Tennis starts season

Raider tennis players had their first week of play, during a week in which the last of four courts were finally cleared of the last of the snow by the Coulee Dam Volunteer Fire Department that Thursday.

Two days before that, using only three of the four courts, the Lake Roosevelt girls won two out of their three games, but the boys lost all three.

The Raiders hosted the Oroville Hornets in Coulee Dam March 19, when the girls' team won 5-0.

"Our girls' team pretty much dominated the young [Oroville] girls' team," Head Coach Steve Archer said.

The boys' team technically lost 5-0. Two of those matches were Raider victories, but are counted as forfeits because the same players played twice, the result of a short number of boy players.

"Morgan George played both first and second singles matches," Archer explained. "He lost the first 8-0, but won against Darian Range, 8-3. Because it was his second match, it was recorded as a team forfeit, but for his league record it's recorded as a win."

The same situation happened with the doubles team of Terry Yazzie and Tucker Keeley who defeated Oroville's Jasper Burnell and Nick Hughes 8-2.

In Pateros on March 21, the girls won 4-1, and the boys lost 3-1.

"The match of the day was Shayla Shilling at second girls' singles," Archer said. "She took her opponent to a deciding third-set tie breaker, which she dominated with a winning score of 7-1."

At home against Omak the next day, the Raider girls lost 3-2, and the boys lost 5-0.

"Our girls' team came within just a few points of taking another win," Archer said. "It would have meant even more, seeing that Omak is an A school."

"Savannah Hobrecht took three sets to take down Lupita Moriel," Archer said. "Tarissa Clark and Raven Clark, at first girls' doubles, handled a strong team of Emma Wilson and Tori Beaver in straight sets, keeping their undefeated string going."

The tennis team was scheduled to play yesterday in Liberty Bell, results of which will be reported in next week's Star.

They are scheduled to play in Entiat Thursday, March 28, with a long break before their next game in Tonasket on April 9.

Their next home game is scheduled for April 11 at 4 p.m. in Coulee Dam against Pateros.

LR vs Oroville

LR girls defeat Oroville 5-0

Singles

1. Alexia Ryan defeated Nikki Minarchih 8-0

2. Savannah Hobrecht defeated Mackayla Clark 8-0

3. Shayla Shilling won by forfeit win

Doubles

1. Tarissa Clark & Raven Clark defeated Sue Layata & Summer Aldag 8-1

2. Shayla Shilling & Rainy Vargas lost Nikki Minarchih but recorded as a forfeit win 4-8

JV

Keziah Stice & Heatherly Budravage lost to Sue Layata & Summer Aldag 4-8

Oroville boys defeat LR 5-0

Singles

1. Morgan George lost to Elijah Burnell 0-8

2. Morgan George defeated Darian Range 8-3

3. LR lost by forfeit loss

Doubles

1. Terry Yazzie & Tucker Keeley lost to Hunter Devon & Charlie Egerton 5-8

2. Terry Yazzie & Tucker Keeley defeated Jasper Burnell & Nick Huges 8-2 (but recorded as a lost by forfeit)

JV

3. Isaiah Marconi & Showaway Hunt lost to Michael Oak & Jaden Hill 3-8

4. Nicholas Engeseth & Isaiah Marconi defeated Isai Layata & Isaiah Godinez 8-4

LR at Pateros

LR girls defeat Pateros 4-1

Singles

1. Savannah Hobrecht lost to Monse Hernandez 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(9-7)

2. Shayla Shilling defeated Aleeka Miller-Smith 6-1, 3-6, 1-0(7-1)

3. Heatherly Budravage won by forfeit

Doubles

1. Tarissa Clark & Raven Clark defeated Samantha Oros & Vanessa Acevedo 7-5, 6-3

2. Keziah Stice & Rainy Vargas defeated CC Arevalo & Taggart Easter 8-3

Pateros defeats LR boys 3-1

Singles

1. Terry Yazzie lost to Sam Larsen 6-2, 6-1

2. Morgan George defeated Taggart Easter 6-0, 6-4

Doubles

1. Tucker Keeley & Nicholas Engeseth lost to Ivan Ceniceros & Aiden Hall 6-1, 6-0

2. Showaway Hunt & Isaiah Marconi lost to Calvin Blackburn & Colton Quinn 6-2, 6-1

LR vs Omak

Omak girls defeat LR 3-2

Singles

1. Alexia Ryan lost to Ashley Cline 7-6(7-1), 2-6, 1-0(10-6)

2. Savannah Hobrecht defeated Lupita Mariel 6-1, 5-7, 1-0(7-2)

3. Rainy Vargas lost to Sam Vedders 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1. Tarissa Clark & Raven Clark defeated Emma Wilson & Tori Beaver 6-4, 6-3

2. Keziah Stice & Heatherly Budravage lost to Tyler Worden & Sofia Fletcher 6-0, 6-1

JV

Omak boys defeats LR 5-0

Singles

1. Morgan George lost to Chase Grillo 6-0, 6-0

2. Adam Hendrick (Omak) won by forfeit

3. Stuart Law (Omak) won by forfeit

Doubles

1. Tucker Keeley & Terry Yazzie lost to Braeden O'Dell & Simom McCune 6-1, 6-0

2. Showaway Hunt & Nicholas Engeseth lost to Jacob Hurlbert & Jonny Stenberg 7-5, 6-0