JV defeats Liberty
The Mount Si boys’ JV tennis team won an exciting match last week against Liberty 8-6. Singles winners were Andrew Klausing, Jesse Ransavage, Mitch Hubner, Dominic Catanzaro and Ben Olson. Doubles winners were the teams of Matt Lynne/Devin Aberle, Kyle Cantalini/Zac Pearlstein and Adam Ransssavage/Dylan Hughes.
Several post wins in close loss to Interlake
The Mount Si boys’ JV tennis team played hard and came up just short against Interlake last week. Singles winners were Andrew Klausing and Jesse Ransavage. Doubles winners were Nick Love/Ben Olson and Jeff Sullivan/Cody Lane.
Wildcat boys’ tennis shows some strength
It was a busy week for the Mount Si boys’ tennis team as they played three contests.
On Sept. 26, the Wildcats traveled to Liberty and fell to the Patriots. Liberty won seven of nine matches played.
The lone Mount Si win in singles went to Stephen Salmon. Salmon easily defeated Frank Stanasek 6-4, 6-2. The Wildcats gave Liberty scares in a number of other singles matches, as well.
Derek Aldrich won the first set of his match against the Patriots’ Paul Szilard 7-5, but Szilard won the next two sets to grab the match. Ryan Schwab likewise won the first set of his match 7-5 against Liberty’s Nathan Kato, but Kato came back and also won the next two sets to take that match. Nick Schwarzmiller and Jerrett Rhoads gave their Patriot opponents trouble, too, but the Liberty players successfully fought those challenges off and won those matches, as well.
Salmon also participated in the Wildcats’ lone doubles win as he paired with Kevin Sandin to beat Stanaszek and Mike Isabella of the Patriots 2-6, 7-6 and 1-0 (10-6 in a super tiebreaker) in a hard-fought match.
Schwarzmiller and Isaac Farrar won the first set of their match with Liberty’s Dan Huff and David Panks 6-1, but the Liberty pair rebounded and won the next two sets to take the match.
The Wildcats played Bellevue Sept. 26 and the Wolverines left Mount Si with a nine-match sweep. Most matches were easy Bellevue wins, but there were two Wildcats who gave their opponents a tough time. Aldrich lost his first set 2-6 to the Wolverines’ C.J. Smeraldo, then forced a deciding third set with a 7-6 (7-3 tie-breaker) victory in set two. Aldrich then was sent packing 1-6 in the third frame, costing him the match. Rhoads gave Bellevue’s Maxim Kozlov a tough fight, but fell 4-6, 5-7.
Mount Si struggled against Interlake Sept. 27 as the Wildcats won only one of the nine matches played. That win came courtesy of Rhoads. The senior, who is competing in tennis for the first time this fall, beat the Saints’ Derek Zhao 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2. Zhao, coming into the match, had eight years of competitive tennis under his belt, but Rhoads didn’t let the experience factor bother him. “I kind of just wanted to take things deep [and] see how he approached his shots. [Zhao] used a lot of topspin, so I knew I had to wait for the ball to come down before I came up and placed my shot. I used that kind of strategy throughout the game,” Rhoads said.
Aldrich, for the third straight match, went to three sets against his opponent. Once again, however, his opponent took care of business. In this case it was Interlake’s Paul Lin who won 6-4, 0-6 and 7-5. Despite the losses, going to three sets against some tough competition helped his confidence and he expects to continue to give people fits. “I’m totally confident with myself, [a] lot more than I used to play. I’m ready to get going on upcoming matches and give a bunch of people some scares,” Aldrich said.
The other matches all went easily to Saints players.
Mount Si is at Mercer Island Thursday. The Islanders are one of the perennial top teams in Kingco 3A boys’ tennis, so it will be a difficult test for the Wildcats. First serve is at 3:30 p.m.
‘Cats fall to Bellevue
The Mount Si boy’s golf team played strong against Bellevue at Overlake Country Club but fell short 195-206. Leading Mount Si was Jon Larson who shot a 40. Tannery Ostby, Jeff Hoyopatubbi and Bradley Harrelson all who 41 and Mike Rutledge shot a 43.
Team dominates Sumner
The Wildcat golf team crushed Sumner last week in a non-league match 201-219. Leading the efforts for Mount Si was Jon Larson who shota 37. Other scores were Bradley Harrelson with a 39, Mike Rutledge with a 40, Jeff Hoyopatubbi with a 42 and Tanner Ostby with a 43. The JV team also took down the Spartans 225-248. The JV team was led by Tyler Ostby who shot a 42, followed by Luke Dietsch with a 45, Bryce Karalus with a 45, Ian Sansburn with a 46 and Sam Joselyn with a 47.
‘Cats post best round
Despite a seasons-best round of 189, the Mount Si boys’ golf team fell to Mercer Island’s 177 last week. Leading the effort for Mount Si was Bradley Harrelson with a 2-under-par 34. Mike Rutledge followed with a 37, Tannery Ostby had a 38, Jon Larson shot a 39 and Jeff Hoyopatubbi had a 41. Tyler Ostby played in his first varsity match and shot a respectable 43.
The JV team also posted some strong scores with Matt Prewett shooting a 41, Luke Dietsch a 41, Bryce Karalus shooting a 42 and Ian Sansburn shooting a 42.
‘Cats blast Interlake and Sammamish
Both the boys’ and girls’ Mount Si cross country teams posted wins last week by defeating Interlake and Sammamish. Team scores were Mount Si 31, Sammamish 35 and Interlake 64.
For the girls, Alex Rudd came in first with a time of 20:16.4 followed closely by teammate Katie Hogan with a time of 20:38.5. Megan Past came in eighth with a time of 22:06.3. Alix Crandell and Brooke Moorhead also placed in the top five for Mount Si.
For the boys, Drake da Ponte finished second overall with a time of 17:12.4. Teammate Owen Strom placed fifth overall with a time of 17:41.2 followed by Max McDevitt for seventh with a time of 17:51.9 and Brett Duncan with a time of 18:31.7, good enough for eighth-place. Kyle Clark rounded out the top-five for the boys, posting a time of 18:39.4, good enough for ninth place.
