Game Summaries & Headlines.
Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Thornapple Kellogg HS School
3.0 weeks ago @ 9:18PM | Coach Adams
- Game Date
- Sep 11, 2024
- Score
- WILDCATS: 2
THORNAPPLE KELLOGG HIGH SCHOOL: 6
The Wildcats took on OK Gold Conference rivals Thornapple-Kellogg Trojans on Wednesday night in Middlevile. While Wayland lost with an overall score of 2-6, the individual game scores tell a tale of tennis matches that were very close, with 3 of the 8 matches going to full 3rd set tie-breakers.
At 4th Doubles, Asher Hendricks and Malcolm Sheffer split the first 2 sets, then lost in the 3rd set 3-6. At 3rd Doubles, the Freshman team of Spencer Miller and Brycen Rookus also split their first 2 sets, then came up just short in the 3rd set, falling 5-7.
There were a couple bright spots for the Wayland Wildcats! At 1st Doubles, Mason Babiak and Brayden Tomson handled the Trojans, winning 6-1, 6-2 to move their Conference record to 2-1 and their individual records to 6-3 and 7-2 respectively.
The match of the day belonged to 4th Singles player Jacob VanDuine, playing for a grueling 3 hours and 25 minutes in 85* heat. Jacob won the first set 6-1 and was seemingly ready to cruise to a 2-set win. But TK Sr. Anson Verlinde would not go quietly and took the 2nd set 7-6, forcing the Conference match to a full 3rd set. In the 3rd set, with both players battling fatigue and heat exhaustion, Jacob’s disciplined approach and consistency were enough to come out ahead 6-3.
The Wildcats travel to Northview for their 4th Conference match on Monday, Sept. 16th.