Kernel boys tennis opens new season with dual victory over Huron
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Apr. 9—MITCHELL — The Mitchell High School boys tennis team opened its season at home on Thursday afternoon, defeating Huron 8-1 in the team's first dual of the season at Hitchcock Park.
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Matthew Mauszycki, Simon Wiese, Cooper Star and Patrick Morgan were all double winners for MHS, claiming singles and doubles victories on the afternoon. Mauszycki set the tone early at No. 1 singles, cruising to a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Wiese followed with an equally commanding performance at No. 5 singles, defeating Riley Winegar 6-0, 6-3. At No. 4 singles, Dawson Adams was nearly flawless, surrendering just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 win.
Morgan won at No. 6 singles for the Kernels with a 6-2, 6-4 victory, while Jakobi Brink downed Lah Gay Soe in Flight 2, 6-3, 6-4. Of note, Brink was playing in place of normal starter Asher Dannenbring.
The most competitive singles match of the day came at No. 3 singles, where Star rebounded after dropping the first set to defeat Klee Htoo 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 in a match tiebreak.
In doubles play, Mitchell secured two of the three matches. The No. 1 team of Mauszycki and Star earned a straight-sets win over Huron's Htoo Say Zan and Klee Htoo, 6-4, 6-1. At No. 3 doubles, Wiese and Morgan completed a sweep with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Winegar and Jim Wah. Huron's lone win of the dual came at No. 2 doubles, where Lah Gay Soe and Ywa Hae K Moo edged Mitchell's Brink and Adams in a tightly contested match, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Mitchell returns to action Friday, April 10, competing in a triangular at Kuehn Park in Sioux Falls. The Kernels are scheduled to face Rapid City Central at 1:30 p.m., followed by Rapid City Stevens.
Mitchell 8, Huron 1
Thursday at Hitchcock Park
Singles
No. 1: Matthew Mauszycki (M) def. Htoo Say Zan, 6-0, 6-2
No. 2: Jakobi Brink (M) def. Lah Gay Soe, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 3: Cooper Star (M) def. Klee Htoo, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
No. 4: Dawson Adams (M) def. Ywa Hae K Moo, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5: Simon Wiese (M) def. Riley Winegar, 6-0, 6-3
No. 6: Patrick Morgan (M) def. Jeremiah Notario, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1: Matthew Mauszycki/Cooper Star (M) def. Htoo Say Zan/Klee Htoo, 6-4, 6-1
No. 2: Lah Gay Soe/Ywa Hae K Moo (H) def. Dawson Adams/Jakobi Brink, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
No. 3: Simon Wiese/Patrick Morgan (M) def. Riley Winegar/Jim Wah, 6-0, 6-3