SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Rock Springs Tigers and Green River Wolves tennis squads battled with the Jackson Broncs on Saturday as the girls teams came away with victories.
The Green River girls took down their opponents in four of the five matches, while the Wolves boys were swept 5-0. Rock Springs saw a 3-2 win on the girls side, but the boys were also swept 5-0.
Rylin Arnell downed Margaret Tauren in the No. 1 singles match in two one-sided sets, 6-2 and 6-1. Green River’s only loss in the girls match came in the No. 2 singles, as Sydney Lopez fell to Annabele Millham in two sets. Brynley Beutel and Meghan Thomas returned the Wolves to winning ways when they defeated Mizelle and Maher in a 6-1, 7-6 battle. The sweep of the doubles matches continued with Taylor Kendall and Bianca Marx topping MacGregor and Chace in 7-5 and 6-1 sets. Katelyn Tanner and Emma Johnson capped off the team victory with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Ramsey and Levinson.
The Wolves boys each went down in two-set matches. Lucas Arnold fell 6-0, 6-0 to William Freymann and Kaiden Olson dropped two 6-2 sets to Luke Gentile in the singles matches. Quentin Bundy and Jacob Britton battled against Steinberg and Beninga, but lost 6-2, 6-3. The No. 2 doubles match was Green River’s best showing with Blaise Taylor and Lucas Hokanson edging Wilcox and Ankeny 6-4, 6-4, though they finished on the wrong end of the decision. Joe Lovato and Kyler Steiss wrapped up the results with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Day and Fine.
Rock Springs took wins in all three girls doubles matches to secure the victory. Tahlia Knudsen and Emery Punches-Mickelson started the streak by topping Mizelle and Maher in 6-1, 4-6 and 6-4 sets. Sophie Pugmire and Harris kept it going with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Moser and MacGregor. In a fight to clinch the team win, Wigg and Wren prevailed over Chace and Levenson by 6-4, 1-6 and 6-4 scores. Addie Aanerud and Olivia Davies dropped their singles matches in two sets to Tauren and Millham, respectively.
On the boys side, everyone went down in two sets except for Gentry Swafford and Dax Ogden in their No. 1 singles match. They won their first set against Ankeny and Beninga 6-3, then fell in the next two 6-4 and 10-8. Matthew Wren and Clint Copsey lost in their singles matches as Thompson and George and Thompson and Wheatley faced defeat in their doubles.
The Tigers and the Wolves will square off in Green River on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 3 p.m.
Anden Garfield is the sports reporter for the Rocket Miner and Rawlins Times newspapers. He can be reached at agarfield@rocketminer.com