Bobcats 11th after first day of State Tennis Tournament

RAPID CITY The Brookings Bobcats are in 11th place after the first day of the SDHSAA State Boys Tennis Tournament on Thursday.

The opening day was headlined by singles competition as four Bobcats advanced to the consolation semifinals in their respective brackets.

Carson Kreie advanced after splitting his first two matches in the third singles flight. Kreie lost to Harrisburgs Cooper Rott 6-1, 6-0 in the first round but rebounded to defeat Sioux Falls Roosevelts Brayden Parke 10-2 in the consolation semifinals. Kreie will face Brandon Valleys Lucas Fogarty on Friday.

Xavier St. Pierre lost his first match to Harrisburgs Brayden Rausch 6-1,v6-3 in the first round of the fourth singles flight but defeated Sioux Falls Roosevelts Andrew Brockmueller 10-2 in the consolation quarterfinals. Xavier St. Pierre will face Sioux Falls Lincolns Carter Kemmis on Friday.

Zachary Mueller lost to Watertowns Skyler Stanton 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the first round and received a bye into the consolation semifinals. Mueller will face Sioux Falls Jeffersons Kyan Kemmis on Friday.

Andrew Hahn of Brookings also advanced to the consolation semifinals after losing his first match to Mitchells Asher Dannenbring 6-1, 6-1 but defeating Aberdeen Centrals Gannon Pederson 10-6. Hahn will face Sioux Falls Jeffersons Asher Vandewater on Friday.

Braylon Peters competed in the first flight and lost to OGormans Will Koziara 6-0, 6-0. Peters fell in the consolation quarterfinals to Aberdeen Centrals Anderson Prehn by a score of 10-6.

J.C. St. Pierre competed in the second flight and lost to third-seeded Cooper Johnson of OGorman 6-0, 6-0. St. Pierre also lost to Sioux Falls Jeffersons Blaek Walter 10-2 in the consolation quarterfinals.

In doubles action, the team of Peters and Kreie lost to Yanktons Zachary Briggs and Harrison Krajewski 6-2, 6-0 in the first round but defeated Sioux Falls Roosevelts Boen McKee and Kaleb Updegraff 10-9 in the consolation quarterfinals. Peters and Kreie will face Dayler Segrist and Max Phares of Rapid City Central on Friday.

The team of Mueller and Hahn also advanced to the consolation semifinals in the third doubles flight. Mueller and Hahn lost to Mitchells Cooper Star and Sutton Thompson 6-2, 6-4 before defeating Rapid City Centrals Kieran Fuhrmann and Greysun Weston 10-3 in the consolation quarterfinals. Mueller and Hahn will face Sioux Falls Washingtons Austin Sorgdrager and Eli Boyd on Friday.

J.C. St. Pierre and Xavier St. Pierre competed in the second doubles flight falling to third-seeded Jacob Morgans and Owen Boyd 6-1, 6-1 in the first round and Sioux Falls Jeffersons Charlie Erickson and Carter Kemmis 10-3 in the consolation quarterfinals.

OGorman and Lincoln are tied for first place after the first day of the tournament with both schools having 268 points. Washington is third with 236 points while Harrisburg is fourth with 214 points and Yankton is fifth with 180 points.

The tournament will continue in Rapid City on Friday morning.