CL boys tennis team just shy of a trip to State

The Clear Lake boys tennis team wrapped up their 2014 season with a strong finish, but just missed a trip to the State Meet. The Lions competed in the Boys Substate Semi-finals at Fort Dodge Saturday, May 24.
 Clear Lake opened the competition with a 5-1 victory over LeMars, but were downed by St. Ed’s in the Substate finals by the same score.

 “I thought the team played very well both matches,” said Coach Rich Peters.
Sam Jones and Andrew Davis clinched the victory against LeMars, beating a state qualifying doubles team from LeMars, 6-4, 6-2.
Jones and Davis also won their singles matches, as did JJ Theobald and Jacob Peterson. Nick Chizek was defeated in a close match, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).
In the Substate finals against St. Ed’s, Jones was the only Lion able to get a victory.
“We finished with a 10-3 record for the season,” said Coach Peters. “The three losses were to two of the teams that qualified for State Team Tennis (the Lions lost twice to St. Ed’s and once to Boone).  JJ and Nick will be missed next year.  They gave us great senior leadership by their work ethic.”
 
CL 5, LeMars 1
Singles 
Sam Jones (CL) over Matt Ellefson, 6-2, 6-0
JJ Theobald (CL) over Dylan Harms, 6-4, 6-3
Andrew Davis (CL) over Josh Sluiter, 6-3, 6-3
Jacob Peterson (CL) over Chris Moir, 6-2, 6-2
Thomas Havey (L) over Nick Chizek, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)

Doubles 
Jones/ Davis (CL) over Ellefson/Sluiter, 6-4 6-2

Substate Finals  same day
St. Ed’s 5, CL 1
Singles
Sam Jones (CL) over Zach Gailey, 6-2, 6-3
Patrick Hancock (SE) over JJ Theobald, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
John Eide (SE) over Andrew Davis, 6-0, 6-0
Jimmy Averill (SE) over Jacob Peterson, 6-4, 6-3
Ben Albright (SE) over Nick Chizek, 6-1, 6-1
Konrad Laufsweiler (SE) over Ben Mason, 6-3, 6-2