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WAUSAU – Tanner Hayes captured third place at No. 3 singles title to lead the Marshfield boys tennis team Thursday at the Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Meet at Wausau East and West high schools.
Hayes beat Shawn Hilgers 6-1, 6-0, to win the No. 3 singles third-place match for the Tigers’ highest finish. Marshfield finished fifth in the team standings with 10 points and combined with the regular-season dual meet results, took fifth overall with 32 points.
Wausau East and Stevens Point tied for the tournament title, but East won the overall championship based on the dual-meet results.
Marshfield’s No. 2 doubles team of Quinn Van Oudenhoven and Kohl Van Oudenhoven, and the No. 3 doubles team of John Weiss and Jack Haessly, each finished fourth.
The Van Oudenhoven team lost its third-place match to Eric Miller and Tony Shepherd of Wausau West in a tiebreaker, 7-5, 5-7 (7-3). Weiss and Haessly fell to Weeden Bauman and Rick Beckel of Wausau East 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Jacob Twardowski at No. 1 singles, Jason stone at No. 2 singles and the No. 1 doubles team of Taylor Moon and Dan Bargender placed fifth for Marshfield.
The Tigers will compete at the WIAA Division 1 subsectionals Monday at Wausau East and West.
Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Meet
Team standings: 1. Wausau East and Stevens Point 31; 3. Wausau West 18; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 16; 5. Marshfield 10; 6. D.C. Everest 6.
Championship matches
Singles: 1. Evan Verploegh (WE) def. Bradley Luetschwager (SP) 6-2, 6-0; 2. Zach Forester (SP) def. Jordan Penn (WW) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; 3. Ben Rodenkirsch (SP) def. Eli Danson (WE) 6-0, 6-0; 4. Ben Kuehn (WE) def. Noah Hummel-Hall (SP) 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles: 1. Mike Macalalad/Sam Gritzmacher (WE) def. Tyler Hansen/Aaron Koerten (SP) 6-3, 6-3; 2. Matt Dorshorst/Nyia Thor (WR) def. Tommy Crevier/Eli Plautz (WE) 6-2, 6-4; 3. Ryan Wessell/Alex Buehler (SP) def. Matt Hruska/Trevor Kraeger (DC) 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3.
Third-place matches
Singles: 1. Ben Lahren (WW) def. Jared Henke (WR) 6-4, 6-4; 2. Dalton Hess (WR) def. Conrad Felton (WE) 6-4, 6-3; 3. Tanner Hayes (MAR) def. Shawn Hilgers (WR) 6-1, 6-0; 4. Josh Zahl (WW) def. Michael Nicklaus (DC) 3-3 default.
Doubles: 1. Nick Snoeybenbos/Matt Nichols (WW) def. Nick Mertes/Stevie Schmidt (WR) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; 2. Eric Miller/ Tony Shepherd (WW) def. Quinn Van Oudenhoven/Kohl Van Oudenhoven (MAR) 7-5, 5-7, (7-3); 3. Weeden Bauman/Rick Beckel (WE) def. John Weiss/Jack Haessly (MAR) 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Fifth-place matches
Singles: 1. Jacob Twardowski (MAR) def. Michael Stier (DC) 6-0, 6-3; 2. Jason Stone (MAR) def. Lao Lee (DC) 1-6, 6-1 (11-9); 3. P.J. Wessels (WW) def. Matthew Murphy (DC) 6-0, 6-1; 4. Simon King (WR) def. Zach Ott (MAR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles: 1. Taylor Moon/Dan Bargender (MAR) def. Meng Vang/Alex Johnson (DC) 6-2, 6-1; 2. Hehr Vang/Collins DeBot (SP) def. Frank Yang/Cheng Thao (DC) 6-3, 6-2; 3. Justin Lang/Tounhia Khang (WW) def. Kyle Pepp/Nick Barber (WR) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
Overall season standings: 1. Wausau East 89; 2. Stevens Point 81; 3. Wisconsin Rapids 54; 4. Wausau West 48; 5. Marshfield 32; 6. D.C. Everest 18.
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