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Viewmont boys tennis team wins Provo Tournament

Apr 24, 2023 01:07PM ● By Catherine Garrett

Viewmont

Viewmont won the Provo Tournament April 14-15, beating out four other schools in a one-set format.

Head coach Mark Burningham said the match of the tournament for his squad was Ashton Durrant’s comeback against Woods Cross’ Mason Garff at No. 3 singles. “Ashton overcame an 0-4 slow start to win a thrilled tie-breaker with both players having set-point opportunities,” Burningham said.

Durrant’s win helped the Viewmont beat the Wildcats 5-0. Against Provo, the Vikings won 5-0 – losing just six games over the five matches, including 6-0 wins by Nate Tullis over Ty Bybee at over Ty Bybee and Kyle Robinson/Curtis Robinson over Clark Barry/Joshua Edwards at No. 1 doubles.

In a 3-2 win over Highland, Tullis pulled out a 7-6 (1) win over Oliver Mesicek while Kyle Robinson/Curtis Robinson beat Luke Beesley/Spencer Hall 6-2 and Adam Jones/Landon Kearns defeated Will Clawson/Ilario Noyes 6-3. Also at the Provo tournament, Viewmont beat Desert Hills 5-0. 

In regular match play this week, the Vikings swept Bonneville 5-0 April 11, losing just one game in all five of the varsity matchups.

At No. 1 singles, Nate Tullis beat Gavin Pelagio-Williams 6-0, 6-0; at No. 2 singles, Mikey Tullis defeated Dane Dykman 6-0, 6-0; and, at No. 3 singles, Durrant beat Spencer Marriott 6-1, 6-0. Curtis Robinson/Kyle Robinson, playing at No. 1 doubles, beat Josh Lamb/Kyle Kronmiller 6-0, 6-0 while Jones/ Kearns, at No. 2 doubles, defeated Garrett Oleson/Cal Morris 6-0, 6-0.

Against Northridge April 13, Viewmont also won 5-0 over the Knights. Nate Tullis beat Henry Bell 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles; Mikey Tullis defeated Nicolas Dearden 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles; Ashton Durrant beat Addison Bendixsen 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles; Kyle Robinson/Curtis Robinson defeated Samuel Bennett/Oliver Donnerlid 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles; and Landon Kearns/Adam Jones beat Spencer Limoges/Jackson LaSota 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.


Davis

Davis defeated Clearfield 4-1 April 13.

Will Parkinson beat Nicholas Corbridge 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 singles; Everett Halverson defeated Mitchell Chamberlain 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles; Brox Turley/Scott Finlinson beat Luke Hartman/Fisher Inskeep 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles; and Cole Durham/Jacob Williams defeated Tyson Lesher/Sam Gridley 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.


Farmington

Farmington swept all opponents this week in Fremont April 10, Weber April 11 and Syracuse April 13.

The Phoenix lineup includes Justin Steed at No. 1 singles, Nate Bullard at No. 2 singles, Noah Larsen at No. 3 singles, Spencer Ostermiller/Landon Packer at No. 1 doubles and Bronson Bowcut/Blake Geddes at No. 2 doubles.


Bountiful

Bountiful defeated Woods Cross 4-1 April 11.

In singles, Harrison Pearce defeated Caleb Richards 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles; Zach Eyring beat Ian Rummens 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 2 singles; and Pierce Moore defeated Jake Richards 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. The other win for the Redhawks was at No. 2 doubles with Simon Barlow/Covey Ure beating Mason Garff/Aiden McMillan 7-5, 6-1.

Against Box Elder April 13, Bountiful won 3-2, sweeping the singles lineup. Pearce defeated Trevor Wilkinson 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles; Eyring beat Preston Braegger 6-1, 7-5 at No. 2 singles; and Moore defeated Drew Low 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

At the Spanish Fork Invitational April 14, the Redhawks finish fifth out of nine teams.


Woods Cross

Woods Cross lost to Ridgeline 3-2 April 10.

The Wildcats lost all three singles matches, but Caleb Richards/Jake Richards defeated Kayson Reeder/Tag McCullough 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 1 doubles. Andrew Harrison/Mason Garff, also won their match – against Preston Brenchley/Austin Christensen 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-5) – at No. 2 doubles.

In the 1-4 loss to Bountiful, Ryker Iverson/Harrison picked up the lone win for Woods Cross at No. 1 doubles, winning 6-4, 6-2 over Joe Stobbe/Thane Thompson.

Against Skyridge April 12, the Wildcats again lost 1-4.

“Skyridge is super deep,” said head coach Molly Richards. 

Jack Richards, at No. 2 singles, produced the team’s only win 6-4, 6-4 over Stockton Dyer.

At the Provo Invitational April 14, Woods Cross beat Provo 5-0, Desert Hills 4-1 and Highland 3-2 while losing to the Vikings 5-0. λ