Staples-Motley wins Mid-State tennis title

Perham -- Led by Jacque Peterson's title at No. 1 singles and Rose Milless and Nikki Hoffmann's win at No. 1 doubles, the Staples-Motley Cardinals cruised to the Mid-State Conference tennis championship Saturday.

Team scores -- 1-Staples-Motley 54, 2-Pequot Lakes 37, 3-Crosby Ironton 24, 4-Park Rapids 18, 5-(tie) Perham and Detroit Lakes 13, 7-Wadena-Deer Creek 7

W-DC Singles

No. 4 -- Ali Gravdahl (PL) def. (WAD) Sarah Timm 6-2, 6-0. Timm def. Ali Peesch (PER) 6-1, 6-3. Jenny Grandahl (PR) def. Timm 7-5, 6-2.

W-DC Doubles

No. 1 -- Jenny Baker and Samantha Moen (PL) def. Jen Taves and Darcy Uselman (WDC) 6-1, 6-4. def. Mary Wieczorek and Mary Perrine (PER) 6-4, 6-4. def. Hanni Johnson and Sarah Kneeland (CI) 6-4, 6-2

Overall-WDC 2-11. Next meet-Aitkin at WDC today.

Pequot Lakes Singles

No. 1 -- Ashley Meschke def. Molly Schellach (PR) 6-1, 6-0. Meschke def. Megan Beseres 6-2, 6-0. Jacque Peterson (SM) def. Meschke 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

No. 2 -- Vallorie Meschke def. Sarah Jasmer (WDC) 6-0, 6-0. Meschke def. Kate Gaffney (CI) 6-0, 6-3. Jenna Vogel (SM) def. Meschke 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.

No. 3 -- Kali Welu def. Amanda Wegscheid (WDC) 6-0, 6-1. Angie Gaviglio (CI) def. Welu 6-1, 6-3. Welu def. Alison Utke (PR) 6-2, 6-2.

No. 4 -- Ali Gravdahl def. Sarah Timm (WDC) 6-2, 6-0. Gravdahl def. Beth Stokman (CI) 6-2, 6-1. Kim Mosack (SM) def. Gravdahl 6-4, 6-1

Pequot Lakes Doubles

No. 1 -- Kristin McSherry and Kristy Bender (PL) def. Emily Vogt and Lisa Hentges (DL) 6-1, 6-0. Rose Milless and Nikki Hoffmann (SM) def. 6-3, 6-0. Danielle Eischens and Katie Luther (PR) def. 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

No. 2 -- Jenny Baker and Samantha Moen (PL) def. Jenn Taves and Darcy Uselman (WDC) 6-1, 6-4. Celeste Huntsinger and Lynsey Czeczok (PR) def. 6-3, 6-2. def. Laura Hentges and Sophie Vogt (DL) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 -- Kayla Lenz and Kim Williams (PL) def. Brita Johnson and Betsy Wesehler (CI) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Lenz and Williams def. Bri Orth and Amy Freeman (SM) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Overall-PL 15-1. Next meet-Tuesday Park Rapids at Pequot Lakes .

Staples-Motley Singles

No. 1 -- Jacque Peterson (SM) def. Mikaela Hutson (WDC) 6-1, 6-1. Peterson def. Ashley Meschke (PL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

No. 2 -- Jenna Vogel (SM) def. Cindy Ask (DL) 6-0, 6-3. Vogel def. V. Meschke (PL) 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.

No. 3 -- Emma Pipek (SM) def. Alison Utke (PR) 6-2, 6-2. Pipek def. Angie Gaviglio (CI) 6-4, 6-3.

No. 4 -- Kim Mosack def. Sarah Meier (DL) 6-1, 6-0. Mosack def. Gravdahl (PL) 6-4, 6-1.

Staples-Motley Doubles

No. 1 -- Rose Milless and Nikki Hoffman (SM) def. McSherry and Bender (PL) 6-2, 6-1. Milless and Hoffman def. Hepola and Pesch (P) 7-5, 6-1.

No. 2 -- Emily Burrows and Amanda Digiovanni (SM) def. Laura Hentges and Sophie Vogt (DL) 6-1, 6-0. Burrows and Digiovanni def. Huntsinger and Czeczok (PR) 6-3, 6-2.

No. 3 -- Bri Orth and Amy Freeman (SM) def. Kate Krueger and Amanda Heidorn (P) 7-5, 6-2. Orth and Freeman def. Ashley Roepke and Amy Luther (PR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Kayla Lenz and Kim Williams (PL) def. Orth and Freeman 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Crosby-Ironton Singles

No. 1 -- Megan Beseres (CI) def. Liz Shaner (DL) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0. A. Meschke (PL) def. Beseres 6-2, 6-0. Beseres def. Molly Paulson (P) 7-5, 6-3.

No. 2 -- Kate Gaffney (CI) def. Missy Ulrich (P) 6-1, 6-3. V. Meschke (PL) def. Gaffney 6-1, 6-3. Gaffney def. Cindy Ask (DL) 6-0, 6-4.

No. 3 -- Angie Gaviglio (CI) def. Lindsey Grzybowski (P) 6-0, 6-1. Gaviglio def. Kali Welu (PL) 6-1, 6-3. Emma Pipek (SM) def. Gaviglio 6-4, 6-3.

No. 4 -- Beth Stokman (CI) def. Ali Pesch (P) 6-3, 6-0. A. Gravdahl (PL) def. Stokman 6-4, 6-1. Stokman def. Meier (DL) 6-3, 6-0.

C-I Doubles

No. 1 -- Chelsea Hepola and Danielle Pesch (P) def. Amy Lueck and Krystal Graf (CI) 6-2, 7-5. Graf and Lueck def. Bridgett Wynn and Shelby Poandla (WDC) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Vogt and Hentges (DL) def. Lueck and Graf 7-6, 6-0.

No. 2 -- Laura Hentges and Sophie Vogt (DL) def. Hanni Johnson and Sarah Kneeland (CI) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Taves and Uselman (WDC) def. Johnson and Kneeland 6-4, 6-2.

No. 3 -- Brita Johnson and Betsey Wehseler (CI) def. Jenny Kraemer and Courtney Bernu (WDC) 6-1, 6-0. Lenz and Williams (PL) def. Johnson and Wehseler 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Johnson and Wehseler def. Roepke and Luther (PR) 6-1, 6-3.

Eveleth-Gilbert 4, Aitkin 3

Singles

No. 1. Brittany Johnson (A) def. Mallory Bone 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; No. 2. Katie Motley (EG) def. Emily Walz 6-4, 6-2; No. 3. Heather Rice (EG) def. Svea Lindgren 6-3, 6-1; No. 4. Kelly Landborg (EG) def. Bethany Beck 6-3, 7-5

Doubles

No. 1. Megan Fahey/Gina Mancina (EG) def. Megan Lundberg/Amy Lammers 6-3, 6-3; No. 2. Katrina Schwartz/Emily O'Neil (A) def. Katie Kuitunen/Kristin Johnson 6-3, 6-4; No. 3. Jessica Storlie/ Danielle Sterling (A) def. Tanya Meyer/Alex Newman 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.