Libby tennis wins, ties against Bigfork
<p>Mehki Sykes teamed with Dani Hawthorne vs. Bigfork's Wilson Vogt and Xiao Xiao Strong at No. 1 doubles May 6.</p>
The Vikings and Valkyries of Bigfork visited Libby Saturday afternoon for tennis matches. The Lady Loggers dropped three of the singles matches, but won both doubles contests to earn the 3-3 draw. The boys won all of four singles matches and split the two doubles matches to claim victory, 5-1.
On the girls’ side of the net, Kaylene Hudson picked up the Lady Loggers’ only win, defeating Kalia Wicklund 6-3, 7-5. Isabelle Martineau fell to Alanna Weihcher, 0-6, 0-6; Jessika Jones lost to Karlee Park, 2-6, 1-6 and Jillian Hawthorne was defeated by Julia Saunders, 6-7(2), 4-6. Dani Hawthorne and Mehki Sykes took down Wilson Vogt and Xiao Xiao Strong, 6-1, 6-3 and Jenna Barrick and Cloie Boardner knocked off Stacey Paulson and Maria Zavata, 6-0, 7(4)-6.
On the boys’ side, Jhamaal Sykes defeated Alex Buenz, 6-3, 6-2; Jason Brant beat Michael Bedford, 6-3, 6-3; Cody Wood blanked Noah VanQueckelburg, 6-0, 6-0, and Colin Maloney knocked off Grant Gibson, 6-1, 6-2. In doubles play Rayson Arnold and Virgil Sadewasser fell to George Gibson and Ben Russell, 1-6, 0-6 and Gio Cano and Erik Lauer beat Colton Reichenback and Clayton Reichenback, 6-1, 6-3.