South Tama’s Thayne Lamb rushes to the net during his singles match on Monday, April 11. The Trojans had some serious wind to battle during their opening meet of the season. News Herald Photo/Allison Graham

The South Tama boys tennis team opened their season at home on a windy Monday, April 11. The STC Trojans challenged WaMaC east conference opponent, the Maquoketa Cardinals.

The Trojans are led this season by senior returners Ruben Garcia, Will Henson and Shaquille Carrillo. STC captured their first win of the season 6-3 over the Cardinals.

Varsity Single Results

Ruben Garcia (STC) over Luke Davison (Maquoketa) 10-1

Will Henson (STC) over Jaydon Whaley (Maquoketa) 10-5

Dylan Cronk’s hat flies off his head in STC’s season tennis opener on Monday, April 11. The Trojans battled high winds at the meet. News Herald Photo/ Allison Graham

Shaquille Carrillo (STC) over Alex Trentz (Maquoketa) 10-4

Lane Dundee (Maquoketa) over Thayne Lamb 10-8

Dylan Martin (STC) over Braden Carr (Maquoketa) 10-5

Ryan Juergens (Maquoketa) over Dylan Cronk 10-6

Varsity Doubles Results

Garcia and Shaquille (STC) over Davison and Whaley (Maquoketa) 10-2

Trentz and Dundee (Maquoketa) over Henson and Cronk (STC)10-4

Martin and Lamb (STC) over Carr and Juergens (Maquoketa) 10-4.

The next night the Trojans travelled to Oskaloosa and snagged another win 7-2.

Varsity Singles Results

Ruben Garcia (STC) over Odham Muhammed (Osky) 6-1, 6-1

Will Henson (STC) over Clayton Danner (Osky) 6-1, 6-2

Shaquille Carrillo (STC) over Nick Reiter (Osky) 6-0, 6-0

Thayne Lamb (STC) over Sam Carmichael (Osky) 6-1, 6-0

Dylan Martin (STC) vs. Colton Stout (Osky) 6-2, 4-6

Cade Snakenburg (Osky) over Dylan Cronk (STC) 1-6, 6-7

Varsity Doubles

Garcia and Carrillo (STC) over Muhammed and Danner (Osky) 6-3, 6-0

Henson and Cronk (STC) vs. Reiter and Carmichael (Osky) 7-5, 6-7

Martin and Lamb (STC) vs. Stout and Snakenberg (Osky) 6-4, 7-5

The Trojans will be on the road to Pella for their next meet on Saturday the 23rd.