Shorewood tennis wins first home game on new courts

Shorewood tennis coach, Arnie Moreno, watches his team
warm up on the school’s brand new courts.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

It was the first home varsity match on the new Shorewood courts. The match was a close battle between two very good teams. Scott Park and Kyle Berquist, number 1 doubles, were ahead in the final third set 4-1, which was the deciding match for the overall match between the two WesCo 3A teams.

 

The Glacier Peak team of Tucker Davis and Ethan Jones came roaring back to win four straight and go ahead 5-4. Park and Berquist rallied and won the next two games to take the lead at 6-5 needing just to hold their serve and win out. Davis and Jones were able to tie it up at 6-6 and force a tiebreaker, first team to 7 points and win by two wins the match. 

Shorewood and Glacier Peak players are introduced to each other
in the first game played on the new tennis courts.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The two teams dueled back and forth until Shorewood took a 5-3 lead and were able to close it out and win the tiebreaker 7-3. Park and Berquist came from behind for the win after losing the first set 2-6. During the whole third set everyone watching was on the edge of their seat. 

Shorewood also won matches by Hugh Gaevert at number 3 singles, Jack Bong at number 4 singles and AJ Barth and Eli Hecker at number 3 doubles. Shorewood is 2-1 overall and 1-0 in WesCo South. 

The T-Birds are traveling to Bellingham Saturday September 13th to play matches versus Sehome and Bellingham high school. They host Stanwood on Monday September 15th with the match starting at 3:30pm.

SHOREWOOD 4 GLACIER PEAK 3

Singles

1. Patrick Luangrath GP def. Cameron McDowell SW 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

2. Scott Wilson GP def. Gunnar Thorstenson SW 6-3, 6-3

3. Hugh Gaevert SW def. Clayton Juarez GP 6-0, 6-4

4. Jack Bong SW def. Alex Sukor GP 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1. Scott Park / Kyle Berquist SW def. Ethan Jones / Tucker Davis GP 2-6, 7-6 ( 7-4), 7-6 ( 7-3 )

2. Andrew Kim / Dythan Peterson GP def. Cameron Harford / Simon Forinash SW 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

3. AJ Barth / Eli Hecker SW def. Sean Peterson / Jake Wygant GP 6-1, 6-3

More photos by Wayne Pridemore