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The Luverne High School boys’ tennis team competed in its 10th consecutive Class A Minnesota State Boys’ Tennis Team Tournament June 4.
The event was staged at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
The Cardinals suffered identical 6-1 losses to Rochester Lourdes and Thief River Falls at the state tournament.
“The team played hard both matches,” said Luverne coach Greg Antoine. “We had good points in each and every match.”
Antoine said the team just needed more consistent play in order to be competitive at the state level.
“It’s very fast and intense tennis at the state tournament,” he said. “We just don’t see that all season until we get up there.”
The lone Luverne victory in each match came from Cardinal freshmen Blake Frahm and Griffen Jarchow who won two matches Monday at No. 3 doubles.
“Blake and Griffen really have improved over the season,” Antoine said.
“They put it all together in the state tournament and won both of their matches. It will be fun to watch them improve the next three years.”
Antoine said nine of the starting 10 players on the LHS team will return next year.
“Our goal next year will be to be more consistent,” he added.
Luverne ended its season with a 13-8 record.
Mounds Park Academy defeated St. Paul Academy and Summit School 4-3 to win the Class A state boys’ tennis team title.
TRF 6, Luverne 1
A 6-1 loss to Rochester Lourdes in the morning quarterfinal round of the tournament sent Luverne to an afternoon consolation bracket match Tuesday.
The Cardinals lost to Thief River Falls 6-1 and brought their season to a close.
At No. 1 singles, Luverne’s Matt Jelken lost to TRF’s Cole Gillespie 6-1, 6-3.
TRF’s Camden Broadwell defeated Graham Cunningham 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
Cardinal Colin Schoeneman fell to Tucker Skime of TRF 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
At No. 4 singles, Luverne’s Pierce Cunningham was defeated by TRF’s Jack Onkka 6-0, 6-2.
The No. 1 Luverne doubles team of Matt Sehr and Cole Stoltenberg lost to TRF’s Noah Rupprecht and Dylan Hahn 6-3, 6-1.
TRF’s Aiden Martell and Ethan Janisch defeated Luverne’s Jordan Winter and Carson Ehde 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
At No. 3 doubles, Cardinals Griffen Jarchow and Blake Frahm defeated TRF’s Reece Janisch and Rhett Janisch 6-0, 6-2.
Jarchow and Frahm ended their season with a record of 11-4, including two wins at the state tournament.
Lourdes 6, Luverne 1
The Cardinals opened the state tournament with an 8 a.m. quarterfinal match against Rochester Lourdes.
In No. 1 singles, Lourdes’ Jonathan Onigkei defeated Matt Jelken of Luverne 6-3, 6-4.
Mirjan Veldic of Lourdes defeated Luverne’s Graham Cunningham at No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-1.
At No. 3 singles, Colin Schoeneman of Luverne lost to Lourdes’ Nolan Morrey 6-1, 6-1.
Cardinal Pierce Cunningham was defeated by Ethan Lesser of Lourdes 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.
In doubles play Luverne’s Cole Stoltenberg and Matt Sehr lost to Nick Pittner and Birch Lewis of Lourdes in the No. 1 slot 6-3, 6-1.
At No. 2 doubles, Lourdes’ Frederick Suhler and Thomas Eckel defeated Cardinals Jordan Winter and Carson Ehde 6-1, 6-1.
The loss was the first loss of the season for Winter and Ehde.
Luverne’s only win in the match was earned during the No. 3 doubles match.
Freshmen Griffen Jarchow and Blake Frahm defeated Lourdes’ Ethan Hubbard and William Rooke 6-4, 0-6, 10-2.
Doubles team tournament
Two Luverne High School juniors competed in the Class A Minnesota State Boys’ Tennis Doubles Tournament Thursday, June 6.
The tournament was played at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
Luverne’s Matt Sehr and Cole Stoltenberg earned the chance to represent the Cardinals at state after placing second at the Section 3A meet May 28.
Luverne competed as a team at the state tournament as well after winning their tenth consecutive Section 3A team championship.
Sehr and Stoltenberg opened the doubles tournament against Jeffrey Huang and Brennan Keogh of St. Paul Academy and Summit School.
The Cardinals lost 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinal round.
Huang and Keogh went on to win the Class A state doubles championship.
In the consolation bracket, Sehr and Stoltenberg lost to Virginia’s Ryan Scherf and Jace Westerbur 6-0, 6-2 to end the tournament.
“Matt and Cole played hard but just couldn’t get a win,” said Luverne coach Greg Antoine.
“They showed some great points and rallies, but just not consistently enough to get a win.”