Don’t miss Milbank’s last home tennis match before the state tourney. Tomorrow,  Thursday, May 9, the Bulldogs host Sioux Falls Christian. Plus, it’s Senior... See Bulldogs Tomorrow at Last Home Tennis Match Before State

Don’t miss Milbank’s last home tennis match before the state tourney. Tomorrow,  Thursday, May 9, the Bulldogs host Sioux Falls Christian. Plus, it’s Senior Recognition Day. Come out to Cantine Courts to watch some great tennis and help honor MHS senior players Joe Schulte, Daniel Shelstad, and Uziel Lopez-Garcia.

Milbank then heads to the South Dakota Boys Class A Tournament in Rapid City on Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14. All the action is scheduled to take place at Sioux Park and the Parkview Tennis Complex.

Milbank 5 vs. Pierre 4
The MHS tennis team defeated Pierre 5-4 with a clean sweep in the doubles round on Thursday, May 2, in Pierre. Landen Appl and Greg Grabow brought down Lucas Hight and Jacob Lieferman 8-6. Charles Whitesitt and Will Muellenbach defeated Devin Dodson and Weston Northrup 8-4. Dan Shelstad and Alex Baugh took out Brady Lowery and Marty Blanchette 10-3.

In singles action, at No. 1 Appl was defeated by Dodson 1-8. Whitesitt went down against Hight 5-8. Grabow, playing at No. 3, defeated Lieferman 8-6. Muellenbach and Shelstad each took a loss – Muellenbach against Northrup at 1-8, and Shelstad against Lowery at 3-8. At No. 6, Baugh collected an 8-2  win for the Dawgs from Noah Lucking.

Milbank 3 vs St. Thomas More 6
The Bulldogs took a 6-3 loss against St. Thomas More of Rapid City in Pierre. In singles at No. 1, Landen Appl was defeated by Michael Levine (10-2). Charles Whitesitt lost to Andrew Levine (10-2). At No. 3, Greg Grabow defeated Braeden Strain (10-6). At No. 4, Will Muellenbach took down Carter Stamper (10-4). Dan Shelstad was defeated by Elliot Huxford (10-3), and Alex Baugh was defeated by Oliver Huxford (10-0).

In doubles, Appl and Grabow were defeated by M.and A Levine (10-50. Whitesitt and Muellenbach took down Strain and Stamper (10-7). Shelstad and Baugh lost to E, and O. Huxford (10-7).

Placings at the Pierre Tournament May 2-4:
Singles
At No. 1 – Joe Schulte – Third Place
At No. 2 – Charles Whitesitt – Sixth Place
At No. 3 – Greg Grabow – Sixth Place
At No 4 – Will Muellenbach – Fifth Place
At No. 5 – Dan Shelstad 
At No 6 – Alex Baugh – Fifth Place

Doubles
At No. 1 – Schulte and Grabow – Sixth Place
At No. 2 – Whitesitt and Muellenbach – Fifth Place
At No. 3 – Shelstad and Baugh – Third Place

Milbank  0 vs. Roncalli 9
On Monday, May 6, the Bulldogs suffered a 9-0 loss to the Cavaliers of Roncalli. At No. 1 in singles, Joe Schulte was defeated by Cason Hellwig (6-3) ( 6-3). Charles Whitesitt  lost to Palmer Johnson (6-2) (6-1). Greg Grabow was defeated by Gannon May (6-1) (7-5). Will Muellenbach lost to Landon Zinmond (6-2) (7-6) (7-5). Daniel Shelstad was defeated by Jayden Reecy (6-1) (6-4). Alex Baugh lost to Ezra Feichert (6-4) (7-6) (7-2). Landon Appl was defeated by Will Haskell (6-1) (6-4). James Nelson lost to Ben Goebel (6-4) (6-4).

In doubles play, Schulte and Grabow lost to Johnson and May (6-3) (6-2). Whitesitt and Muellenbach went down to Hellwig and Zinmond (6-1) (6-3). Shelstad and Baugh were defeated by Reecy and Haskell (6-2) (6-3). Appl and Nelson took the loss against  Feichert and Goebel (6-4) (6-4).

What’s next? Milbank’s last home match of the season is Thursday, May 9, against Sioux Falls Christian. It’s also Senior Recognition Day for the Bulldogs.   

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