The Trenton Bulldogs claimed victory in a highly competitive tennis duel on Tuesday afternoon with the visiting Savannah Savages, winning seven of nine varsity matches played. Â The Savages JV got the better of Trenton, winning five of seven matches in the action at Trenton High School.
In varsity singles action, Trenton #1 entry Nick Shields dominated his match against Tage Young, winning 8-1. Â Two THS singles players won by 8-2 finals, with #5 Creed Houghton downing Kyle Johnson and #6 Gabe Swann defeating Joshua Hegeman. Â Trenton’s #3 singles player Kade Ockenfels took an 8-3 win over Bayten Krumme, while #2 entry Jacob Davis downed Aidan Ervin 8-5.
The most competitive singles match of the day went to Savannah, with Raven Handsaker of the Savages dueling with Wyatt Neal of the Bulldogs to an 8-8 tie in the #4 seed match. Â Handsaker took the tiebreaker 7-5 to salvage one singles win for Savannah.
In doubles play, Trenton’s teams of Shields and Davis won 8-6 (vs Ervin/Handsaker) while Ockenfels and Houghton teamed for an 8-5 win (vs. Young/Johnson). Â Savannah’s #3 doubles team of Krumme and Hegeman beat Neal and Swann of THS 8-6.
The win improves Trenton’s head-to-head record to 2-1 this season, dropping Savannah to 1-4.
One singles match and six doubles matches were played at the junior varsity level on Tuesday afternoon, with Trenton only managing a pair of wins. Â Both came from the doubles team of Weston Otto and Jeremy Elliott, who beat Brosi/Butcher (7-6) and Briner/Montoya (5-0). Â Weston Otto lost 4-6 to Savannah’s Jake Kennedy in JV singles. Â Colton Hamilton and Elijah Oyler of Trenton went 0-2 in doubles play, by scores of 1-6 and 4-5. Â Reece Miller and Riley Raymo fell by score of 6-7 and 3-5, also finishing 0-2.
