RAPID CITY – Brookings junior Jonah Dobbs and senior Dalton Rittershaus defeated Aberdeen Central’s Jesse Margolies and Andrew Hartze 11-10 (4) in the Flight 1 singles ninth-place match as the State Boys’ Tennis Tournament concluded Saturday.

They beat Aberdeen Roncalli’s Isaiah Vilhauer and Lucas Goetz 8-4 in the consolation quarterfinals and Rapid City Christian’s Noah Christensen and David Greni 8-4 in the semis.

In Flight 2, Micah Ardry and Dawson Peters dropped Huron’s Tyrese Theus and Roger Puterbaugh 8-4 in the second round of consolation action and Watertown’s Drew Veflin and Dawson Tschakert 8-6 in the quarterfinals. They fell 8-1 to Harrisburg’s Cole Van Holland and Karter Lein in the semis.

The Bobcats ended up in a tie for 12th in the team standings with 138 points.

Sioux Falls Lincoln matched its own state record by winning the state title a fifth consecutive time. The Patriots also accomplished the feat between 1995-99.

Lincoln now has 17 crowns since boys’ tennis was sanctioned in 1971, adding wins in the inaugural year, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1991, 2002 and 2004. The Patriots were second in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Three individuals – including Flight 1 singles champion Sam Dobbs, a Patriot – and one doubles team capped perfect seasons with state championships.

Dobbs, a junior, defeated Roosevelt’s Spencer Smith 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the final. He went 27-0 and only dropped one set this season.

Stevens sophomore Dawson Segrist (31-0) won the Flight 5 title and Lincoln freshman Gavin Schmit (25-0) prevailed in Flight 6.

In doubles, the Aberdeen Roncalli duo of senior Colton Hellwig and Spencer Titus concluded a 21-0 campaign by finishing on top in Flight 3.

STATE BOYS’ TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Team scores

Sioux Falls Lincoln 629, Rapid City Stevens 502, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 428, Mitchell 426, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 413, Aberdeen Roncalli 325, Sioux Falls Washington 323.5, Brandon Valley 281, Aberdeen Central 222, Yankton 218, St. Thomas More 188, Brookings 138, Watertown 138, Harrisburg 135, Pierre 127, Rapid City Christian 116, Madison 99, Huron 85, Rapid City Central 22, Lennox 18, Sioux Falls Christian 13, Milbank 0, Spearfish 0, Vermillion 0.

Championship matches

Singles

Flight 1

No. 1 Sam Dobbs, Jr. (27-0), Sioux Falls Lincoln, def. No. 2 Spenser Smith, Sr. (13-5), Sioux Falls Roosevelt, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3

Flight 2

No. 4 Chris Harris, Fr. (19-5), Sioux Falls Washington, def. No. 3 Gage Gohl, 8th (21-6), Sioux Falls Lincoln, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

Flight 3

No. 3 Graham Leonard, Sr. (22-4), Sioux Falls Lincoln, def. No. 1 Ben Anderson, Sr. (27-2), Rapid City Stevens, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

Flight 4

No. 2 Rahul Giri, So. (24-2), Sioux Falls Lincoln, def. No. 1 Zach Ridl, Fr. (20-4), Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Flight 5

No. 1 Dawson Segrist, So. (31-0), Rapid City Stevens, def. No.. 2 Landon DeBoer, So. (25-3), Sioux Falls Lincoln, 6-2, 6-1

Flight 6

No. 1 Gavin Schmit, Fr. (25-0), Sioux Falls Lincoln, def. No. 3 Ty Studer, Sr. (25-5), Rapid City Stevens, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

Flight 1

No. 2 Aiden Nguyen, So./Spenser Smith, Sr. (14-3), Sioux Falls Roosevelt, def. No. 1 Cade Damgaard, Jr./Wil McDowell, Jr. (21-2), Sioux Falls O’Gorman, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2

Flight 2

No. 3 Adam Loes, Sr./Baley Miller, Sr. (28-3), Mitchell, def. No. 4 Graham Leonard, Sr./Rahul Giri, So. (19-4), Sioux Falls Lincoln, 5-7, 6-4, 10-6

Flight 3

No. 1 Colton Hellwig, Sr./Spencer Titus, Jr. (21-0), Aberdeen Roncalli, def. No. 2 Michael Tang, Fr./Ty Studer, Sr. (24-3), Rapid City Stevens, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1

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