SPORTS

State A Boys Tennis: Yankton rallies for first-ever title, Milbank takes 11th

Roger Merriam
Watertown Public Opinion
Gage Becker of Yankton competes Tuesday during the final day of the state Class A high school boys tennis tournament at Rapid City. Yankton won the team championship.

RAPID CITY — Yankton rallied to win its first-ever state tennis championship on Tuesday during the final day of the 2022 state Class A tournament.

The Bucks paced the 13-team field with 493.5 points, followed by Rapid City Christian (422.5) and Mitchell (397.5).

Harrison Krajewski won the fourth-flight singles title for Yankton. Gage Becker and Zachary Briggs won the first flight of doubles and Krajewski and Dylan Ridgeway took the third flight.

Milbank finished with 78 points and placed 11th. Gregory Grabow won the ninth-place match in the third flight of singles on Tuesday and Joe Schulte (second flight), Charles Whitesett (fourth flight) and Daniel Shelstad (sixth flight) each lost in the ninth-place match.

Will Snaza (fifth flight of singles) and Snaza and Isaiah Korstjens (third flight of doubles) each dropped fifth-place semifinal bracket matches and were eliminated.

Final Team Scores

Yankton 493.3, Rapid City Christian 422.5, Mitchell 397.5, Sioux Falls Christian 312, Pierre 282.5, Lennox 240, Huron 178, Aberdeen Roncalli 140, Spearfish 89, Madison 78.5, Milbank 78, Vermillion 15.5, St. Thomas More 12.

Singles Championships

First Flight — Noah Greni, Rapid City Christian, def. Gage Becker, Yankton, 6-2, 6-4.

Second Flight — Danioel Puumala, Sioux Falls Christian, def. Tyler Loecker, Mitchell, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7.

Third Flight — Andrew Dobbs, Rapid City Christian, def. Zachary Briggs, Yankton, 7-5, 1-6, 10-8.

Fourth Flight — Harrison Krajewski, Yankton, def. Luke Leingang, Pierre, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 10-6.

Fifth Flight — Spencer Kelly, Pierre, def. Keaton List, Yankton, 7-6(5), 6-3.

Sixth Flight — Luke Jerke, Mitchell, def. Miles Krajewski, Yankton, 3-6, 7-5, 10-2.

Doubles Championships

First Flight — Gage Becker-Zachary Briggs, Yankton, def. Macon Larson-Tyler Loecker, Mitchell, 10-9 (5).

Second Flight — Andrew Dobbs-Jack Hancock, Rapid City Christian, def. Ryan Schulte-Keaton List, Yankton, 10-6.

Third Flight — Harrison Krajewski-Dylan Ridgeway, Yankton, def. James Woodward-Aidan Ligtenberg, Sioux Falls Christian, 8-3.