Boys tennis takes down Crook County

The boys tennis team soundly defeated Crook County 7-1 on Thursday, April 24.

The singles team swept their matches. Evan Sims (No.1) beat Zac Thompson in two sets, 6-0, 6-0. Charlie Phillips (No. 2) defeated Joe Oshlschlaeger 6-4, 7-6, (7-5 tie breaker). Will Newport (No. 3) earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Matt Harper, and Sean Tosello (No. 4) won by forfeit.

The No. 2 doubles team of Sam and Ben Fullhart defeated Pierre Blaze and Alex Finnerin 6-3, 6-3. Tom Bennett and Matt Pilliod (No. 3) defeated Luke Garner and Jeff Robideau 6-4, 6-1, and the No. 4 duo, John Thomas and Davis Rapp, defeated Efraine Sanchez and Bret Golden 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1.

Coach Boyd Stuwe said: "I'm seeing great improvement in all of my players this year."

The Outlaws tied with North Bend 4-4 two days later at Black Butte Ranch.

Phillips (No. 2 singles) defeated Duy Tang 6-3, 6-3 in an outstanding performance. Phillips has played in the No. 3 singles position most of the season but the past two matches moved up to the No. 2 position and won both matches.

Another surprising performance came from Dylan Stuwe and Will Newport (No. 1 doubles). Newport has played at the No. 4 singles position all year and has been trouncing his opponents.

Coach Stuwe told The Nugget that Stuwe and Newport have played for fun in the past and match up well. Stuwe decided to pair them as a team and see what would happen. The duo pulled off a complete upset when they defeated Michael Kahler and Kory Isley, who were expected to be the No. 2 seed at districts. Stuwe and Newport won the match 7-6 (7-0 tie breaker), 6-4.

Erik McKinley (No. 3 singles), who wanted to give singles play a try for the first time this year, defeated Nathan Koher 7-6 (7-5 tie breaker), 6-4.

Sisters' No. 4 duo, John Thomas and David Rapp beat Jeramy Dubisar and Krid Karavanich in two sets.

The Outlaws will host Marist on Wednesday, April 30, and then travel to Redmond (6A) on May 2.