Boys Tennis - Monday and Wednesday

At Stanwood HS on Monday the 15th, the Wildcat tennis men fell in their first loss of the season, 4-3.

In the first 3 matches, OH did well in singles and not so well in doubles. It wasn't quite that way at Stanwood. The Wildcat #1, Derek Thomas fell in straight sets to Kyle Koetje, 6-2, 6-1. Stanwood #3 Nate Houde and #4 Kyle Kline gave their OH counterparts, Jordan Kingma and Josh Evans some stiff competition, but the OH men won in straight sets. Kingma won 6-3, 6-4 and Evans 6-4, 6-4. OH #2 Ryan Evans won easily, 6-1, 6-1.

In Double action, Wildcat #1 Paul Jewell and Joel Valles came THIS close to winning, but lost two sets to Stanwood. The scores were 7-6(3) for both sets. Just one more returned serve in each game could have seen the score the other way. OH doubled #2, Rick Baleros and David Marshal, and #3, Matthew Rice and Max O'Dell both lost by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.

On Wednesday, undefeated Everett came to Oak Harbor, and they left still undefeated, but it was close.

Derek Thomas lost a close first set, 7-6(3), but in the second, with the score tied at 1-1, Thomas had to retired. He played with some forearm and shoulder pain in the first set, and in the second he started cramping in his leg and was forced to retire, forfeiting the second set. Ryan Evans lost his match 6-4, 7-6(3) while Jordan Kingma won his by the same scores. Josh Evans was the other OH singles winner with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.

In doubles, the Jewell/Valles won Oak Harbor's first doubles match of the season, defeating the Everett #1 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. The Baleros/Marshall team lost 6-2, 6-1 and the Rice/O'Dell team lost 6-2, 6-0.

Photos from Wednesday's match are now posted at http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/highschool/BTennis917Everett

Sorry, but I wasn't able to stay for the varsity doubles matches, so didn't get any photos.