Simley's Tennis Team Takes Home Handy Win Over St. Paul Central

Simley High School's boys tennis team improved their position this spring with a lopsided 6-1 victory on Monday over visiting St. Paul Central.

The Spartans mixed up their lineup and still won six of seven matches, including a sweep of all three doubles matches. None of the matches went more than two sets.

After finishing last season with a dismal 3-14 record, the Spartans improved to 8-4 this season. The marked improvement from one season to the next is "quite a turnaround," according to Simley head coach Clay Sollenberger.

“It was a good match, we represented ourselves well,” Sollenberger said. “We’ve got the ability with a good mix of young guys and some good senior leaders where we’ve got options. We’ve got players we can play at both singles and doubles and I can feel confident that we’ll have a shot in every match against any team.”

Simley co-captain Carver Peterson won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles to lead the Spartans.

“It was a very nice match, I played very well,” said Peterson. “I was really doing very well at the net, finishing points there, not letting him pass me.”

“It went pretty well,” said Tom Wagner, another Simley co-captain. “Normally, we have Jake Short and Nate Eddy play one and two singles. But they switched up and played one doubles and got the win."

Simley plays Hill-Murray on Tuesday, May 10 at Tartan Park in a match starting at 3:30pm.

Simley 6, St. Paul Central 1

No. 1 singles — Pete Johnson, Simley lost 2-6, 0-6.

No. 2 singles — Tom Wagner, Simley won 6-2, 6-2.

No. 3 singles — Carver Peterson, Simley won 6-0, 6-0.

No. 4 singles — Ryan Haala, Simley, won 6-1, 6-4.

No. 1 doubles — Jake Short and Nate Eddy, Simley won 6-1, 6-2.

No. 2 doubles — Tomas Icenogle and Dillon McClung, Simley won 6-2, 6-2.

No. 3 doubles – Kyle Nordstrom and Brandon Walkush, Simley won 6-2, 6-2.