Aitkin defeats Mora in tennis

AITKIN -- The Aitkin Gobblers won two singles matches all three doubles positions and posted a 5-2 victory over the Mora Mustangs in a non-conference tennis meet Thursday.

Aitkin 5, Mora 2

Singles

No. 1 --Mark Forman (M) def. Roman Haberkorn 6-2, 7-6, (7-3)

No. 2 --Chris Forman (M) def. David Ross 6-0, 6-3

No. 3 --Scott Glew (A) def. Tim Fredrichs 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 --Chris Grafft (A) def. Raul Lopez 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 --Eric Landsverk-Kevin Landsverk (A) def. Ben Klaers-David Manthei 6-2, 6-4

No. 2 --Paul Johnson-Mike Chouinard (A) def. Jeremy Simpson-Bobby Morneau 7-5, 6-1

No. 3 --Brian Hallberg-Aaron Ellis (A) def. Skyler Johnson-Ryan Souba 6-0, 6-0

Overall --A 5-5. Next meet -- Aitkin in Subsection 7A tournament at Pine City 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Alexandria 6, Little Falls 1

ALEXANDRIA -- The Alexandria Cardinals tennis team swept past the Little Falls Flyers 6-1 Thursday in a Central Lakes Conference meet.

Singles

No. 1 -- Matt Carlson (A) def. Josh Peterschick 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 -- Mark Lourien (A) def. Eric Rakow 6-2, 6-4

No. 3 -- Justin Damstrom (A) def. Brandon Staab 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

No. 4 -- Anthony Quitmeyer (A) def. Ben Tilus 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 -- Andy Spofford-Bud Godzala (LF) def. Jared Miller-Jon Dumm 6-0, 6-3

No. 2 -- Charley Good-John Bronson (A) def. Mark Hartwig-Phil Weiss 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-2

No. 3 -- Kelsey Tigger-Stas Spiridonas (A) def. Josh Anderson-Matt Peterschick 6-3, 0-6, 6-3

Conference -- Little Falls 7-5. Overall -- Little Falls 7-5. Next meet -- Little Falls hosts Long Prairie today 4:30 p.m.

Detroit Lakes 4,

Staples-Motley 3

PERHAM -- The Staples-Motley Cardinals boys' tennis team came up short in a 4-3 loss to the Detroit Lakes Lakers in Mid-State Conference action Thursday.

Singles

No. 1 --Luke Grandlund (SM) def. Alex Hagedorn 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 --Bob Anglin (SM) def. Mitch Oswald 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 --Luis Cardenas (SM) def. Phil Radke 6-1, 6-3

No. 4 --Zach Kangas (DL) def. Brad Moore 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 --Eric Netland-Chris Nora (DL) def. Tom Craft-Aaron Kelly 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 --Nate Neitzke-Derik Mooney (DL) def. Jordan Sams-Martin Brenny 6-4, 6-4

No. 3 --Mark Evans-Tony Green (DL) def. Matt Olsen-Mitch Sams 6-0, 6-0