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Red Demons host Dodge City Invitational

April 22, 2016 By DCHS Sports

By John Zetmeir

Dodge City Daily Globe

Thursday’s Dodge City Invitational gave the Dodge City High School boys tennis team the chance to gain value varsity experience.

The Red Demons fielded three full teams to compete against six other schools in the nine team field. The Dodge City red team took first place overall with 31 total points.

The Dodge City red squad dominated the doubles field. The No. 1 doubles team of Angel Salmeron and Maans Spaangaeng along with the No. 2 doubles team of Ronaldo Lopez and Collin Clark both earned first place finishes. In the No. 1 singles championship, junior Brett Groth from the Dodge City blue team defeated teammate Florian Kark 8-6 to earn 10 points for the blue team.

Freshman Joel Ostrom from the Dodge City white group made it all the way to the championship round in the No. 2 singles bracket before falling to his opponent from Meade. The No. 2 doubles team of Thai Nguyen and Jonathan Austin also made it too the championship round but fell to Lopez and Clark.

The Red Demons will have a quick turnaround as they head to Garden City on Saturday.

Tennis and Golf Results

April 5, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Demon tennis takes 2nd at Great Bend

Gleason highlights first tourney for Dodge City

By John Zetmeir

Dodge City Daily Globe

BOYS TENNIS

The Red Demons fell just one point short of a first place finish at the Great Bend Invitational on Saturday.

Dodge City tallied 26 points but were edged out by Garden City who collected 27.

Singles play propelled the Red Demons to their second place finish. Florian Kark and Brett Groth both won all five of their matches to earn 16 points for Dodge City.

The No. 1 doubles team of Angel Salmeron and Maanz Spaangaeng earned eight points with a second place finish. Richard Rodriguez and Logan Waldman earned two points to round out the Red Demons’ day.

Dodge City will travel to Arkansas City on Tuesday.

BOYS GOLF

The Dodge City High School boys golf team placed fifth amongst eight teams over the weekend at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City.

Luke Gleason was the lone Red Demon to earn a top-10 individual finish. The sophomore shot an 80 to take ninth place.

Dodge City will travel to Manhattan next week.

Other finishers

Dylan Ratts 86, Adam Kessen 87, Canyon Owens 87,Matthew Vogel 88, Payson Hatfield 93.

Girls tennis team finishes season

October 21, 2015 By DCHS Sports

The common theme this season for the Dodge City girls tennis team was competition. 2015 WAC Coach of the Year David Snodgrass noticed that whether it was in a practice or at a meet, his team loved to compete.

Despite not advancing past the first day of the 6A state tournament, Snodgrass’ group competed hard and that was what he wanted to see.

“That was one thing that allowed us to have the success that we had this year,” Snodgrass said. “The girls always compete. They always put themselves in a position to give themselves a chance to win.”

Seniors Suzy Arkell and Adrianna Rodriguez, junior Hannah Sowers and sophomore Leah Stein were the four Red Demons who traveled to Olathe for the state tournament. Rodriguez and Sowers qualified as a doubles team while both Stein and Arkell played singles.

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Dodge City Tennis sending four to state

October 13, 2015 By DCHS Sports

After the Dodge City girls tennis team won the Western Athletic Conference title last Monday, head coach David Snodgrass knew that if his team continued to play the way that they had been playing, they had the opportunity to send girls to Olathe for the 6A state meet.

After a strong team performance on Saturday, four Red Demons are headed to state. Sophomore Leah Stein and senior Suzy Arkell qualified as singles players while the doubles team of Adriana Rodriguez and Hannah Sowers.

“The girls are extremely excited and I am extremely excited for them,” Snodgrass said. “Just to be able to take four girls who qualified for state. I’m not sure the last time that Dodge City qualified multiple girls for state. Now they can enjoy this with each other.”Stein had a bye in her first match of the day. She advanced to the semifinals after beating Garden City’s Linh Le in the quarterfinals. Arkell won her first two matches. After both Red Demons fell in the semifinals, Stein and Arkell squared off in the third-place match. Stein topped Arkell 6-1, 6-3 in that match.

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Demons girls tennis squad wins WAC title

October 6, 2015 By DCHS Sports

By John Zetmeir

Dodge City Daily Globe

Coming into the season, head coach David Snodgrass wanted his team to be playing their best tennis when they got to Great Bend in early October to compete for a Western Athletic Conference championship.

On Monday, the Dodge City girls tennis team did just that. The Red Demons finished the regular season at WAC champions.

Dodge City started the day off against Hays. Snodgrass admitted that he was a little nervous going into the first matchup because Hays has been a tough opponent for the Red Demons this season.

“I knew that we would have to play very well at the beginning of the day and we were able to win three out the four matches against Hays,” Snodgrass said. “That really set the tone for the rest of the day.”

In their last matchup, Dodge City bested Garden City in three out of four matches to earn the WAC title.

Senior Suzy Arkell has been one of the Red Demons most important players this season. She continued her strong run of form on Monday to earn the WAC title in the No. 2 singles bracket.

“At first I had her play singles just to work on the mental side of the game as a tennis player,” Snodgrass said. “She started off being so dominant that I looked at the numbers and said hey this will give us the best opportunity to be successful as a team.”

The Red Demons also took first place on the No. 2 doubles side courtesy of Sklyer Childress and Marissavel Rodriguez. Sophomore Leah Stein took third in No. 1 singles play and the No. 1 doubles team of Adriana Rodriguez and Hannah Sowers finished in fourth place.

“As a team if felt amazing to win,” Arkell said. “We all performed well and we’ve been carrying this out through the last two meets.” Dodge City will look to keep their momentum rolling this Saturday when they host the regional tournament.

“I feel as we go into regionals, if all of the ladies perform as they did today and continue to play very well, we have the chance to qualify some girls for state,” Snodgrass said.

Matches will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday.