06-05-2025
Sturgis tennis wins road contest at St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH — The Sturgis tennis team went on the road Monday with a tough task at hand.
The Trojans came back home, however, with a victory over St. Joseph by a 5-3 score in non-conference action. Doubles proved to be a big part of the Trojan win as Sturgis logged victories in three of the four flights.
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Bella Currier and Arianna Terwedo won their match at first doubles over Zoey Owens and Charlotte Corifer with a score of 6-2, 6-2. In second doubles play, Sturgis' duo of Stella Barry and Chloe Clark won by a score of 6-3, 6-3.
Hannah Ritchie and Lilly Whitehead won their match at fourth doubles, beating Riya Veersheety and Catalina Gonzalez with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
The only match to go three sets came at third doubles. There, the St. Joseph team of Ava Armstrong and Ava Mandarino upended Sturgis' duo of Mazie Sterling and Marlee Smith, winning 6-4, 4-6 and 11-9.
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Gracie Perry moves up to hit a return shot in her match at second singles on Monday.
Gracie Perry logged a win at second singles. She beat Violet Waters with a score of 6-0, 6-1.
Also winning in singles play was Mya Eicher. She won her fourth singles matchup over Emma Shagen 6-1, 6-0.
Cora Phillips fell in her match at first singles by scores of 6-1 and 6-2. Katherine Steele was upended at third singles by scores of 6-2 and 6-3.
On Saturday, the Sturgis team finished second overall at the Portland Spring Sports Carnival with 13 points. Mason won with 17 points, Ludington was third with 11 and Portland recorded seven points.
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Sturgis won three flights.
Steele won at third singles and Eicher claimed victory at fourth singles. In doubles action, the team of Sterling and Smith at third doubles plus Ritchie and Whitehead at fourth doubles claimed first place.
In recent junior varsity action, Sturgis picked up wins over Three Rivers (10-2), Vicksburg (4-2) and Paw Paw (9-4).
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This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Doubles matches help give Sturgis Trojans tennis road win at St. Joe
