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WAUSAU – Wausau East won the Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament by just one point over Marshfield, but came up a point short of the overall conference title.
East finished with 31 points, one better than Marshfield’s 30, but Stevens Point garnered 26 points at the tournament and finished one point ahead of the Lumberjacks for the overall Valley championship.
Marshfield had three champions. Bryce Gadke won the No. 3 singles title, defeating Noah Hummel-Hall of Stevens Point 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match.
Jacob Limmex took the No. 4 singles title for the Tigers, winning a tiebreaker over Noah Stengl of Wausau East 5-7, 6-1, 10-6.
Marshfield’s No. 2 doubles team of Tanner Hayes and Zach Ott also won a conference title in a tiebreaker, knocking off Brady Becker and Jake Klug of Wausau East 6-4, 5-7, 11-9.
East had two champions and four runner-ups to edge the Tigers for the tournament title.
2013 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament
May 17 at Wausau West
Team standings: 1. Wausau East 31; 2. Marshfield 30; 3. Stevens Point 26; 4. Wausau West 16; 5. D.C. Everest 7; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 2.
Championship Matches
Singles: 1. Conrad Felten (WE) def. Brady Luetschwager (SP) 6-0, 6-3; 2. Ben Rodenkirch (SP) def. Simeon Nikolav (WE) 7-6 (3), 6-2; 3. Bryce Gadke (MAR) def. Noah Hummel-Hall (SP) 6-1, 6-0; 4. Jacob Limmex (MAR) def. Noah Stengel (WE) 5-7, 6-1, 10-6.
Doubles: 1. Justin Zahl-Adam Wass (WW) def. Justin Strom-Gunthar Reising (WE) 6-3, 6-0; 2. Tanner Hayes-Zach Ott (MAR) def. Brady Becker-Jake Klug (WE) 6-4, 5-7, 11-9; 3. Garrett Richetto-Dakota Osborn (WE) def. Dakota Zarecki-Tom Negaard (SP) 7-6 (3), 6-2.