Williamston Tennis

The team completed the regular season schedule by traveling to Lakewood for the final CAAC White Division dual match. The Hornets entered the match in second place, having defeated Corunna and Portland but losing to Lansing Catholic. Again player availability, injury and illness were to play key roles in the outcome. Brad Walters was playing soccer again, so Ryan McGuire got the call to step in at number four singles. Ben Taylor was nursing his strained hip flexor and wasn’t able to move as well as usual at number two singles. The match started on Lakewood’s six courts. The number three doubles team of Curtis and Andrew breezed through their match winning easily, the number two doubles team of Patrick Belanger and Bryan Kendall won a close first set tie breaker and then easily won the second set against a retreating Lakewood doubles team. Ben fought valiantly, but could not pull out a win at second singles. The number four doubles team of Robert Gillespie and Brian Sanborn won a close first set tie breaker but lost the second set. Kyle Bartrem won the first set but lost the second. Ryan McGuire lost his first set and was tied in the second 5-5 when the thunder rolled and the lightning was seen on the horizon. The match was suspended for the day.

The team returned to finish the five matches on Thursday. Unfortunately, Robert Gillespie went home sick from school and so the team had to forfeit the number four doubles match. That started the day with each team having won two flights with four flights to play. Peter Sienko defeated a very good exchange student from Brazil at number one singles giving the team a 3-2 lead. Kyle Bartrem swept through his deciding third set to bring the squad to the verge of victory 4-2. That left the fate of the match in the hands of J.V. player Ryan McGuire and the number one doubles team of Nathan Fedewa and Zach Frenzel. Ryan rallied to win the second set 7-5. Nathan and Zach lost the first set, but rallied as well to a 6-2 victory in the third set. Then, the rains came again. The team huddled on the bus as the short shower passed and the courts dried enough for play to continue. The remaining matches seesawed back and forth, but in the end, the Hornets lost the two remaining matches and had to settle for a tie for the day.

All four of Williamston’s fall boys varsity teams are currently ranked in state polls. The cross country team is No. 1 in Division 3; the football team is No. 4 in Division 4; the soccer team in No. 8 in Division 3; and the tennis team is No. 6 in Division 4.

Go Hornets!

The team looked forward to a rematch against Parma Western and a strong eight team field that included Division 4 state finalist Parchment, Division 3 state finalist DeWitt and a solid Division 2 Okemos J.V. squad. The team was hobbled by injuries to Brian Sanborn (knees), Ben Taylor (hip flexor) and Peter Sienko (hamstrings and hip flexors who had to retire in his first match due to the injury), and ended up finishing fourth. Again, the highlight of the day was the championship earned by the number three doubles squad of Curtis Sawdon and Andrew Hall. Finishing second in the tournament were Patrick Belanger and Bryan Kendall at number two doubles and Kyle Bartrem and Brad Walters at number three and four singles respectively.

Congratulations on a 6-2 win – great playing, guys!

Congrats on an 8-0 win!

Congratulations to Boy’s Tennis being ranked 6th in Division 4 as of September 17, 2007

Peter Sienko had the only win at first singles in this tough contest, with Williamston falling 1-7 to Lansing Catholic Central.

Congratulations on a terrific tournament!
Lowell 36, Williamston 28, Ann Arbor Pioneer 24, John Glenn 15, Haslett 14, Athron 10, Ovid–Elsie 5, Eaton Rapids 4.

SINGLES–1. Peter Sienko (W) d. Travis Trapp (L) 0-3; 2. Josh Hobrla (L) d. David Rowe (Ath) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. 3. Cort Thompson (L) d. Mark Roedel (AP) 4-2; 4. Partrick Meisner (L) d. Ryan Toben (JG) 1-3.

DOUBLES–1. Taylor Eagle/Jackson Deloria (AP) d. Zack Frezel/Nathan Fedewa (W) 1-3; 2. Patrick Bellinger/Bryan Kendall (W) d. Matt Parcell/Mike Wang (AP) 7-6, 6-3; 3. Jim Hyang/Mike Chen (AP) d. Clayton Stedman/Sean Greenhoe (L) 1-1; 4. Evan Wilterink/Dylan Dues (L) d. Robert Gillespie/Brian Sanborn (W) 4-4 .

Scoring 20 points, the JV team placed second, behind host Parma Western (26), in a quad invitational on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Rounding out the field were Coldwater (18) and Jackson (16). Winning their flights were E. J. VanAllsburg and Scott Bennett at first doubles and Ryan McGuire at first singles. Additional points were scored by singles players Dan Shuck and Billy Schlenke, and doubles teams Eric Lopez and Sam Bayerl, and Scott Evans and Benno Pueppke.

The WHS Boy’s Tennis team played well in Petosky on Saturday.  The team finished second behind Division I Brighton and ahead of two teams that went to the state finals last year, Elk Rapids and Harbor Springs.  Brighton had 22 points,  Williamston 12, Elk Rapids 9 and Harbor Springs 4.  Andrew Hall and Curtis Sawdon won the title at number two doubles.  Finishing in second place were Bret Graham at number two singles, Bryan Kendall and Patrick Belanger at number one doubles, Zach Frenzel and Nathan Fedewa at number two doubles and Robert Gillespie and Brian Sanborn at number four doubles. Congratulations to a great start to the season!