Pedro Gamarra won two of three matches Monday at the Olympic League tennis tourney, earning a trip to districts. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Jakobi Baumann is overcome after pulling off a stunning come-from-behind win to qualify for districts. (Ken Stange photo)
Guts.
Determination.
An indomitable will to win.
Coupeville High School junior Jakobi Baumann showed all that, and more, Monday, as he pulled off a stunning reversal of fortune to kick off the long-delayed 1A Olympic League boys tennis tourney.
After being rained out twice on Whidbey, the netters found clear skies and dry courts in Chimacum, and the Wolves took advantage, with six of their nine competitors earning a trip to districts.
Of the six, it might mean the most to Baumann, who trailed Chimacum’s big-hitting, highly-vocal JJ Klaric 4-0 in a loser-out pro set.
Two weeks ago, the pair met up in a regular-season match and Klaric came out on top in a three-set thriller.
Monday, it was Baumann’s turn to wrest the spotlight away, as the cerebral cool cat battled for an hour-and-a-half before eliminating his ornery foe 8-6.
With that victory, he joins fellow singles player Pedro Gamarra and the doubles teams of Joey Lippo/William Nelson and Mason Grove/Nick Etzell, in punching their tickets to Tacoma.
The Wolves open the two-day district tourney Wednesday afternoon at Sprinker Tennis Center.
Lippo and Nelson, making a final bid at reaching the state tourney as seniors, claimed the league doubles title Monday, rolling to a 3-0 record on the day, while Klahowya’s Taylor Fite captured the singles crown.
Gamarra was third and a mentally drained Baumann fourth in singles play, while Grove and Etzell played the most matches of any Wolves, splitting four bouts to claim third place.
Coupeville’s #3 seeds, singles ace Nile Lockwood and doubles duo Zach Ginnings and Drake Borden, were knocked out of the tourney in the single-elimination first round.
Klahowya will also send six netters to districts, with Fite and Jacob Kraft being joined by the duos of Morgan Seidel/William Stewart and Joe Bowman/Nick Hytinen.
Neither Chimacum or Port Townsend advanced any players.
Complete Monday results:
Singles:
Pedro Gamarra:
Beat Drew Kraft (Kla) 8-6
Lost to Jacob Kraft (Kla) 6-0, 6-2
Beat Jakobi Baumann (Cp) 6-4, 6-4
Jakobi Baumann:
Beat JJ Klaric (Chim) 8-6
Lost to Taylor Fite (Kla) 6-0, 6-0
Lost to Pedro Gamarra (Cp) 6-4, 6-4
Nile Lockwood:
Lost to Taylor Fite (Kla) 8-0
Doubles:
William Nelson/Joey Lippo:
Beat Mason Lawson/Roman Powell (Chim) 8-0
Beat Nick Etzell/Mason Grove (Cp) 6-4, 6-2
Beat Morgan Seidel/William Stewart (Kla) 6-3, 6-1
Mason Grove/Nick Etzell:
Beat Parker Short/Carson Short (Kla) 8-2
Lost to William Nelson/Joey Lippo (Cp) 6-4, 6-2
Beat Joe Bowman/Nick Hytinen (Kla) 6-4, 6-2
Lost to Morgan Seidel/William Stewart (Kla) 7-6(7-2), 6-7(4-7), 11-9
Zach Ginnings/Drake Borden:
Lost to Morgan Seidel/William Stewart (Kla) 8-2
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