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<\/p>\nRAPID CITY, S.D. \u2014 The Mitchell High School boys tennis team closed out its 2026 season with a seventh-place finish at the Class AA state tournament, which wrapped up Friday at Sioux Park.<\/p>\n
The Kernels compiled 200 team points over the two-day tournament, finishing just behind sixth-place Rapid City Stevens, which totaled 210 points. Mitchell was led by strong performances in the lower singles flights, where Simon Wiese and Dayton Adams each earned fourth-place finishes.<\/p>\n
At No. 5 singles, Wiese advanced to the semifinals with a pair of victories. He opened with a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over Sioux Falls Washington\u2019s Jacob Van Rooyen before defeating Watertown\u2019s Tyson Lawrence in a tight quarterfinal match, 6-3, 1-6, 11-9. Wiese then fell to Harrisburg\u2019s Ozil Sharma in the semifinals before dropping the third-place match to O\u2019Gorman\u2019s Finn Canfield, 10-2.<\/p>\n
Dayton Adams followed a similar route in Flight 6 singles. Adams rolled past Sioux Falls Roosevelt\u2019s Canon Petersen 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round and defeated Yankton\u2019s Zane Becker 6-2, 6-0 in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals. There, Adams fell to Sioux Falls Lincoln\u2019s Myles Schellpfeffer before finishing fourth after a 10-5 loss to O\u2019Gorman\u2019s Reid Oakland in the third-place match.<\/p>\n
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Mitchell\u2019s Dayton Adams hits a shot during the Class AA state boys tennis tournament on Friday, May 22, 2026 at Sioux Park in Rapid City.<\/p>\n
Landon DeBoer \/ Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting<\/p>\n
Mitchell also found success in Flight 4 singles, where Dawson Adams secured fifth place. Adams opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Sioux Falls Washington\u2019s Andrew Lewis before dropping into the fifth-place bracket. He responded with an 8-5 win over Brandon Valley\u2019s Titan Gross in the placement semifinals and capped the weekend with a 10-2 victory against Yankton\u2019s Ethan Marsh in the fifth-place match.<\/p>\n
At No. 2 singles, Asher Dannenbring picked up a first-round win over Yankton\u2019s Luke Moeller by a 6-4, 6-4 score before falling in the fifth-place semifinals. Cooper Star mirrored that result in Flight 3 singles, opening with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Sioux Falls Washington\u2019s Corey Schneider before also dropping his fifth-place semifinal contest.<\/p>\n
In Flight 1 singles, Kernels\u2019 Matthew Mauszycki battled back after losing his opening-round match. Mauszycki defeated Sioux Falls Roosevelt\u2019s Samuel Markman 10-5 and Brookings\u2019 Zachary Mueller 8-3 to reach the consolation championship before falling to Aberdeen Central\u2019s Dawson Pederson, 10-5.<\/p>\n
In Flight 3 doubles, the tandem of Wiese and Dayton Adams reached the third-place match after winning two matches and posting a 2-1 record heading into the placement round. The duo ultimately fell to Yankton\u2019s Jack Pedersen and Zane Becker in a tightly contested 10-8 match to place fourth.<\/p>\n
Dawson Adams and Dannenbring finished with a fifth-place effort in Flight 2 doubles. The pair finished 3-1 overall and secured the placement match with a 10-5 victory over Brandon Valley\u2019s Travis Rowberry and Titan Gross.<\/p>\n
At No. 1 doubles, Star and Mauszycki earned an opening-round win over Aberdeen Central\u2019s Dawson Pederson and Alex Tarver, 7-5, 6-1, before ending their tournament in the fifth-place semifinals.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Gorman captured the team championship in dramatic fashion with 484 points, edging Harrisburg by just two points after the Knights secured the deciding Flight 1 doubles championship match. O\u2019Gorman\u2019s Will Koziara and John McDowell sealed the deal over Harrisburg\u2019s Alexander Rallis and Jackson Hancock 6-4, 4-6, 12-10, to win the state title.<\/p>\n
Behind O\u2019Gorman and runner-up Harrisburg in the team standings were Sioux Falls Lincoln in third (437), Brandon Valley in fourth (234) and Yankton in fifth (222.5). Sioux Falls Washington placed eighth with 138.5 points, followed by Watertown in ninth with 134 and Sioux Falls Jefferson in 10th with 93.5 to round out the top-10 team scores.<\/p>\n
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