Linn-Mar Boys Tennis

Linn-Mar tennis team wins twice

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar boys tennis team opened the season with a pair of victories at the Iowa City West Invitational Saturday.

The Lions topped Dowling Catholic, 9-2, and defeated Waukee, 8-3.

Tim Paulson won both of his matches at No. 1 singles for Linn-Mar. He defeated Jarrett Benson of Dowling, 6-1, 6-2, and blanked Mac Delsol of Waukee, 6-0, 6-0.

Trevor McCann, Ben Myers, Shane Skvor and Kyle Brendes also won both of their singles matches for the Lions.

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Andersons take 3rd at coed tennis

ANKENY - Brady Anderson and his sister Ellie placed third at the Class 2A state coed tennis tournament in Ankeny Tuesday.

The Andersons defeated Griffin Rasche and Evan Hood of Clinton, 6-3, 6-3, in the consolation finals for third place.

Chloe Jefferies and Anders Jensen of West Des Moines Valley defeated Abby Jans and Trent Schneider of Iowa City West, 6-4, 6-2, for the title.

The Andersons won four straight matches before losing to West Des Moines Valley in the semifinals, 6-0, 7-5. They ended up playing six matches in one day.

Linn-Mar nets 2nd at state tennis

ANKENY - The Linn-Mar Lions and Iowa City West Trojans took their boys tennis rivalry all the way to the championship match of the Class 2A state team tournament in Ankeny Tuesday.

Iowa City West won the state title, 5-2, even though Linn-Mar prevailed at the top of the singles matches.

Brady Anderson of Linn-Mar defeated Blake Oetting of Iowa City West, 6-4, 6-4, at No.1 singles. Tim Paulson of Linn-Mar rallied to defeat Jiung Jung of Iowa City West, 1-6, 7-6, 6-0 at No.2 singles.

Trevor McCann of Linn-Mar won his first set at No.3 singles against Trent Schneider, but Schneider rallied for a three-set victory.

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Lions settle for 2nd at state tennis

Linn-Mar senior Brady Anderson's bid for a piece of state tennis history fell a set short Saturday.

Anderson and Trevor McCann lost to David DiLeo and Karl Wenzel in the championship match of the Class 2A state doubles tournament, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, at the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.

Anderson won the Class 2A state singles title in 2013 and was bidding to become the first player in 16 years to capture a state singles title and doubles title in his career. Hunter Skogman of Linn-Mar was the last player to turn the trick, claiming a doubles crown in 1997 and a singles title in 1998.

Players have to pick their event for the postseason tournament - either singles or doubles - and Anderson wanted to chase a doubles title this year with McCann, his teammate and good friend.

"It's what I wanted to do," Anderson said before the finals. "If we win, it's going to feel great. But even if we don't win, I think it was the right choice."

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