The boys tennis team finished their tennis season with section play. Sam Murillo won his first round against Buffalo 6-0, 6-0. In the quarterfinals he lost in straight sets to the 5th seed from Orono. Ryder Held lost in three sets to Saint Michael Albertville. Cal Jensvold and Joe Savelli won their first match against Park Center in straight sets. Next round they lost to Wayzata, the 4th seed in straight sets. Dylan Anderson and Cooper Held lost to Anoka in straight sets.
The season was a success in many ways.
- We increased the total number of players from the range of high twenties last year to 43 players this year.
- Our record on Varsity went from 10-10 last year to 12-8.
- All spots on Varsity had a record of 500 or better.
- No seniors on the team which we are hoping will have the players push each other.
- As a coaching staff we are hoping that we have double digits of players playing more than 100 hours of tennis this summer. When we get players hitting we are improving.
Thanks for the great playing of our players and the support from our families.
GO CARDS
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Tennis team lost to the number one ranked team in the state Wayzata 7-0. I was proud our team competed. Sam played the #1 ranked player in the state and lost 6-1, 6-2. He was about 6-7 with a cannon for a serve. Once Sam got a feel for the ball he was able to get more balls in play. Dylan lost 6-4, 6-1 at 4th singles. Our doubles didn't win a point but were battling across the board. We ended the season with a 12-8 record. In addition we are not losing one player to graduation. We will have some great seniors in our lineup plus some youth. Cooper Held will be in 9th grade with 2 years of varsity matches. Blake Mellum, another 8th grader looks like he will be a great contributor to our team. Great season team and let's get ready for individual sections which start next Thursday. GO CARDS
Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 0 Wayzata 7
1st Singles Sam Murillo lost 6-1, 6-2
2nd Singles Ryder Held lost 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held lost 6-1, 6-0
4th Singles Dylan Anderson lost 6-4, 6-2
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-0, 6-0
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-0, 6-0
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Payton Leet lost 6-0, 6-0
Jon Pokrzywa
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Tennis beat Armstrong yesterday in the first round of section play 4-3. It was great to secure the win especially after we lost to them earlier in the year. Sam M (1st singles) and Dylan (4th singles) won in straight sets pretty handily. 3rd doubles of Payton L and Jon P also won in straight sets. The question was where are we going to secure our 4th point. 1st doubles Cal J and Joe S lost in straight sets but a close match. Ryder Held playing at 2nd singles won the deciding point in close to sets. What was great earlier in the year Ryder was playing at 3rd singles and lost in a Super tiebreaker. To get redemption and at a higher spot was amazing. Cooper H (3rd singles) and Will W / Blake D (2nd doubles lost in 3 sets. Players competed hard which was great to see. Our record is 12-7 with Wayzata today. GO CARDS. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 4 Armstrong 3
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 7-1, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-4, 6-4
3rd Singles Cooper Held lost 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-2, 6-2
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-3, 6-4
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Payton Leet won 6-1, 6-4
Jon Pokrzywa
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Tennis team finished their regular season with a 5-2 loss to Rogers. We finished the regular season with a 11-7 record. With all of the players we lost last year we had a great season. All of the players moved up to considerable spots after playing in lower spots last year in fact some players were low JV or C Squad. We are getting better I think with a team like we had if we would have been able to get more practices in it would have greatly benefited us as being new to Varsity. In addition, having so many players out for tennis I can't wait to see how they improve over the off season. Sections start on the 16th. Great job this Spring and GO CARDS Results are as follows.
Coon Rapids 2 Rogers 5
1st Singles Sam Murillo lost 6-2, 2-6, 11-9
2nd Singles Will Wagner lost 6-1, 6-2
3rd Singles Payton Leet lost 6-0, 6-2
4th Singles Jon Pokrzywa lost 6-3, 6-2
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-3, 6-3
Cooper Held
2nd Doubles Dylan Anderson won 7-5, 6-2
Cal Jensvold
3rd Doubles Ryder Held won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Blake Degrote
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The tennis team lost to Elk River yesterday 5-2. It was interesting that Elk River has no seniors like we do. I am hoping that our players see that they will put some time into their game in the off season. Sam won again at 1st singles. Same has had an unbelievable season so far. Last year Same lost to Cullen Brown 1stsingles from Elk River in the section finals, this year he won 7-6, 6-2. Dylan at 4th won in straight sets also. Cooper played a great match losing 6-0, 6-3 at 3rd singles. 1st doubles also played a solid match. We take on Rogers in the cross over today at their site. Sections start next week. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 2 Elk River 5
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 7-6, 6-2
2nd Singles Ryder Held lost 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held lost 6-0, 6-3
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-1, 6-1
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-4, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 7-5, 6-2
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Payton Leet lost 6-0, 6-0
Jon Pokrzywa
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Tennis team lost yesterday 4-3 to Delano. Our team record is 11-5 Sam, Cooper and Dylan all won in singles. Doubles played hard but all lost in straight sets. Hopefully as we enter into section play our team will use yesterday's match as what we need to do better at in our matches. Next match will be Elk River.
Coon Rapids 3 Delano 4
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held lost 6-2, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-2, 6-7, 10-6
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-4, 6-1
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-0, 6-2
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-1, 6-3
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Payton Leet lost 7-6, 6-0
Jon Pokrzywa
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The tennis team competed against Mora yesterday winning a close match 6-1. I am so proud of our players on how they played with so much GRIT and DETERMINATION. Sam played the #4 ranked player from Class A and won in straight sets. It is so nice to know you have a player at #1 that can compete with anybody he is going against. Cooper and Dylan won pretty handily in straight sets. With 3 points all we needed to do is get 1 more point which made it interesting. 3rd doubles Levi and Payton were in a tight match, which they won in close straight sets. Cal and Joe at 1st doubles lost in 3. They are getting better and just need to keep with the process of what we work on in practice. 2nd doubles won in 3 and boy they competed. Blake and Will lost the 1st set 6-2 and were down 5-2 and won 7-5 in the 2nd to bring their match to a full 3rd. They won the 3rd set 7-6. Great job guys. So this leaves it to Ryder at 2nd singles. His 1st 2 sets were 4-6 and 7-6 which took 2 hours plus long. With the match already decided Ryder played a super tiebreaker to determine his match. Ryder was down 9-7 and ended up winning 11-9. Great job yesterday. I am hoping this can be used as a stepping stone for further matches. We compete against Champlin Park today. Our team is now 10-4. GO CARDS. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 6 Mora 1
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-2, 6-3
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 4-6, 7-6, 11-9
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-0, 6-0
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-1, 6-0
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote won 2-6, 7-5, 7-6
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Payton Leet won 6-4, 7-6
Levi Syverson
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Tennis team played 2 matches yesterday against Princeton and Simley at the Bob Pivec Tennis courts. In the 1st round Coon Rapids beat Princeton 6-1. All singles won in straight sets continuing their solid play. 1st doubles also won in straight sets and played a great 2nd set. 3rd doubles with Payton and John won in 3 sets. In the 2nd round the team beat Simley 7-0. Levi Syverson won in first varsity match at 3rd doubles in straight sets with Payton. Payton did a fabulous job guiding Levi through the match. Today we take on Mora who has the 4th ranked singles player in the state in class A so it will be a great match for Sam. In addition they are a solid team so it should be a fun match. Team record is 9-4 Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 6 Princeton 1
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-1, 6-1
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-1, 6-1
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-0, 6-0
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-1, 6-0
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 6-4, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-2, 6-2
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Luke Ross won 7-6, 3-6, 10-8
Payton Leet
Coon Rapids 7 Simley 0
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-2, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-3, 6-0
3rd Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-0, 6-1
4th Singles Will Wagner won 6-1, 6-0
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 6-1, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote won 6-0, 6-0
Cooper Held
3rd Doubles Luke Ross won 6-2, 6-2
Levi Syverson
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Tennis team continued their winning ways by beating Spring Lake Park 6-1. Singles continued their strong play by winning all points in straight sets. 2nd doubles of Will and Blake won in Super Tiebreaker for the 2nd match in a row. Cal and Joe also won in a Super Tiebreaker which was pretty dramatic. They were down in the Super 2-8 and ended up winning 11-9. They showed today what grit is like especially when you are down considerably in a Tiebreaker. Next match will be a round robin on Saturday depending on the weather. Great job today. Overall record is 7-4. GO CARDS
Coon Rapids 6 Spring Lake Park 1
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-1, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-2, 6-2
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-1, 6-0
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 4-6, 7-6, 11-9
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote won 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Luke Ross lost 6-2, 6-2
Payton Lee
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Today the tennis team beat Andover 6-1 at their place. Our overall record is 6-4. It was great to watch the players compete hard from what they did yesterday. Our singles won in straight sets and it is so impressive watching them play out points. Joe and Cal won in straight sets. They were down in the 1st set and was able to get it to a tiebreaker to close out the 1st set. 2nd set they won 6-1 by attacking the net and getting their serves and returns in play. Will and Blake won in 3 sets and they compliment each other so great. As they keep playing they will be a force for years to come. Next match will be Spring Lake Park at our home courts.
Coon Rapids 6 Andover 1
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-0, 6-3
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-1, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-0, 6-1
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-2, 6-3
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 7-6, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote won 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Jon Pokrzywa lost 6-4, 7-5
Payton Lee
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The tennis team lost to Centennial 5-2. Players played pretty well and we certainly had our chances. Sam won his match in a convincing manner 6-2. 6-0 while last year he won 7-5, 6-4. Sam sure has brought his game to the next level. He is no doubt one of the top players in the state. Ryder and Cooper lost in straight sets but they improved in both of their seconds which shows they were competing all the way through their match. Blake and Will lost their 1st set 7-6 having their chances during that set. Payton and John lost their 1st set 7-5. I believe that if they would have finished those sets having been in the lead, the 2nd set could have had a different outcome. It certainly showed today that we can compete with top teams in the area. Now it is time to start believing in how we can be. We take on Andover tomorrow at their courts
Coon Rapids 2 Centennial 5
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-2, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held lost 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held lost 6-2, 6-3
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-3, 6-4
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-1, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-4, 6-2
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Jon Pokrzywa lost 7-5, 6-3
Payton Lee
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Today the tennis team lost to 9th ranked Maple Grove 7-0 bringing our record to 5-3. Even though we lost there were some extremely great points being played out. Sam lost in 3 sets and last year Sam lost 6-3, 6-1 to the same person. In current rankings Adam (Maple Grove) is mentioned as a top player in the state. Cal and Joe also had a great match at 1st doubles. I feel if they continue to execute what they do in practice in their matches they will be a force in doubles. Dylan continues to improve rapidly at 4th singles. He is starting to have a plan for his matches. Jon P and Payton L are complimenting each other as they are playing. Our next match is against Elk River today if the weather is nice enough to allow us to get outside. Overall record is 5-3
Coon Rapids 0 Maple Grove 7
1st Singles Sam Murillo lost 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
2nd Singles Ryder Held lost 6-0, 6-1
3rd Singles Cooper Held lost 6-0, 6-1
4th Singles Dylan Anderson lost 6-0, 6-3
1st Doubles Joe Savelli lost 6-4, 6-1
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-0, 6-0
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Jon Pokrzywa lost 6-4, 6-2
Payton Leet
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Today the tennis team beat Osseo 7-0 in what was a great match for the team. Our overall record is 5-2. Osseo is in our conference and section which was very important to gain the victory. All singles won in straight sets with Dylan Anderson winning his second victory in a row. 1st and 2nd doubles won their match in 3 sets. 1st doubles won in a super tiebreaker since the match was already determined. 2nd doubles played a gritty match winning the 3rd set 6-3, Blake and Will are going to be a really good doubles team as they get acquainted with each other. John Pokrzywa and Payton Leet won at 3rd doubles in straight sets. It was John's 1st varsity win, which was awesome to see him finally securing a win. John was very consistent in getting his serves and returns in. Our next match will be against Champlin Park which will be a tough match. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 7 Osseo 0
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-1, 7-6
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-0, 6-2
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-3, 6-3
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 7-5, 2-6, 10-6
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote won 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Will Wagner
3rd Doubles Jon Pokrzywa lost 6-2, 6-2
Payton Leet
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The boys tennis team beat Blaine at their courts today 5-2. With the temperature at 36 degrees and wind in excess of 24 MPH the temperature felt like 26 degrees outside. The players were certainly understanding that we needed to get the match in. So far this season we have had 4 matches rescheduled. Rest of the week Wednesday and Friday doesn't look good based on early projections. All of the singles won in straight sets. Dylan Anderson won his 1st match ever playing in singles, he did a great job controlling the points. 1st doubles of Joe Savelli and Cal Jensvold won in 3 sets. They lost the 1st set 6-7 and won the 2nd set 6-1. Since the match was already decided they played a super tiebreaker which they won 10-7. They were down 2-5 and turned the tables by playing smart tennis. Next match is tomorrow against Osseo. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 5 Blaine 2
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-1, 6-1
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-2, 6-1
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-2, 6-1
4th Singles Dylan Anderson won 6-0, 6-1
1st Doubles Joe Savelli won 6-7, 6-1, 10-7
Cal Jensvold
2nd Doubles Blake Degrote lost 6-3, 6-3
Payton Leet
3rd Doubles Jon Pokrzywa lost 6-4, 6-2
Luke Ross
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The tennis team continued their matches yesterday going up against Anoka at their place. As he always does, Coach Bertram had their players ready to play. Sam won right away which was a great boost for the rest of the team. There were 4 points where the sets went to 3 sets. Ryder at 2nd singles played such a good match. He was dominated in the 1st set against a great athlete, he rebounded and won the next 2 sets. 3rd doubles with Jon P and Payton lost in sets it was Jon's 1st match and he played great. Cal and Blake won their match in straight sets. They were down in the 1st set and won it in a tiebreaker. At this point the match score was 3-2 with Cooper playing at 3rd singles. Cooper played against the same player last year and lost 6-2, 6-0. Cooper won his match to secure the win for the team. As an 8th grader he played a mature game trying to move his opponent around and stay in the moment. Dylan and Joe went to 3 sets and lost 6-2 in the 3rd. Our next match is against Centennial today. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 4 Anoka 3
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-1, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
4th Singles Will Wagner lost 6-2, 6-0
1st Doubles Dylan Anderson lost 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Joe Savelli
2nd Doubles Cal Jensvold won 7-6, 6-3
Blake Degrote
3rd Doubles Payton Leet lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Luke Ross
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The tennis team opened up their 2022 season with 4 matches in 2 days. First match of the season was against Park Center which we won 7-0. We had a big change from last year with new players in the lineup. Will Wagner and Blake Degrote won their match at 2nd doubles with Will getting his 1st varsity win. 3rd doubles was Luke Ross and Payton Leet winning their first match ever on Varsity at 3rd Doubles. This season we have 45 players out which is so great to have and in addition we have no seniors on the team. On Saturday we competed against Armstrong which we lost 4-3. We had our opportunities to secure the match in the Super Tiebreaker but came up on the short side. Next round was Irondale where the deciding point was in the Super Tiebreaker. We came up on the short end losing 4-3. Last round was St. Francis where we won 7-0. Highlights in the day was Sam M our 1st singles player was undefeated and not giving up a set. Joe Savelli and Dylan Anderson were also undefeated at 1st and 2nd doubles. Will Wagner won a great match at 4th singles against St. Francis coming from behind, losing the 1st set and winning the next 2. Results are as follows:
Coon Rapids 7 Park Center 0
1st Singles Sam Murillo (11) won 6-0, 6-1
2nd Singles Cal Jensvold (11) won 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles Ryder Held (10) won 6-0, 6-0
4th Singles Cooper Held (8) won 6-0, 6-0
1st Doubles Dylan Anderson (11) won 6-1, 6-1
Joe Savelli (11)
2nd Doubles Will Wagner (10) won 6-0, 6-0
Blake Degrote
3rd Doubles Luke Ross (11) won 6-1, 6-0
Payton Leet
Coon Rapids 3 Armstrong 4
1st Singles Sam Murillo (11) won 6-2, 6-1
2nd Singles Cal Jensvold (11) lost 6-2, 6-3
3rd Singles Ryder Held (10) lost 7-6, 5-7, 12-10
4th Singles Cooper Held (8) won 6-2, 6-4
1st Doubles Dylan Anderson (11) won 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
Joe Savelli (11)
2nd Doubles Will Wagner (10) lost 6-3, 6-4, 10-2
Blake Degrote
3rd Doubles Luke Ross (11) lost 7-5, 6-2
Payton Leet
Coon Rapids 3 Irondale 4
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-1, 6-3
2nd Singles Will Wagner lost 7-5, 6-2
3rd Singles Payton Leet lost 6-0, 6-4
4th Singles Luke Ross lost 6-0, 6-2
1st Doubles Cal Jensvold lost 6-4, 2-6, 10-4
Cooper Held
2nd Doubles Dylan Anderson won 6-3, 6-0
Joe Savelli
3rd Doubles Blake Degrote won 6-2, 6-0
Ryder Held
Coon Rapids 7 St Francis 0
1st Singles Sam Murillo won 6-1, 6-0
2nd Singles Ryder Held won 6-1, 6-0
3rd Singles Cooper Held won 6-1, 6-0
4th Singles Will Wagner won 2-6, 6-1, 10-3
1st Doubles Dylan Anderson won 6-3, 6-3
Joe Savelli
2nd Doubles Cal Jensvold won 6-1, 6-2
Blake Degrote
3rd Doubles Payton Leet won 6-1, 6-3
Luke Ross
Next match will be on April 11th against Anoka at their place.