Othello doubles teams finish second

EPHRATA — The Othello boys and girls tennis teams sent a pair of doubles teams to the finals of the Central Washington Athletic Conference sub-district tournament Monday afternoon but the Huskies couldn’t bring home a champion.

Othello’s Sam Harris and Taylor Petersen went to the finals for the boys, and Jadee Roylance and Jesse Schmidt went to the finals for the girls.

Both of Othello’s doubles finalists squared off with Selah opponents, but  neither team could find a way to sink the Vikings.

Harris and Petersen battled in the first set of Monday’s final before falling 7-5. Harris and Petersen struggled in the second set before losing 6-1 to fall to the No. 2 seed heading into the district tournament.

Roylance and Schmidt fought with their Selah opponents for more than an hour Monday afternoon, but Selah held on for 6-4, 6-2 victories and Roylance and Schmidt took the No. 2 seed.

Quincy’s doubles team of Colleen Knodell and Bonnie Knodell rolled past their Selah opponents 7-5, 6-1 in the consolation finals to take the No. 3 seed heading into the district tournament.

In singles competition, Ephrata’s Tyler Van Heusden rebounded from his semifinal loss to Ellensburg’s Aaron Porter to knock off Quincy’s Blake Van Dyke 6-4, 6-0 in the consolation finals.

With the win over Van Dyke, Van Heusden claimed the No. 3 seed heading into the district tournament and Van Dyke fell to the No. 4 seed.

Ephrata got their second consolation winner in singles competition when Chloe Schmidt dominated Selah’s Renee Hausske 6-1, 6-0 to take the No. 3 seed in the girls singles bracket at districts.

Lange finishes third

PASCO, Wash. — Moses Lake No. 1 singles player Connor Lange rebounded from a quarterfinal loss to Richland’s John Talbot to finish third at the district meet, qualifying for regionals.

Lange cruised past his first- and second-round opponents before Talbot pulled off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 upset of Lange.

Following the loss, Lange fell into the consolation bracket where he met Davis’ Sebastian Barrett in the consolation quarterfinals. Lange dominated Barrett 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the consolation semifinals.

In the consolation semifinals, Lange fended off Eisenhower’s Nathan Mount 7-5 in the first set before rolling past Mount 6-1 in the second to cruise into the consolation finals.

Lange’s opponent in the consolation finals was none other than Talbot. Lange jumped on Talbot early to take the first set 6-3 before holding on in the second set 6-4 to claim the No. 3 seed heading into the regional tournament.