The Havre tennis teams competed in southeastern Montana over the weekend. Here are some notable performances that the individuals showed in the final regular season tune ups before divisionals:
Against Dawson County, the Blue Ponies remained strong in boys’ doubles. The Spangler brothers (6-1, 7-5), Reid Kato and Callen Stoner (6-0, 6-1), and Mason Kinsella with Carton Chagnon (6-4, 6-0) each won. Jackson Headdress played a decisive match against Dawson, winning (6-2, 4-6, 7-5).
The Havre girls’ took three of four singles matches against Dawson. Heather Herring was a winner, (6-2, 6-0) and so was Tyley Hemmer in straight sets (6-4, 6-3), while Lindsey Leinwand dropped the first set but came back, (3-6, 6-3, 6-4). In doubles, two Havre teams got victories in lengthy third sets. Leinwand and Chloe Bricker were winners, (6-4, 3-6, 10-8), while Alera Chandler and Mylee Shennum got a (4-6, 6-3, 10-7) win.
In round two against the Red Devils, Headdress earned another singles victory, (6-4, 6-2). Max Spangler was a singles winner, (6-4, 6-3), while Carter Spangler was also in the win column, (6-2, 6-2). The doubles teams of Kato and Stoner (6-3, 2-6, 10-5) and Kinsella with Chagnon (6-3, 2-6, 10-8) were also victorious.
Moving on to Miles City, Arielle Kaftan and Jaidyn Cole were winners in girls’ doubles for round one, (6-2, 7-5). The Havre boys’ doubles teams swept with the Spangler brothers (6-2, 6-2), Kato and Stoner (6-2, 6-3), and Kinsella with Chagnon (6-4, 6-3) all winners.
In Miles City, Havre again played Dawson and girls’ singles winners in round three were Herring (6-4, 6-2) and Hemmer (6-1, 6-1). Headdress won his singles match for the boys’, (6-4, 6-2). The Blue Ponies doubles teams of Kato and Stoner (6-3, 6-1) and Kinsella with Chagnon (6-3, 6-2) also beat their Red Devils’ counterparts. The Spangler brothers moved on to round four of the Miles City invite and beat two Billings Central competitors, (6-3, 6-3).
Havre tennis will be at the Eastern ‘A’ Divisional Tournament, which is scheduled over two days starting Friday in Glendive.
