Coupeville Sports

Geoff McClarin is one of many young Wolf netters on the rise. (Wendy McCormick photo)

It was a good old fashioned grudge match Wednesday afternoon.

Playing Island rival South Whidbey for the third and final time during the regular season, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad waged a ferocious battle before coming up just short. The 3-2 loss, which came despite Nathan Lamb and Aaron Curtin sweeping the singles matches, dropped the Wolves to 3-3 on the season, 1-2 against the Falcons.

Such a close result against a traditional power was heartening for Wolf coach Ken Stange to see.

“It was a fun match,” Stange said. “The boys are getting more comfortable with the game. We are young and will be pretty tough as the boys get older.”

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Nathan Lamb beat Charley Stelling 6-2, 6-3

2nd Singles — Aaron Curtin beat Cameron Baldwin 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

1st Doubles — Jason Knoll/Brandon Kelley lost to Guy Sparkman/Mitchell Hughes 6-0, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Ben Etzell/Sebastian Davis lost to Taylor Simmons/Jonathon Peterson 7-6 (7-3), 6-4

3rd Doubles — Shane Squire/Dawson d’Almeida lost to Jack Hood/Kyle Simchuck 6-1, 6-2

JV:

3rd Singles — Ben Wehrman beat Sam Turpin 6-3, 6-3

4th Singles — Brian Norris beat Chase Collins 7-5, 6-7(5-7), 1-0(10-5)