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STEVENS POINT – The Marshfield boys tennis team had one singles player and one doubles team advance after play at the WIAA Division 1 subsectional on Wednesday at Stevens Point Area Senior High.
The Tigers’ No. 3 doubles team of Tanner Boson and Tom Kruger, who won a Wisconsin Valley Conference championship last week, improved to 18-1 this season by winning two matches and advancing to Thursday’s sectional at Wausau East. As the No. 3 doubles team, the duo is ineligible to qualify for the WIAA State Individual Tournament, which will held June 5-6 in Madison.
Senior Bryce Gadke kept his state tournament hopes alive by reaching the semifinals at No. 1 singles for the Tigers. Gadke is now 18-4. The top four at the sectional, which will include four other No. 1 singles player from the Ashwaubenon subsectional, qualify for the state tournament.
Individual match results and other Marshfield scores were not reported.
2015 WIAA Division 1 Boys Tennis Subsectional
May 27, at Stevens Point Area Senior High
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 20; 2. Wausau West 18; 3. Wausau East 12; 4. Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield 10; 6. D.C. Everest 2; 7. Rhinelander 0.
Sectional qualifiers (Thursday at Wausau East)
Singles
No. 1: Sean Bailey (WW) 26-0; Blaine Bancker (SP) 15-11; Dan Steidl (WR) 15-7; Bryce Gadke (MAR) 18-4.
No. 2: Jon Peck (SP) 26-0; David Seamon (WW) 16-7.
No. 3: Skyler Colegrove (SP) 24-1; Tanner Frahm (WE) 10-4.
No. 4: Thomas Hardy (SP) 12-6; Adam Schneider (WE) 9-1.
Doubles
No. 1: Trenton Seegert-Noah Meier (SP) 22-3; Dakota Osborn-Keacha Chang (WE) 12-4; Ben Reich-Ben Nichols (WW) 17-10; Cameron Kissinger-Mitch Hruska (DC) 12-11.
No. 2: M.J. DeBot-Adam Wentzel (SP) 12-3; Cody Achatz-Kris Reich (WW) 17-3.
No. 3: Tanner Boson-Tom Kruger (MAR) 18-1; William Le-Spencer Fritsche (WW) 10-2.