Kennedy Boys Tennis

Cougars clipped by Washington in boys tennis squeaker

Washington won two of three doubles matches and pulled out a 5-4 win over Kennedy Wednesday in a boys tennis meet at Washington.

The score was tied, 3-3, after singles. Kennedy's Riley Galbraith beat Charlie Hammond, 6-3, 7-6(7-5), at No. 1 singles. The Cougars also got wins from Ethan Gascho and Robert Sweet.

Mitch Blades, Mitch Anderson and Alex Intlekofer won singles matches for Washington.

Hammond and Blades beat Sweet and Bryce Blomberg at No. 1 doubles, and Anderson and Clayton Hoyt teamed at No. 2 doubles to beat Galbraith and Arjun Venkateh at No. 2 doubles to seal the win for the Warriors.

Washington 5, Kennedy 4

Singles
1. Riley Galbraith (CRK) def. Charlie Hammond, 6-3, 7-6(7-5)
2. Mitch Blades (CRW) def. Dan Wasta, 6-1, 6-2
3. Ethan Gascho (CRK) def. Clayton Hoyt, 1-6, 6-1, 10-4
4. Mitch Anderson (CRW) def. Nolan Nietert, 6-2, 6-1
5. Robert Sweet (CRK) def. Cole Rhatigan, 6-3, 6-4
6. Alex Intlekofer (CRW) def. Bryce Blomberg, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Hammond/Blades (CRW) def. Sweet/Blomberg, 6-4, 6-1
2. Hoyt/Anderson (CRW) def. Galbraith/Arjun Venkatesh, 6-1, 6-1
3. Gascho/Nietert (CRK) def. Rhatigan/Intlekofer, 6-2, 2-6, 10-5

Cougars win 2nd in as many days

Kennedy won four of six singles matches and posted its second win in as many days Tuesday, beating Dubuque Wahlert, 6-3, at Kennedy.

Riley Galbraith beat Jon Moore, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1 singles for Kennedy. The Cougars, who beat Xavier Monday, improved to 8-2.

Kennedy 6, Dubuque Wahlert 3

Singles

1. Riley Galbraith (CRK) def. Jon Moore, 6-4, 6-4
2. Brandon Schneider (DW) def. Dan Wasta, 6-4, 6-3
3. Tom Runde (DW) def. Ethan Gascho, 7-5, 6-4
4. Nolan Nietert (CRK) def. Joey Ottavi, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Robert Sweet (CRK) def. Buddy Franson, 6-1, 6-1
6. Bryce Blomberg (CRK) def. Garrett Hinz, 7-6 (4), 6-0

Doubles

1. Schneider/Runde (DW) def. Gascho/Nietert, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3)
2. Galbraith/Arjun Venkatesh (CRK) def. Moore/Franson, 6-1, 6-1
3. Sweet/Blomberg (CRK) def. Ottavi-Hinz, 6-4, 6-2

Kennedy sweeps singles against Xavier boys

Riley Galbraith, Dan Wasta, Ethan Gascho, Nolan Nietert, Robert Sweet and Bryce Blomberg won all six singles matches Monday as Kennedy topped Xavier, 7-2, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Xavier.

Galbraith defeated Noah Schmall, 6-1, 6-3, at No.1 singles.

Kennedy 7, Xavier 2

Singles

1. Riley Galbraith (K) def. Noah Schmall, 6-1, 6-3.
2. Dan Wasta (K) def. Jimmy Deignan, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3.
3. Ethan Gascho (K) def. Alex Gerleman, 7-5, 6-3.
4. Nolan Nietert (K) def. Chris Petersen, 7-6, 6-4.
5. Robert Sweet (K) def. Grant Hunt, 7-5, 6-1.
6. Bryce Blomberg (K) def. Noah Rickertsen, 7-5, 7-5.

Doubles

1. Schmall/Deignan (X) def. Galbraith/Wasta, 6-4, 6-3.
2. Gerleman/Petersen (X) def. Gascho/Nietert, 6-7, 6-2, 10-7.
3. Sweet/Blomberg (K) def. Hunt/Daniel O'Connell, 7-6, 6-3.

Kennedy boys split with IC schools in tennis

Kennedy succumbed to Iowa City West in the morning, but bounced back to whip City High in the afternoon Saturday in Mississippi Valley Conference boys tennis.

The Cougars were beaten by West, 9-0, then whipped City High, 7-2.

West has two sophomores and four freshmen in its lineup, but the Trojans lost only one set to the Cougars.

Kennedy won five of six singles matches against City High.

Iowa City West 9, Kennedy 0

Singles
1. Kyle Appel (ICW) def. Dan Wasta, 6-2, 6-0
2. Blake Oetting (ICW) def. Ethan Gascho, 6-0, 6-0
3. Karl Wenzel (ICW) def. Nolan Nietert, 6-3, 6-2
4. Adam Dellos (ICW) def. Robert Sweet, 6-1, 6-3
5. Adam Boldt (ICW) def. Bryce Blomberg, 6-3, 6-1
6. Ben Dellos (ICW) def. Brandon Hendrickson, 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10)

Doubles
1. Appel/Oetting (ICW) def. Gascho/Nietert, 6-2, 6-2
2. Dellos/Dellos (ICW) def. Sweet/Blomberg, 6-3, 7-5
3. Wenzel/Yoon Soo Kim (ICW) def. Hendrickson/Arjun Venkatesh, 6-3, 6-2

Kennedy 7, Iowa City High 2

Singles
1. Wasta (CRK) def. Sean Mullan, 6-3, 6-2
2. Gascho (CRK)  def. Wes Steffen, 6-0, 6-4
3. Nietert (CRK) def. Holden Feagler, 6-0, 6-2
4. Noah Danielson (ICH) def. Sweet, 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
5. Blomberg (CRK) def. Phil Buatti, 6-1, 6-1
6. Venkatesh (CRK) def. Andrew Brown, 6-1, 7-5

Doubles
1. Mullan/Steffen (ICH) def. Gascho/Nietert, 6-1, 6-4
2. Sweet/Blomberg (CRK) def. Feagler/Brown, 6-2, 6-1
3. Venkatesh/Hendrickson (CRK) def. Danielson/Buatti, 6-2, 7-5