansing Christian earned 12 points and had flight champions at 1 singles and 2 singles. Flint Powers didn't have any champions but they did win 10 matches which earned them enough points to qualify. The state tournament will be held next Friday at Kalamazoo College.”

Final team post totals were: LANSING CATHOLIC 17, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 14, LANSING CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 12, FLINT POWERS CATHOLIC 10, OVID-ELSIE HIGH SCHOOL 1, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 1, ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL 0, CORUNNA 0 Singles No. 1 — Isaac Johnson, Lansing Christian School, def . Aryan Virk, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 — Vaughn Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . Lucas Gruesbeck, ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3, 6-0

No. 2 — Isaac Haley, Lansing Christian School, def . Vaughn Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3, 6-2

No. 3 — Dawson Collins, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . Collin Malek, ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 — Dawson Collins, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . Christian Parker, Lansing Christian School, 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 — Aspen Robart, Lansing Catholic , def . Dawson Collins, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

No. 4 — Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . Mason Spiess, OVID-ELSIE HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-0

No. 4 — Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . TUCKER ABRAHAM, Flint Powers Catholic, 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 — Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def . Kyle Medcoff, Lansing Christian School, 6-0, 6-1 Doubles No. 1 — Gabe Hankey-David Yang, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Nate Foltz-Ryce Miller, Lansing Christian School 6-2, 6-0

No. 1 — METHOD HAGEN-CHARLIE HARROLD, Flint Powers Catholic, def. Gabe Hankey-David Yang, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 6-2, 6-4

No. 2 — Finn Mull-Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Greg Rademacher-Austin Taylor, OVID-ELSIE HIGH SCHOOL 6-0, 6-2

No. 2 — TREVOR MAIORANA-TY VANITVELT, Flint Powers Catholic, def. Finn Mull-Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 — Kurt Kraczon-Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. John Marrah-Ethan Bassilla, Lansing Catholic 6-2, 6-4

No. 3 — Kurt Kraczon-Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Emerson Mills-Joshua Wayner, Lansing Christian School 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 — Kurt Kraczon-Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Andrew Finsaas-Owen Rickerd, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 6-1, 6-0

No. 4 — Ryan Leonard-Cade Vallier, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Josh Yonkers-Andrew Scheil, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 — Ryan Leonard-Cade Vallier, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Ellie Gaines-Samuel Gee, Lansing Christian School 6-0, 6-2

No. 4 — Ryan Leonard-Cade Vallier, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, def. Drew Shipman-Adam Durr, Lansing Catholic 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

Photo courtesy of Brenda Leonard.