MASON — The Sturgis tennis team finished sixth at the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Mason on Saturday. The Trojans finished with a team score of 10, Battle Creek Lakeview was first with 19 followed by Gull Lake and Mason with 16 each, Hudsonville Unity Christian with 14 and DeWitt with 13.
In the first single flight, George Ebert finished with a perfect 3-0 record and won first place.
Ebert posted victories over Jackson Northwest 6-1, 6-0; Lakeview 6-3, 6-0 and finally Henry Kamman of Gull Lake in the final 6-3, 6-4.
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Every other Sturgis team brought home a point for the Trojans on the day. Wyatt Miller at second singles, Carter Oswald at third singles and Brody Currier at fourth singles each won a match.
In doubles, the teams of Alex Cypher and Andrew Scheske (first doubles), Cooper and Easton Barkby (second doubles), Brayden Bibb and Dominic Brown (third doubles) and the duo of Jonathan Bickle and Nixson Orpilla (fourth doubles) each won once.
On Thursday, the Trojans tied Coldwater 4-4.
Ebert won her singles match against Claudel Wishmeyer 6-0, 6-0.
Sturgis won at second and third singles with Miller and Oswald. Currier was knocked off at fourth singles.
The Barkby brothers won their second doubles match against Logan Kirk and Gave McCowan 6-2, 6-3.
The first doubles team of Scheske and Logan White, the third doubles team of Bibb and Brown and the fourth doubles team of Bidde and Orpilla each played and lost in tough matches.
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This article was originally published in the Sturgis Journal: SHS Tennis Team Takes First Place Thanks to Ebert
