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Demons open season with 2nd-place finishes
By Shelton Burch
Sports Editor
The Dodge City Red Demons boys tennis team opened their season with a pair of second-place finishes, coming in second as a team at Pratt March 29, before finishing second to Garden City in Great Bend March31.
Head coach Mark Sandbo said he was pleased with the team’s results in the first two events.
“I thought that Byrce was a little hampered with kind of the nagging ankle injury at Pratt and I thought when he had his mobility back he did some good things,” Sandbo said.
Harmon finished 2-2 in Pratt before finishing 5-0 in Great Bend in the No. 1 singles.
As the season progresses, Sandbo said the team will be working on identifying what new areas they can improve,many of which can only be identified through actual game-action.
“There becomes a familiarity with playing within your team, and when you get to those events, from a coach’s perspective, you get to really see what you need to work on,”Sandbo said.
Here are the results from the season-opening event in Pratt: – In the No. 1 singles, Bryce Harmon finished third at 2-2 – In the No. 1 doubles, Alex Ramirez and Cannon Bunkall finished second at 2-2 – In the No. 2 singles, Lakin Scheck finished second with a record of 3-1 – In the No. 2 doubles, Jonathan Austin and Josiah Thomas finished first with a record of 4-0 The team finished second overall behind Haven.
Here are the results from the team’s event at Veterans Park in GreatBend, Kansas.
– In the No. 1 singles, Byrce Harmon went 5-0In the No. 1 doubles, Alex Ramirez and Cannon Bunkall went 3-1- In the No. 2 singles, Lakin Scheck went3-2-In the No.2 doubles, Jonathan Austin and Josiah Thomas went 4-1 The team finished second overall behind GardenCity.
The Red Demons next tennis meet is scheduled for 3 p.m. April 12, in Hutchinson, Kansas at the Hutchinson Fairgrounds TennisComplex.
Red Demons end girls tennis season ranked No. 14 in state
Red Demons end girls tennis season ranked No. 14 in state
By: Shelton Burch
Courtesy of Dodge Globe Sports Editor
The Dodge City Red Demons placed 14th as a team Saturday in the 6A state tennis tournament.
The placing made the Red Demons the highest- ranked 6A tennis team west of Manhattan, Kansas according to head coach David Snodgrass.
The team was led by senior Leah Stein, who Snodgrass called “one of the best to ever play “Lady Demon Tennis.”
It was the first time she had one a match at state, but she won twice Saturday, moving her wins total all-time to 97. She is now the all-time leader at Dodge City High School in career wins as a singles player, and her 34 wins this season tied on member of Independence High School (a 4A school) for the most wins in all school classifications this season.
“As a coach I’m super proud of these four seniors and the accomplishments they made senior year,” Snodgrass said via email. “Each one of them has a separate tennis story of where they started with Lady Demon tennis and to have each one of them finish together at the state tournament, is very special. I thank each one for everything they had contributed to our program over the years.”
Girls tennis team sending four to State
Girls tennis team sending four to State
By Shelton Burch
Courtesy of Dodge Globe Sports Editor
Four Dodge City Red Demons girls tennis players qualified for the State invitational after scoring strong performances Saturday Regionals.
The Regional event took place in Garden City, Kansas. State is scheduled to take place Friday in Wichita, Kansas.
In Doubles, the duo of seniors Kameron Lowery and Mireya Chacon entered the tournament as the No. 9 seed and opened with a victory over the No. 8. They then fell to the No. 1 seed team by scores 6-3, 6-2 before winning consecutive consolation matches against the teams entering as No. 5 and No. 6 seeds. They finished the tournament in fifth place.
Victoria Garcia and Sammy Nguyen also competed in the doubles but were eliminated in the first round.
“Overall we had a great day at regionals, the Ladies played their hearts out and played really good tennis today,” Dodge City head coach David Snodgrass said via email. “As a program we always stress that we want to be playing our best tennis come October and today was proof that we did just that. For us to get all four of our seniors to qualify for state is an amazing feeling. It’s not how well you play, its when you play well that matters. And we played very well.”
Dodge City senior Marissa Wissar entered the tournament as a No. 10 seed in Singles. She also earned multiple upsets Saturday, beating the No. 7 seed before falling to the No. 2 seed by scores 6-0, 6-0 in the main bracket. She
then beat the No. 6 seed in the consolation ladder before losing to the previous No. 8 seed, finishing sixth in the tournament.
Finally, Dodge City senior Leah Stein followed up her 2017 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year recognition, finishing third in the tournament. Entering as the No. 4 seed in Singles, she beat the No. 13 seed by scores 6-0, 6-0 and the No. 5 seed by scores 6-1, 6-1 before falling to the eventual second place finisher by scores 6-2, 6-0. She finished the tournament with an upset of her own, beating the No. 3 seed to finish third.
The Dodge City Red Demons will now head to Wichita, for the State tournament Friday at 11 a.m.
Red Demons host WAC round-robin, finish third
Red Demons host WAC round-robin, finish third
By: Shelton Burch
Courtesy of Dodge Globe Sports Editor
The Dodge City Red Demons girls tennis team finished third in the Western Athletic Conference round-robin invitational Monday. Dodge City High School hosted the event, which featured 30 different players from within the conference. At the end of the day, Dodge City senior Leah Stein was announced as the 2017 Conference Player of the Year. It was her second straight time receiving the award.
She also finished first in the No. 1 Singles. Fellow senior Marissa Wissar also did well, finishing third in the No. 2 Singles.
Head coach David Snodgrass said she played well, despite coming up short against some of her opponents Monday.
“She’s definitely playing her best tennis right now, and for her to place third in an extremely tough, tough division, I couldn’t be more proud,” Snodgrass said.
Hosting the WAC, Snodgrass said was also special because it gave the team’s seniors, Wissar among them, one last chance to perform at home.
“Just knowing that it was Leah’s last performance at home,” Snodgrass said.
“She’s been a four-year-varsity player for our program and she’s been a great leader by example and just (her) work-ethic and has demonstrated what it takes to be successful, not only to the other varsity girls but to the junior varsity. Just to get those girls one last meet at home, it means a lot.”
Those seniors included Stein, Wissar, Kameron Lowery and Mireya Chacon.
“I couldn’t ask more than what Kameron, Mireya, Marissa and Leah have done for the program,” Snodgrass said. “It’s nice to have them perform in front of their families and friends and just compete at the high school one last time.”
The WAC was the last tuneup the team will get before it heads to Great Bend for Regionals Saturday. All along, the team’s goal has been to play its best come October.
“Even though we might have came up short in some matches, I think the girls showed a lot of grit, and they played with energy and effort and they competed,” Snodgrass said. “Ultimately that’s all we could ask, is just say ‘Hey, go out there and compete and give yourself the opportunity to win.’ And I think they showed that they had a lot of fight in the . And for us to end up getting third at WAC, one point away
from second-place, is huge for this team, and hopefully they take that as an opportunity as we move on to Regionals on Saturday.
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