Stansbury’s Colton Christiansen plays first singles Tuesday afternoon at Grantsville.
Grantsville’s Devin Orgill blasts a backhand shot Tuesday afternoon in a three-set victory over Stansbury’s Jake Hardy. Grantsville stayed unbeaten in region play with the win over Stansbury.
Grantsville's Tyler Colson plays 2nd singles Tuesday afternoon at Grantsville.
Grantsville's Devin Orgill plays 3rd singles Tuesday afternoon at Grantsville.
Stansbury's Logan McBride plays 2nd singles Tuesday afternoon at Grantsville.
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Loading...Grantsville won three of four three-set matches Tuesday at home to defeat rival Stansbury 4-1.
On Wednesday, the Cowboys defeated Bear River 4-1 to remain undefeated in Region 11 dual matches and set up a battle at Ogden on Tuesday for the regular season championship.
The Region 11 tournament is scheduled for May 9-10 at a location to be determined with the 3A state tournament scheduled May 17-18 in St. George.
The Stallions gave Grantsville all it could handle, but picked up only one win at second singles.
Stansbury’s Logan McBride started fast with a 6-2 opening set victory over Grantsville’s Tyler Colson, but Colson came back to beat McBride 3-6 in the second set to set up a winner-takes-all third set. McBride hung on to claim Stansbury’s lone victory for the day with a 7-5 win in the final set.
Grantsville’s No.1 singles player Braden Sandberg was the first off the courts Tuesday after defeating Stansbury’s Colton Christiansen 6-1, 7-5.
The Cowboys finished out strong in the other three matches after losing second sets.
Grantsville’s Devin Orgill cruised in his opening set versus Stansbury’s Jake Hardy with a 6-1 victory. Hardy battled back to win the second set 4-6 to push the match to three sets. Hardy appeared to be on his way to victory with a three-game lead in the third set, but Orgill fought his way back to win the third set and the match 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.
Grantsville’s doubles teams found rhythm in the third sets after losing second sets.
Tanner Elsholz and Jacob May defeated Carlos Gomez and Jake Harris 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at first doubles. Lane Sutton and Dallin Dalton defeated Jordan Jenkins and Alex Kimbering 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at second doubles.
McBride won his second three-set match in two days with the victory over Grantsville. On Monday, he won at Ogden 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
“Logan has stayed steady and strong. Competing at all costs and working hard each and every day,” said Stansbury coach Jacob Jones. “It was a second great match for him in two days.”
Ogden edged Stansbury 3-2 on Monday with Hardy picking up a 7-6, 6-2 victory at third singles. Christiansen lost 1-6, 3-6 at first singles with Gomez and Harris losing 2-6, 5-7 at first doubles. Fidler and Jenkins lost to the Tigers at second doubles 3-6, 1-6.
The Stallions wrap up the regular season Tuesday at Ben Lomond.
Grantsville had little trouble with Bear River on Wednesday. Sandberg won 6-0, 6-0; Colson won 6-1, 6-2; and Orgil won 6-0, 6-0. The lone setback came at first doubles with Grantsville losing 4-6, 5-7. The second doubles team of Matt Waldron and Dallin Dalton won 6-1, 6-1.
