Portland High School Tennis Falls to Haslett, Takes First at Sailor Quad

Haslett traveled to Portland Thursday for a duel match. Haslett is returning a very strong team with 3 singles players who could probably all play one singles on our team. I was proud of how the guys kept their composure through the match and used it as an opportunity to learn about what they need to do if they ever want to reach that level. Our doubles are typically stronger and they showed that. 1 doubles and 3 doubles were in very tight matches but couldn't quite pull it out in the end. 2 doubles was as strong as always and won one of our two wins of the day. The other win came from Jorgen Sonday at 4 singles. We play again Saturday at the South Christian Sailor Quad.

PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 2, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL 6

Singles

No. 1 - Henry Zayko, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Aryan Virk, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-3, -;

No. 2 - Ethan Fajardo, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-0, -;

No. 3 - Anish Raja, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Ryan Leonard, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0, 6-0, -;

No. 4 - Jorgen Sonday, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Aaron Ngo, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0, 6-4, -;

Doubles

No. 1 - Logan Mowid - Nate Stewart, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Gabe Hankey - Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2;

No. 2 - Kurt Kraczon - Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Jonathan Betten - Joey Schaubroeck, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-3, -;

No. 3 - Nate Holcomb - Ethan Park, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Joe Lorenz - Cadin Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-3, -;

No. 4 - Trevor Brown - Aremis Leung, HASLETT HIGH SCHOOL def. Kai Kipp - Casey Smith, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-1, -;

Portland traveled to Grand Rapids South Christian for the Sailor Quad on Saturday. This was a battle of three teams that are no strangers to the state tournament. South Christian has missed out a couple of times in the last couple of years. But they are in a very tough regional. Kalamazoo Christian and Essexville Garber have qualified for the last couple of years. I felt like this match was a good barometer for all of the hard work and tough matches we've played this season. Every match I've seen improvements on last year. The guys played hard and had a lot of tough matches with a lot of split sets and tie breakers. I the end we managed to win most of ours and came out as the winning team. This is really exciting for how the rest of our season could go. Flight champions on Saturday were Jorgen Sonday at 4 singles, Gabe Hankey and Marty Thelen at 1 doubles, Kurt Kraczon and Alex Russman at 2 doubles, and Casey Smith and Kai Kipp at 4 doubles. The team plays it first league match at Lansing Catholic on Wednesday.

PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 18, ESSEXVILLE GARBER 12, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL 9, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 9

Singles

No. 1 - Aryan Virk, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Luke Post, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-1, 6-1, -;

No. 2 - Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Ethan Verkaik, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-1, -;

No. 3 - Jacob Watson, ESSEXVILLE GARBER def. Ryan Leonard, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 1-6, 6-2, 10-4;

No. 4 - Jorgen Sonday, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Nate Brinks, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-0, 6-3, -;

No. 1 - Aaron Dejong, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL def. Aryan Virk, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-2, -;

No. 2 - Connor Bash, ESSEXVILLE GARBER def. Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2, 6-3, -;

No. 3 - Ryan Leonard, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Luke Schumaker, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-1, 6-2, -;

No. 4 - Jorgen Sonday, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Samuel Myers, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 6-2, -;

No. 1 - Logan Brown, ESSEXVILLE GARBER def. Aryan Virk, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-2, -;

No. 2 - Jack Roe, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Nolan Diekevers, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-0, 6-0, -;

No. 3 - Ryan Leonard, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Aiden Vanloo, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0, 6-1, -;

No. 4 - Jorgen Sonday, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Joshua Bilodeau, ESSEXVILLE GARBER, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9;

Doubles

No. 1 - Gabe Hankey - Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. David Vanderkamp - Jared Scheffers, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7;

No. 2 - Kurt Kraczon - Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Luke Piggott - Zach Goetz, ESSEXVILLE GARBER, 6-0, 6-0, -;

No. 3 - Dan Bennet - Kevin Hur, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN def. Joe Lorenz - Cadin Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 5-7, 6-3, 10-2;

No. 4 - Kai Kipp - Casey Smith, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Paul Sportel - Ashton Vansparrentak, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1, 3-6, 10-3;

No. 1 - Gabe Hankey - Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Jackson Decorte - Kaleb Wiseman, ESSEXVILLE GARBER, 6-3, 6-1, -;

No. 2 - Kurt Kraczon - Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Joseph Hong - Dan Youngs, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-1, 6-4, -;

No. 3 - Jake Mcclure - Taylor Roberts, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL def. Joe Lorenz - Cadin Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 7-6 (8), -;

No. 4 - Kai Kipp - Casey Smith, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Jake Williams - Jesse Hugo, ESSEXVILLE GARBER, 6-0, 7-6 (3), -;

No. 1 - Gabe Hankey - Marty Thelen, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Matt Bergsma - Ty Oetman, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 6-2, 1-6, 10-3;

No. 2 - Kurt Kraczon - Alex Russman, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Derek Mcclure - Carson Dejong, KALAMAZOO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4, 6-0, -;

No. 3 - Joe Lorenz - Cadin Cross, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Nick Long - Owen Brey, ESSEXVILLE GARBER, 6-2, 6-2, -;

No. 4 - Kai Kipp - Casey Smith, PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL def. Drew Meringa - Dan Hager, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN, 0-6, 6-4, 10-5;