EHS Boys Tennis Team Gets a Couple of Wins; Golfers victorious

The Enumclaw High School boys tennis team won two matches and lost one in recent contests.

The squad is scheduled to play today at Bonney Lake.

The Hornets beat Decatur 3-2 as senior Tyler McCarthy beat Cameron Keller 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 1 slot, and junior Austin Walsh beat Caleb Ramsey 8-6 in a tiebreaker and 6-3 at No. 2 singles. At No. 1 doubles, senior Dan Milat and junior Anthony Chynoweth beat Ken Sheedy-Chris Rodriguez 6-2, 6-4. The No. 2 doubles was the only one that went to three sets with seniors Landon Berry and Andrew Bass taking the first one 6-3, but losing the final two to Josh Park and Steve Kang 3-6 and 4-6. In the final doubles match Chris Williams, a senior, and Michael Williams, a sophomore, fell to Pete An-Colby Brotherton 3-6, 3-6.

Against Auburn-Mountain View, the Hornets lost 4-1. The No. 1 doubles team of Milat and Chynoweth beat Brenden Chandler-Alec Van Etten  losing the first set 4-6, but then winning easily in the final two 6-2, 6-1.

Walsh played No. 1 singles and was demolished 0-6, 0-6. Senior Tyler Joy played No. 2 singles and lost 1-6, 4-6. The most hard-fought match of the day certainly was at No. 2 doubles when Berry-Bass fell to Austyn Cunningham-Josh Howard 7-5, 4-6, 4-6. The No. 3 doubles also went to three sets, with the Williamses losing to Jacob Leighty-Andy Boraphet 2-6, 6-1, 4-6.

The Hornets also squeaked out a 3-2 win over Peninsula, with the visitors taking the two singles matches but Enumclaw winning all three doubles matches.

The key matchup again was at No.1 doubles as Milat-Chynoweth again won in three sets to make the difference in the victory. They beat James Silberman-Matt Meyer in the first set easily 6-1, but then lost in a tiebreaker in the second set 4-7. But they again took the third set fairly easily 6-2.

Berry-Bass won at No. 2 doubles 6-4, 6-3 over Alec Cluff-Jason Bauknecht, and the Williamses destroyed their opponents Linden Nolin-Jacob Sorenson 6-0, 6-1.

In the singles matches, at No. 1 McCarthy fell to Christian Lewis, who is just a freshman, 2-6, 3-6, and Walsh lost to Hayden Skidmore, another freshman, 3-7 in a tiebreaker and 2-6.

Gol fers beat Decatur

With a varsity squad made up of five underclassmen, Enumclaw Coach Bob Kilmer probably thought Decatur would be tough to beat next year. Hold on there, don’t forget this year. The Hornets barely beat Decatur 77-72 on their home course in a South Puget Sound League 3A matchup.

Two Hornets tied for medalist honors – both David Smith and Tyler Salsbury shot rounds of 36 for 17 points each. But Decatur’s squad showed more balance in the top six, led by freshman Spencer Clapp and sophomore Carsten Olofson, who both shot rounds of 39 for 14 points.

Rounding out Enumclaw’s varsity was Chase Doliver with a 38 for 15 points, Colton McCluskey with a 41 and 12 points, junior Jr Condon with a 47 for eight points, and sophomore Kolton Tinney with a 46 for eight points.

Just as in previous matches, Enumclaw showed its depth with four players on the junior varsity actually scoring better than two on varsity, and all six on JV doing just as well. The JV won 40-13, led by Beau Brock with a 40 for 13 points and Caleb Coulter with a 42 for 11 points.

Even a C Team member, Johnny Longley with a 41 for 12 points, outplayed two varsity performers as that squad beat Decatur 38-0.