W-DC's Pederson 2nd

WADENA -- Tyler Pederson finished second at No. 4 singles, beating Michael Sykala of Staples-Motley and Josh Rimpala of New York Mills before falling to Zach Kangas of Detroit Lakes in the championship round of the Mid-State Conference tennis meet Saturday.

The No. 3 doubles team of Brent Lawson and Jason Hall grabbed runners-up honors as the won their first two matches but fell in the title match to Bob Isakson and Sam Neitzke of Detroit Lakes.

Team score 1-Detroit Lakes 41, 2-Park Rapids 29, 3-Staples-Motley 22, 4-Wadena-Deer Creek 21, 5-Perham 20, 6-New York Mills 13

Singles

No. 1 -- Luke Hentges (PR) def. Daniel Smith 6-1, 6-2; Smith (WDC) def. Charlie Hoemberg (SM) 7-6, 4-6, 7-1

No. 2 -- Landon Meece (P) def. Andrew Knutson 6-3, 6-4; Kenny Sczmonowicz (NYM) def. Knutson 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

No. 3 -- Jacob Hillesland (WDC) def. Terry Nelson (NYM) 7-5, 3-6, 7-4; Marius Schuetz (SM) def. Hillesland 7-5, 6-2; Knutson def. Mark Smith (PR) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5;

No. 4 -- Tyler Pederson (WDC) def. Michael Sykala (SM) 6-2, 6-1; Pederson def. Josh Rimpala (NYM) 7-5, 7-5; Zach Kangas (DL) def. Pederson 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles

No. 1 -- Craig Hawes-Nick Kyle (P) def. Chad Peterson-Derek Blazek (WDC) 6-3, 7-6; Peterson-Blazek def. Phil Vaughn-Cameron Wedde (NYM) 6-1, 6-1.

No. 2 -- Ian Johnson-Ben Buchen (P) def. Jay Krogstad-Aaron Nelson (WDC) 3-6, 6-4, 7-2; Krogstad-Nelson def. Karl Wessels-Nate Adams (NYM) 6-4, 6-0.

No. 3 -- Brent Lawson-Jason Hall (WDC) bye; Lawson-Hall def. Pete Vukelich-Mike O'Keefe (SM) 6-3, 6-2; Bob Isakson-Sam Neitzke (DL) def. Lawson-Hall 6-0, 6-1.