Sebastian Davis, seen here last season, pushed a top foe hard Monday, getting him to cramp-up in the second set. (John Fisken photo)
Monday was throwback day.
The Coupeville High School boys’ tennis team hit the road — for the fourth time in four matches — and went down Everett way to reacquaint themselves with their former Cascade Conference mates at Archbishop Thomas Murphy.
To no one’s surprise, a ritzy private school has managed to build an impressive tennis program in three short seasons, a fact the 2A Wildcats reminded the Wolves to the tune of 5-0.
The non-conference loss dropped Coupeville to 2-2 on the season, with both of their losses coming against top-level competition.
The Wolves (1-0 in league play) will now pick up pursuit of their first 1A Olympic League title, playing five of their final six regular season matches against league foes.
The first of those matches, however, has been postponed.
Coupeville was supposed to make its home debut this Wednesday, Sept. 30 against Chimacum, but that match has been postponed and will be rescheduled later in the season.
Monday’s match, if nothing else, featured the return of the coolest-sounding high school tennis player in all the land.
Priever Pretorious may play for ATM and not Coupeville, but was there ever a name that sounded more like a mysterious tennis assassin?
No, no there was not. Well played, parents.
Monday results:
Varsity:
1st Singles — Sebastian Davis lost to Houston Schmutz 6-2, 6-3
2nd Singles — Connor McCormick lost to Ryan Castillo 6-1, 6-3
1st Doubles — John McClarin/Joseph Wedekind lost to Priever Pretorius/JT Burtsche 6-1, 6-4
2nd Doubles — Joey Lippo/Lilan Sekigawa lost to Parker Sand/Trent Maier 6-2, 6-2
3rd Doubles — Jared Helmstadter/Grey Rische lost to Luke Van Hollebekke/Josh Palafina 6-4, 6-3
JV:
4th Doubles — Jimmy Myers/Garrett Compton won 6-2
**Only JV score reported**
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