Libby Tennis team earns a spot on the Wall of Fame

The State B Boys Tennis Champs 2016 flag, the only one of it’s kind on the wall of the Loggers’ gym, was unveiled during the Libby Loggers basketball games on Saturday.

The players were invited onto the court in between the games. As they stood in the center of the court, they watched as the black tarp covering the flag was pulled down, revealing the gold, bright and new flag underneath.

Libby’s boys claimed the state championship with four players earning All-State honors. Jason Brant placed fourth individually, Jhamaal Sykes earned sixth place recognition and the doubles team of Erik Lauer and Braydan Thom placed second.

This earned them a spot on Libby’s Wall of Fame.

On the girls’ side of the nets, senior Kaylene Hudson battled to the championship match to place second, also earning both All-State and Libby Wall of Fame honors.

After the championship, the Loggers team arrived back in Libby to a police escort and a line of honking horns celebrating the first tennis championship in school history.

The Libby Loggers boys and girls tennis teams rolled into town to a homecoming parade led by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the Libby Police Department, the Libby Volunteer Fire Department and members of the Libby Volunteer Ambulance crews. The Loggers made their way down Mineral Avenue and celebrated a dominating performance at the state tennis meet.

Bethany Rolfson is a reporter at The Western News and can be reached at 293-4124, or by email at reporter@thewesternnews.com.