Whitehall had a very strong performance in Saturday's GMAA tournament, finishing a close second to Mona Shores. Reeths-Puffer tied for third place with North Muskegon.
The Vikings won three flight championships in the tournament, including one from top doubles pair Ian Sampson/Evan Thomas. Sampson/Thomas dominated the competition to earn three straight-set victories.
Also atop the leaderboard was No. 3 singles player Wyatt Burger. The standout freshman had to go the maximum three sets in two of his matches to get the job done Saturday, but he was able to do it, edging North Muskegon's Emery Price 6-1, 4-6, 10-2 and defeating Mona Shores' Jackson Hurley 3-6, 6-1, 10-4.
No. 3 doubles pair Cameron Cook/Elijah Roberge made it three Viking flight winners at the meet. After two straight-set wins to start things off, Cook/Roberge got into a tight battle with Mona Shores' Miles O'Brien/Caleb McCumber, eking out a close win by a score of 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-4.
At No. 4 doubles, Lukas McKee/Jonathan Roberge finished in second place, winning once by default and a second time in straight sets.
Whitehall also had a pair of third-place finishers. No. 2 singles player Evan Schuitema went 2-1, as did No. 2 doubles pair Adam Sikkenga/Remington Whelpley. Both of Sikkenga/Whelpley's wins came in straight sets.
On the Rockets' side, top singles players Ethan Frang and Cory Judd continued their season-long leadership of the team by each taking second place in their flights.
Frang easily won two matches in straight sets, and Judd also picked up a couple of straight-set wins.
R-P's other two singles players, Jackson Baldus and Roman Ponce, earned third place. Baldus benefited from Western Michigan Christian's Reed VanStraat being forced to retire from their match after Baldus had dropped the first set, but he also won a straight-set match. Ponce got both his wins in straight sets.
