Jacks Fall 5-2 To Aitkin

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Apr 12, 2012

Kerry Rodd-NSO

A sweep in doubles play helped lead the Aitkin Gobblers to a 5-2 victory in boys tennis over Cloquet-Esko-Carlton on Thursday afternoon in Aitkin.

The Lumberjacks managed to split in singles play thanks to wins by John Scheuer and Christian Pritchett at #2 and #4 doubles respectively. Scheuer won by 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 over Dan Klucas and Pritchett took a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Bryce Hanges. At #1 singles CEC’s Sean Kedrowski fell to Alex Anderson 6-1, 6-4 and at #3 Ryan Lind of CEC dropped a 6-2, 6-0 to Lyle Nyberg.

The Gobblers dominated doubles play starting at #1 where Jack Reeves and Eric Raushel downed CEC’s Ryan Willgohs and Robbie Sobczak 6-3, 6-0. At #2 the CEC team of Ben Tomhave and Joey Gotchnik dropped a 6-3, 7-5 decision to Ryan Rosemore and Ryan Anderson. The final CEC loss of the day came at #3 doubles where Nick Tomhave and Lucas Tomhave lost 6-1, 6-4 to Adam Burke and Caris Calberg.

The Jacks will be back at it on Tuesday when the take on Duluth Denfeld at Duluth Central Courts.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com