Hays wins Garden City tennis invite

Garden City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–After mother nature would force the meet to be postponed on Saturday, nine schools would play in nice, but breezy conditions in the annual Garden City Invitational tennis meet, held on several courts across Garden City on Monday.

Hays would hold off Dodge City for the tournament title, while Garden City was third. Scott City would place fifth. Dodge City and Garden City would have two teams apiece. Dodge City’s “Red” team and Garden City’s “Brown” team would be their top six players.

Dodge City would get a second place finish from their doubles team of Peter Bui/Alan Vazquez, while Garden City’s Kevin Nguyen would take home a third place finish. Scott City’s doubles team of Brody Strine/Brody Stoecklein would place fifth.

The tournament was played with No. 1 and No. 2 Singles and Doubles combined, similar to regionals and state.

Team Scores
Hays 124; Dodge City “Red” 118; Garden City “Brown” 114; Liberal 92; Scott City 82; Dodge City “Blue” 81; Great Bend 74; Colby 46; Larned 46; Ulysses 28; Garden City “White” 25

Top 16 Results
Singles
1. Emmanuel Garcia, Liberal; 2. Kale Schwien, Hays; 3. Kevin Nguyen, Garden City “Brown”; 4. Ken Shaffer, Hays; 5. Zane Storer, Garden City “Brown”; 6. Kevin Navarette, Dodge City “Red”; 7. Edgar Varela, Dodge City “Red”; 8. Saul Martinez, Dodge City “Blue”; 9. Quinn Brown, Liberal; 10. Aaron Ramirez, Great Bend; 11. Reed Batterton, Scott City; 12. Kai Britt, Great Bend; 13. Tristan Thompson, Larned; 14. Wilmer Hernandez, Dodge City “Blue”; 15. Syler Shaw, Colby; 16. Jace Miller, Scott City

Doubles
1. Preston Parr/Mason Schleicher, Hays; 2. Peter Bui/Alan Vazquez, Dodge City “Red”; 3. Alex Gonzalez/Daniel Velazquez, Dodge City “Red”; 4. Ashton Palmer/Lachlan James, Garden City “Brown”; 5. Brody Strine/Brody Stoecklein, Scott City; 6. Jacob Parks/Aiden Stacey, Great Bend; 7. Christian Miller/Madox Zimmerman, Hays; 8. Joel Ortiz/Adan Romero, Dodge City “Blue”; 9. Ezayen Deatherage/Braidyn Orebaugh, Garden City Brown; 10. Carson Bennett/Brant Powelson, Scott City; 11. Parker Brown/Miguel Ovalle, Liberal; 12. Jairo Ponce/Jason Rabe, Dodge City “Blue”; 13. McCager Wright/Tony Jager, Colby; 14. Zac Kistler/ Levi Haines, Colby; 15. J’Kobe Contreras/Diego Flores, Liberal; 16. Aiden O’Crotty/Brayden Smith, Larned