EHS, T-town Improve Tennis Records

Effingham High School pushed its tennis record to 3-0 on the season with a 7-2 victory over Mattoon Thursday evening.

The Hearts picked up five of the six singles wins. Isaac Foreman won 6-1, 6-3 while Jared Minor pulled out 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 wins. Aaron Meyers won 6-1, 6-2 and Parth Maheshwari went out 6-1, 6-0. Jason Wohltman finished at No. 6 winning 6-2, then falling 6-1, before taking the match 6-4.

EHS went 2-1 in doubles action. Foreman and J. Wohltman were winners 6-2, 6-0. Meyers and W. Wohltman went three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5. The Hearts are back in action Monday at Casey-Westfield.

In junior varsity play, the Hearts blanked Mattoon 9-0.

At Mattoon

Singles

No. 1 -- Hunter Livingston (M) defeated Wyatt Wohltman (E), 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 -- Isaac Foreman (E) defeated Craig Hanness (M), 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 -- Jared  Minor (E) defeated Nate Stoll (M), 6-7, 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 -- Aaron Meyers (E) defeated Gunner Davis (M), 6-1, 6-2

No. 5 -- Parth Maheshwari (E) defeated Andy Vieth (M), 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 -- Jason Wohltman (E) defeated Blake Masse (M), 6-2, 1-6, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Henness-Stoll (M) defeated Minor-Maheshwari (E), 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

No. 2 -- Foreman-J. Wohltman (E) defeated Davis-Vieth (M), 6-2, 6-0

No. 3 -- Meyers-M. Wohltman (E) defeated Livingston-Masse (M), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

Junior Varsity Match

Singles

No. 1 -- Drake Hill (E) defeated Jacob Woodyard (M), 8-6

No. 2 -- Aaron Conley (E) defeated Jack Raboin (M), 8-5

No. 3 -- Matt Niebrugge (E) defeated RJ Koneskio (M), 8-1

No. 4 -- Ashton Haythorne (E) defeated Garian Smyser (M), 8-4

No. 5 -- Jake Gadberry (E) defeated Will Padgett (M), 8-0

No. 6 -- Matt Linders (E) defeated Yash Patel (M), 8-3

Doubles

No. 1 -- Hill-Conley (E) defeated Woodyard-Raboin (M), 8-4

No. 2 -- Niebrugge-Haythorne (E) defeated Konesko-Smyser (M), 8-5

No. 3 -- Linders-Nick Katz (E) defeated Patel-Borntreger (M), 8-1

 

At Charleston

Teutopolis took charge and handed Charleston a 9-0 loss to improve to 4-0 on the season.

The closest singles match came at No. 3 as Nick Pals lost the opener 6-4 but came back with 6-3, 6-3 victories for the win. Kyle Brumleve, Andy Mersman, Mitch Meinhart, Trevor Lee and Jacob Mette were singles winners.

In doubles play, Mersman and Kyle Weber won 7-5, 6-3. Jay Funneman and Meinhart combined to win 6-4, 6-1. Mette and Lee, both sophomores, won 6-3, 6-1.

At Charleston

Singles

No. 1 -- Kyle Brumleve (TT) defeated Alex Gowin (C), 6-3, 6-4

No. 2 -- Andy Mersman (TT) defeated Mitch Reuters (C), 6-1, 6-0

No. 3 -- Nick Pals (TT) defeated Anthony Beavers (C), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

No. 4 -- Mitch Meinhart (TT) defeated Adam Easter (C), 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 -- Trevor Lee (TT) defeated Payton Davis (C), 6-3, 6-1

No. 6 -- Jacob Mette (TT) defeated Samridh Gupta (C), 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Mersman-Keith Weber (TT) defeated Reuters-Easter (C), 7-5, 6-3

No. 2 -- Jay Funneman-Meinhart (TT) defeated Davis-Gupta (C), 6-4, 6-1

No. 3 -- Mette-Lee (TT) defeated Spencer Jones-Euan Freeman (C), 6-3, 6-1