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Anderson honored on All-Metro tennis

Linn-Mar senior Brady Anderson has been named the Player of the Year on the all-Metro boys tennis team for 2014.

Chris Wundram of Linn-Mar was named the Coach of the year.

Anderson won the Class 2A state title in singles last year and has reached the semifinals of the state doubles tournament this year with Trevor McCann.

Tim Paulson of Linn-Mar, Jackson Hoyt of Washington, Kyle D'mello of Xavier, Caleb Scott of Marion and Jacob Donald of Jefferson joined Anderson on the all-Metro first team.

SECOND TEAM

Quinn Jamrock (Kennedy), Aaron Smith (Marion), Trevor McCann (Linn-Mar), Ben Myers (Linn-Mar), Ian Schweiger (Washington), Parker Muller (Washington).

HONORABLE MENTION

Prairie: Connor Anthony, Blake Larsson

Jefferson: Alex Tvedte, Jason Chung

Linn-Mar: Kyle Brendes, Shane Skvor

Washington: Oliver Hammond, Dane Van Antwerp

Marion: Jeremy Ellerby, Seth Tuetken

Kennedy: Jimmy Cunningham, Kyle Butler

Xavier: Ben Curley, Chris Schirm

Wash boys fall in substate finals

MARSHALLTOWN - The Cedar Rapids Washington boys tennis team lost to Iowa City West, 5-0, in the substate finals of the Class 2A tournament in Marshalltown Saturday.

The Warriors reached the substate finals with a 5-2 victory over Cedar Falls earlier in the day.

Jackson Hoyt, Oliver Hammond, Dane Van Antwerp and Ian McElree won their singles matches against Cedar Falls. Hoyt and Parker Muller clinched the match with a victory at No. 2 doubles.

WASHINGTON 5, CEDAR FALLS 2

Singles

1. Jackson Hoyt (W) def. Andy Mong, 6-1, 6-2

2. Brennan Ashwood (CF) def. Ian Schweiger, 6-3, 6-0

3. Vineel Mallavarapu (CF) def. Parker Muller, 7-5, 6-1

4. Oliver Hammond (W) def. Kyle Wiebers, 6-0, 6-2

5. Dane Van Antwerp (W) def. Michael Flanscha, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

6. Ian McElree (W) def. Brian Cook, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

1. Schweiger/Hammond (W) vs. Ashwood/Mallavarapu (did not finish)

2. Hoyt/Muller (W) def. Mong/Flanscha, 6-1, 6-2

3. Van Antwerp/McElree (W) vs. Wiebers/Cook (did not finish)

IOWA CITY WEST 5, WASHINGTON 0

Singles

1. Blake Oetting (ICW) def. Hoyt, 6-1, 6-2

2. Schweiger (W) vs. Jiuang Jung (did not finish)

3. Trent Schneider (ICW) defe. Muller, 6-2, 6-1

4. David DiLeo (ICW) def. Hammond, 6-1, 7-5

5. Karl Wenzel (ICW) def. Van Antwerp, 6-0, 6-0

6. Adam Dellos (ICW) def. McElree, 6-1, 6-1

Metro players net MVC tennis honors

Brady Anderson of Linn-Mar and Vale Caro of Prairie have been named Athletes of the Year on the Mississippi Valley Conference all-star tennis teams in the Valley Division.

Jackson Hoyt (Washington), Tim Paulson (Linn-Mar), Kyle D'mello (Xavier) and Jacob Donald (Jefferson) joined Anderson as first-team selections on the boys first-team honor squad.

Magui Caro (Prairie), Lilly Hartman (Washington), Hannah Sherman (Washington) and Jessica Pedersen (Kennedy) joined Vale Caro on the girls first-team honor squad.

Chris Wundram of Linn-Mar was named the Valley Division Coach of the Year for the boys. Scott Leggat of Prairie was named the Valley Division Coach of the Year for the girls.

SECOND TEAM

Metro Only

BOYS: Ian Schweiger (Washington), Trevor McCann (Linn-Mar), Parker Muller (Washington), Quinn Jamrock (Kennedy).

GIRLS: Ellie Anderson (Linn-Mar), Rina Moore (Washington), Allison Jasper (Xavier), Claire Bouchard (Xavier).

HONORABLE MENTION

Metro Only

BOYS: Connor Anthony (Prairie), Blake Larsson (Prairie), Oliver Hammond (Washington), Dane Van Antwerp (Washington), Ben Curley (Xavier), Christopher Schirm (Xavier), Ben Myers (Linn-Mar), Kyle Brendes (Linn-Mar), Zach Denny (Jefferson), Nate Weger (Jefferson), Jimmy Cunningham (Kennedy), Kyle Butler (Kennedy).

GIRLS: Bri Kalous (Prairie), Michelle Grenn (Prairie), Jennifer Greif (Washington), Kelly King (Washington), Kylie DeWees (Xavier), Jeanne Bouchard (Xavier), Jamie Wantock (Linn-Mar), Anna Schlueter (Linn-Mar), Kylie Jonas (Jefferson), Mary Korch (Jefferson), Hanna Krivit (Kennedy), Evann Martin (Kennedy).

Anderson eyes state doubles title

Linn-Mar senior Brady Anderson will not win the Class 2A state singles title again this year, but it's not because anyone beat him at the district meet Thursday.

Anderson hopes to double his fun this year by playing for the state doubles title with his buddy Trevor McCann, rather than trying to defend his singles crown.

They got off to a good start Thursday by winning the district title at Clinton with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Michael Porubcin and Bryce Brien of Bettendorf in the finals.

Tennis players have to choose what they want to do in the postseason - singles or doubles - because they are not allowed to do both, according to IHSAA rules. Anderson and McCann have been friends since they were little kids, hanging around the courts at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, and they make a formidable pair.

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