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Oilers sweep four tennis titles at Pratt
Oilers sweep Pratt tennis divisions
PRATT — Central Plains state qualifiers No. 1 doubles Paxton Dody/Peyton Dody cruised past Hays High's Preston Parr/Mason Schleicher 8-1 to complete a sweep of singles and doubles divisions at the Pratt Tennis Invitational May 1.
The Oilers finished with a 16-0 record. No. 1 singles Camden Stiles, No. 2 singles Cale Thompson and No. 2 doubles Nethan Cauthon/Alden Metro posted 4-0 records.
Stiles downed Hays High's Cale Schwein, 8-0; Thompson beat Colby's Tony Jager 8-6; and Cauthon/Metro downed Hays Highs Chris Miller/Ken Fischer, 8-1 in championship matchs.
PRATT TOURNAMENT
NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Camden Stiles, CP def. Kale Schwein, Hays, 8-0; Stiles def. Jed Tatro, Pratt 8-0; Stiles def. Clay Thimesch, Kingman, 8-0; Stiles def. Ken Shaffer, Hays, 8-0; Tristan Thompson, Larned def. Thimesch, K, 8-0; Shaffer, Hays def. Thompson, 8-1; Fred Chuen, Lyons def. Thompson, 8-1; 5—Thompson def. Cooper Patterson, Nickerson, 8-3
NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Cale Thompson, CP def. Tony Jager, Colby, 8-6; Thompson def. Troy Hemken, Larned, 8-2; Thompson def. Andy Barcebal, Pratt, 8-3; Thompson def. Kolby Peters, Lyons, 8-7 (7-4); Hemken, L def. Ty Latta, Chaparral, 8-5; Hemken def. Jesse Clapper, Nickerson, 8-0; 3—Jager, Colby def. Hemken, 8-4
NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Paxton Dody/Peyton Dody, CP def. Preston Parr/Mason Schleicher, Hays, 8-1; Paxton Dody/Peyton Dody, CP def. Kaliber Dalke/Dale Loughridge, Lyons, 8-1; Dody/Dody def. Levi Haines McCager Wright, Colby, 8-0;Dody/Dody def. Tevin Cremins/Ben Pence, Kingman, 8-0; Pence/Kremins, Kingman def. Brayden Smith/Aiden O'Crotty-Perez, L def. Jack Walker/Jesus Reyes, Chaparral def. Smith/O'Crotty-Perez, 8-0; Haines/Wright, Colby def. Smith/O'Crotty-Perez, 8-0; 7—Kyler Barker/Hudson Titus, Pratt def. Smith/O'Crotty-Perez, 8-6
NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Nethan Cauthon/Alden Metro def. Chris Miller/Ken Fischer, Hays, 8-1; Cauthon/Metro def. Gordon/Bushnell, Pratt, 8-1; Cauthon/Metro def. Smith/Burrola, Lyons, 8-0; Cauthon/Metro def. Colby, 8-1; Ryan Hill/Hunter Hewsom, L def. Kolton Smith/Isaias Burrola, Lyons, 8-2; Miller/Fisher, Hays def. Hill/Hewson, 8-0; Ames Schielke/Stryker Shaw, Colby def. Hill/Hewson, 8-7 (7-4); 5—Hill/Hewson def. Kevin Kaufman/Trent Theis, Kingman, 8-5
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