Downers South Tennis Takes Glenbard Tourney Title

Editor's note: The following press release is from DGS Boys Tennis Coach Peter Freischlag.

With superstar freshman Tony Leto (7-0) in California at a national tournament and junior All-Stater Jon Artus (14-1) taking the ACT, the Mustang Boys Tennis Team (13-1) headed into the prestigious 8-team Glenbard West Invitational a bit uncertain as to how they would fair.

But the Mustangs did not have to wait long to remind the field that their top-10 ranking and season’s success has not been by accident as they demolished the field winning 3 of the 5 flights and winning 13 of 15 matches played.

Taking third place were sophomore Ryan Mcmillian (11-6) at 2^nd singles and senior captain Kiernan Cavanagh (16-4) and senior Lee Thornquist (11-5) at 2^nd doubles. At third doubles, seniors George Kozkin (9-4) and Grant Jordan (11-3) won all three matches to take the title.

Stopping the show were junior captain All-stater Cody Freischlag (15-2) and partner senior captain All-stater Connor Harmon (15-2) who ran through the first doubles field winning the final 6-0, 6-1 in under 50 minutes and capturing the crown.

However, upstaging 1^st doubles was senior captain All-stater Joey Leto (17-0) who crushed the stellar field winning the tournament final 6-0, 6-0 in just under 45 minutes and was named the tournament MVP.

Wow, what a day to be a Mustang!