Tennis playoffs set

By John George

sports@eot.com

Hard to believe, but playoff time is upon us. Seedings for the South 8A Sub-Section Tournament, which will be held in Perham, are set.

Perham earned the No. 2 seed in the South tournament, and will take on No. 3 seed New York Mills in the Sub-Section semifinals. The Jackets have won both meetings between the two teams, taking a 5-2 match on Aug. 22, and following that up with a 7-0 sweep Sept. 21.

Park Rapids earned the top-seed and will face the winner between No. 4 Mahnomen and No. 5 Bagley in the other semifinal. Bagley will play at Mahnomen today (Oct. 4) in the pigtail game.

The Sub-Section team semifinals and finals will be in Perham Oct. 8. The Park Rapids match will start things off at 12 p.m. with the Perham-NY Mills match to follow at 2:30 p.m. The Sub-Section Championship is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

The South winner will go on to face the North Sub-Section champ on Oct. 16 at the Grand Forks Tennis Center in the 8A finals. The Individual Sub-Section tournament will start Oct. 11 in Park Rapids.

Jackets sweep Mahnomen

The Perham tennis team closed out their regular season home schedule last Thursday with a 7-0 win over Mahnomen.

All seven matches were won in straight sets. Amy Pawlowski (No. 3 singles) and Becca Huebsch (No. 4 singles) both won by scores of 6-0, 6-1. The No. 3 doubles team of Emily Lindberg and Brita Sundberg also won easily, 6-1, 6-0.

The Jackets (8-6) will close out their regular season at Detroit Lakes on Oct. 2. South Sub-Section 8A team playoffs will be played in Perham on Oct. 8.

Matches moved

The Eagle tennis team was scheduled to host Pequot Lakes on Tuesday, Oct. 2. That match was moved to today (Oct. 4) at 4:30 p.m.

The same happened for Perham's match at Detroit Lakes Tuesday. The Jackets will also play today (Oct. 4) at D.L. starting at 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 27

Perham 7, Mahnomen 0

Singles

1. Ali Pesch (P) def. Bergerlz, 6-2, 6-1; 2. Abby Paulseth (P) def. Nolliz, 6-4, 6-3; 3. Amy Pawlowski (P) def. Bjerk, 6-0, 6-1; 4. Becca Huebsch (P) def. Villebrun, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

1. Mariah Muer & Maria Lindberg (P) def. Domier & Walz, 6-1, 6-4; 2. Whitney Delaney & Emily Wurgler (P) def. Noll & Benson, 6-0, 6-2; 3. Emily Lindberg & Brita Sundberg (P) def. McNamer & Vanderplaats, 6-1, 6-0.