The Raiders Boys Tennis Team faced two difficult opponents last week, Mahtomedi and St. Thomas, and fell to both. The interesting piece in watching the boys against Mahtomedi is that they never gave up even with the odds stacked against them. Fans could see the wheels turning in their head, the boys learning from what just happened with many of them mocking up the racquet movements trying to build that muscle memory.
Apr. 23 at home Mahtomedi - 6, Hastings - 1
Singles:
No. 1 - Sam Rathmanner, Mahtomedi def. Micah Slapnicher, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 - Brandon Pham, Mahtomedi def. Devon Yang, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 3 - Jack Allaben, Mahtomedi def. Malachi Beal, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 4 - Ben Ruedy, Hastings def. Max Milbrandt, Mahtomedi, 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles:
No. 1 - Aidan Wald, Mahtomedi - Zach Burge, Mahtomedi def. Quinton Heiman - Tanner Mattila, Hastings, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 2 - Eli Hendrickson, Mahtomedi - Max Hendrickson, Mahtomedi def. Nathan Welt - Matt Darst, Hastings, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 3 - Luke Roettger, Mahtomedi - Reese Nelson, Mahtomedi def. Aidan Suarez Garcia - Eli Handrich, Hastings, 6-0, 6-1.
Apr. 25 at St Thomas Academy - 7, Hastings - 0,
Singles:
No. 1 - Drew Lindstrom, St Thomas Academy def. Micah Slapnicher, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 - Braxton Spata, St Thomas Academy def. Quinton Heiman, Hastings, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3 - Dante Ziperstein, St Thomas Academy def. Malachi Beal, Hastings, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 1 - Finn Ganje, St Thomas Academy def. Ben Ruedy, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles:
No. 1 - Britton Jarpe - Timothy Noonan, St Thomas Academy def. Devon Yang - Nathan Welt, Hastings, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
No. 2 - William Bonfe - Charles Schubert, St Thomas Academy def. Tanner Mattila - Charlie Jensen, Hastings, 6-0, 6-3.
No. 3 - Declan Varley - Owen Weber, St Thomas Academy def. Matt Darst - Camden Kochendorffer, Hastings, 6-3, 6-3.
The boys have had a few busy weeks with their season already approaching sections, and that is not going to let up for another week. The next opportunity to see the Raider Tennis Team in action is the rescheduled meet against Rosemount, at home on May 1 at 4:00 p.m. The Raiders then host Two Rivers on May 2, also at 4:00 p.m. The boys then take a trip to St. Catherine University for a 10 a.m. start on May 4 against multiple schools. May 7 brings a trip to Hill-Murray to take on the Pioneers at 4:00 p.m. for their final regular season match before section seeding.
