The Breck boys tennis program will have a pair of singles players and a doubles team representing the school at the Class A state tennis tournament scheduled for June 6-7 at the Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
Tennis sectionals continued last week as teams across the western metro took part in the Section 5A and Section 5AA individual tournaments from May 20 to May 23.
5A
Breck will send both singles players and a doubles pair to the Class A state tournament after a successful Section 5A individual tournament.
Breck’s Dylan Warn was the Section 5A champion after defeating teammate Patrick Green 6-1, 6-1 in the finals on May 22. The top two qualify for the state tournament.
Both players received a first-round bye. Warn won his quarter-final against Layton Griffith of DeLaSalle 6-3, 6-0. Green defeated Providence Academy’s Connor Niesen 6-3, 6-2 to qualify for the semifinals as well.
Warn and Green won their semifinal matches the following day to advance to the section championships. Warn swept Providence Academy’s Sachin Bloch 6-0, 6-0, and Green won 6-1, 6-1 over DeLaSalle’s Giovanni Crescini to set up the section final.
Breck doubles pair Enrico Petto and Enzo Petto also qualified for state after finishing second. The pair won their opening match, a quarterfinal against DeLaSalle pair Henry Eldred and Aidric Axvig. The brothers won 6-1, 6-1.
The Petto brothers won 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals over Providence Academy’s Alex Simons and Aidon Flynn.
The doubles championship was won by Gary Speier and Louie Wehmann from Providence Academy, who beat the Pettos 6-2, 6-4. This meant the Mustangs had to play in a true second match, which they won 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 over St. Anthony Village’s Hans Atte and Ayan Glaser.
In other doubles action, Breck’s Henry Parkhurst and Evan Walsh won 6-0, 6-0 in the first doubles round setting up a match against Otte and Glaser of St. Anthony where the duo lost 6-4, 6-4.
In other Section 5A action, Brooklyn Center’s Leo Cazales lost 6-1, 6-2 to DeLaSalle’s Griffith in the first round, while fellow Centaur Alexander Michael lost 6-1, 6-0 to Niesen of Providence Academy.
Brooklyn Center doubles pairing Chinuj Vang and Evan Yang lost their first-round match 6-2, 6-2 to a duo from DeLaSalle. Jonathan Nguyen and Ayden Khang also lost 6-2, 6-1 to a duo from DeLaSalle.
5AA
Players from Armstrong, Champlin Park, and Park Center starred in the Section 5AA individual tournament.
Park Center’s Nigel Dyalsingh ended the tournament in the first round, falling 6-0, 6-0 to Ryder Held of Coon Rapids.
Howie Foye lost to Osseo’s Michael James via a default, while teammate Vincent Pham beat Osseo’s Trevor McNamara in a three-set win.
Park Center’s Jeremiah Somers and Armstrong’s Ben Breitbach met for a blockbuster duel, going three sets. Breitbach won set one 6-3 before Somers repeated that score for a set two win. Breitbach won set three 6-1 to move on.
Jacob Merriam passed Hopkins’ Henry Laible in the second round to set up a showdown in the third with Osseo’s Owen Skanse. Meriam was the fifth seed in the singles bracket while Skanse was fourth. Skanse picked up two 6-0 wins to move on to the final.
Park Center pair Samuel Tokpa and Benjamin Marshall lost in the first round of doubles to Rogers’ Benjamin Sevlie and Mason Raymond of Rogers.
Micah Allen and Carter O’Rourke held strong for Park Center, losing 6-2, 6-3 to Hopkins’ Mason Tomarek/Niko Hutton in the first round.
Armstrong pairing Tristan Ehn and Alexander Doan battled through three sets before eventually losing to Rogers’ Mason Wanka and Riley Newman, earning 11 match wins through the matchup.
After receiving a bye into the second round, Armstrong’s Milosh Lindberg and Ben Bernloehr fell 6-2, 6-3 to Matt Bartholet and Ted Strasburg of Hopkins.
Champlin Park pair Mitchell Palmer/Josh Jebens beat Lincoln Morrisette/Cameron Jensen of Delano 6-4, 6-1, before losing their quarterfinal to Orono’s Max Skanse and Elliot Tysdal.
Champlin Park senior duo Gavin Kelleher and Matthew George beat William Wagner and Austin Hacker from Coon Rapids 6-1, 6-1, to move on to a semifinal face-off with Maple Grove’s Griffin Eberley and Nathan Stienessen.
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