Eric Henry of South Tama smashes a serve in his singles match.

The South Tama boys tennis team hosted Grundy Center on April 26. Both teams’ seasons have been subject to several delays due to weather, but on this Tuesday afternoon, the sun was shining and tennis balls were flying.

South Tama and Grundy Center played six singles matches against each other, with three wins in the Trojans’ favor and three for the Spartans.

South Tama notched an 8-5 win for Eric Henry over Julian Lamp. Brayden Thompson won 8-6 against Trent Greiner, and Lennart Blank won a decisive 8-0 victory over Elias Cakerice.

Grundy Center’s three wins in singles came from Tanner Laube, Sloan Klar and Bryce Greiner.

With the games tied 3-3, it would come down to the three doubles matches. Grundy Center in total would take the series 2-1 over South Tama, with the lone Trojan doubles victory coming from the duo of Eric Henry and Lennart Blank by a margin of 8-5.

Unfortunately for South Tama, the deciding factors would come down to doubles victories for Grundy from the duo of Tanner Laube and Trent Greiner, as well as duo Sloan Klar and Bryce Greiner.

South Tama now sits unnder .500 at 4-5 on the season now, with their next meet coming against Marion away from home.

Final Scores:

Grundy Center 5 South Tama 4

Singles Results:

Tanner Laube vs. Kaden Timm 8-2

Sloan Klar vs. Miles Zmolek 8-5

Bryce Greiner vs. Austyn Ellenbecker 8-4

Eric Henry vs. Julian Lamp 8-5

Bryadon Thompson vs. Trent Greiner 8-6

Lennart Blank vs. Elias Cakerice 8-0

Doubles Results:

Sloan Klar / Bryce Greiner vs. Kaden Timm / Austyn Ellenbecker 8-6

Tanner Laube / Trent Greiner vs. Miles Zmolek / Braydon Thompson 8-1

Eric Henry / Lennart Blank vs. Julian Lamp / Elias Cakerice 8-5