Wolverines sweep Baker on Bulldogs’ court

Weiser High School’s varsity tennis coaches could not have asked for a better showing by the team at Baker City, Ore., last week.
 The Wolverines swept the Bulldogs on their way to a 10-0 victory over an outmatched Baker City squad. The win on the road for Weiser was the second in a week. Weiser beat Vale here on March 14 in the season opener.
 A couple of the boys singles matches at Baker were competitive and went three sets to be decided. Weiser players pulled out the wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots.
 Weiser’s Bryce Bake won the first set against Zach Schwin of Baker 6-4 but ran into trouble in the second set, dropping it 4-6 to his Bulldog opponent. Bake rallied big time in the third set, winning it 6-0 without giving up a game and taking the match.
 Karson Brush also battled in three sets to get the win over Baker’s Shane Cunningham in boys singles. Brush dropped the first set 2-6 but came back to win the second and third sets, 6-4, 6-4.
 In the No. 3 singles spot, Weiser’s Eli To’omalatai handily defeated Luke Barnes in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
 In girls singles, Andrea Bouvia won her match over Hannah Johnson in two sets 6-3, 6-3. 
 Against Vale, Weiser’s Sienna McClellan played doubles but at Baker City she took on Gabbie Trebilcock in singles and won 6-4, 6-1.
 Kristy Bake, playing in the No. 3 singles spot for Weiser, didn’t take long to put her Bulldog opponent Andrea Pettit away in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 and only lost a single game in the match.
 In boys doubles, Matthew Westover teamed up with Kelvin Price to beat Isaac Nemec and Alex Davila of Baker City in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.
 Layton Tolman and Pedro Ixta picked up a win for Weiser in boys doubles by beating Anthony Cowan and Eli Lien of Baker 6-2, 6-1.
 Junior Grace Soulen, who was the team’s winningest player last year in girls singles, has been playing doubles so far this season. She was paired with Bentley Weldon in the No. 1 girls doubles spot against Baker City and the duo downed Emma Finley and Kaylee Dalke in two sets 6-4, 6-2.
 In the No. 2 girls double spot, Emma Tolman and Denica McClellan only gave up one game in their match against Sarah Plummer and Lupita Macias. The Weiser duo won in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.
 Oregon schools do not play mixed doubles.
 The tennis team will be taking spring break off and return to the courts on April 1 with a home match against Nyssa.
Weiser JV vs  
Grangeville varsity
at Weiser March 16
 Boys singles: Ethan Davis 6-3  6-0 win, Brylee Williams win.
 Girls singles: Kristy Bake – loss, Ebbe King 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win, Libbie Rynearson 4-6, 6-7.
 Boys doubles: Branson Ward/Brylee Williams 6-0, 6-0 win. Gerry Morales/Johnny Stuart loss.
 Girls doubles: Chelise Walker/Kristy Bake loss.
 Mixed doubles: Mitchell Westover/Chelise Walker 6-0, 6-0 Derek Gonzales/Libbie Rynearson win.

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