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.
