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Glenwood and Creston send boys tennis players to state at Red Oak

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May 11th, 2017 by admin

The Glenwood Rams and Creston Panthers sent some players on to the state tournament with their performances at the Class 1A District tournament at Red Oak on Thursday.

Alex Chekal was the singles champion, defeating Reed Morris of Clarke in the championship match.

The Glenwood doubles team of Sam Lauritsen and Adam Konfrst defeated Creston’s Jacob Cook and Jaden Driskell in the title match. Both duos will head to the state tourney.

All qualifiers will participate in the Class 1A state meet at Byrne Park in Waterloo on May 26th and 27th.

Also in team scoring Glenwood won the district title with 23 points. With the win Glenwood earned their way to the sub-state round on May 20th. Creston scored 15 points and Clarke had 12 points in 3rd. Creston earned the right to host Clarke in a preliminary sub-state match on Saturday at 10:00am.