Prairie Boys Tennis

Paulson tops all-Metro tennis team

Linn-Mar senior Tim Paulson has been named the Athlete of the Year on the 2015 All-Metro Tennis Team, it was announced Friday.

Chris Wundram of Linn-Mar was named the Metro Coach of the Year. The Lions are undefeated this season and ranked No. 1 in the state.

Jackson Hoyt of Washington, Trevor McCann of Linn-Mar, Ben Curley of Xavier, Rami Hemaiden of Kennedy and Caleb Scott of Marion joined Paulson on the first team.

SECOND TEAM

Parker Muller (Washington), Oliver Hammond (Washington), Ben Myers (Linn-Mar), Jon Lansing (Xavier), Alex Tvedte (Jefferson), Evan Gaskill (Prairie).

HONORABLE MENTION

PRAIRIE: Jason Niccolls, Jake Crumbo

XAVIER: Charlie Esker, Jack VanKampen

KENNEDY: Corey Duncan, Kyle Butler

WASHINGTON: Dane Van Antwerp, Will Rizer

LINN-MAR: Kyle Brendes, Shane Skvor

JEFFERSON: Chris Weisbein, Kellen Brown

MARION: Nate Meister, Peter Ward

Kennedy trims Prairie in boys tennis

Rami Hemaidan defeated Evan Gaskill, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 singles Monday to help Kennedy nip Prairie, 5-4, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Kennedy.

Corey Duncan, Kyle Butler and Matt Jontz also won their singles matches for Kennedy. Jason Niccolls and Brandon Bruhn won their matches for Prairie.

KENNEDY 5, PRAIRIE 4

Singles

1. Rami Hemaidan (CRK) def. Evan Gaskill , 6-2, 6-1
2. Corey Duncan (CRK) def. Blake Larsson, 6-0, 6-1
3. Kyle Butler (CRK) def. Connor Wiesender, 6-0, 6-1
4. Matt Jontz (CRK) def. Jake Crumbo, 6-1, 6-3
5. Jason Niccolls (CRP) def. Matt Ramundo, 6-3, 6-4
6. Brandon Bruhn (CRP) def. Connor Crippes, 6-2, 7-5

Doubles

1. Duncan/Crippes (CRK) def. Larsson/Wisender, 6-2, 6-1
2. Gaskill/Niccolls (CRP) def. Butler/Jontz, 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
3. Bruhn/Joseph Schmitt (CRP) def. Zach Amsler/Cody Heaton, 7-5, 6-2

Prairie blanked by No.2 Trojans

The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys tennis team was shut out by second-ranked Iowa City West, 9-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Prairie Tuesday.

Jiung Jung of Iowa City West topped Evan Gaskill, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 1 singles.

IOWA CITY WEST 9, PRAIRIE 0

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Prairie boys trim Hempstead, 5-4

DUBUQUE - The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys tennis team swept all three doubles matches Tuesday and trimmed Dubuque Hempstead, 5-4, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet in Dubuque.

Blake Larsson and Conor Wiesender won at No. 1 doubles for Prairie, 6-4, 6-0.

PRAIRIE 5, HEMPSTEAD 4

Singles

1. Evan Gaskill (P) def. Luke Ellert-Beck, 6-2, 6-2
2. Briton Bauerly (DH) def. Blake Larsson, 6-1, 3-6, 10-7
3. Alex Ahlrichs (DH) def. Conor Wiesender, 6-2, 6-1
4. Jake Crumbo (P) def. Colin Noel, 6-4, 6-1
5. Nick Zarra (DH) def. Jason Niccolls, 0-6, 6-4, 11-9
6. Jacob Hansel (DH) def. Brandon Bruhn, 6-3, 6-3

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