Kearney High Athletics
KEARNEY – Kearney defeats Holdrege 12-0 and McCook 10-2 Friday in their home quad at Harmon Park.
Kearney vs. Holdrege
Singles
#1 Asher Saulsbury defeated Chase Bailey 8-0
#2 Aydan Nelson defeated Brayden Keffeler 8-0
#3 Ty Schall defeated Logan Raburn 8-1
#4 Drew Welch defeated Matthew King 8-1
#5 Brayden Kohtz defeated Aden Ingwerson 8-2
#6 Kyler Eklund defeated Ben Popple 8-1
#7 Kyler Nichols defeated Grady Ganser 8-1
#8 Cole Gappa defeated Aidyn Smith 8-0
Doubles
#1 Drew Welch/Kyler Eklund defeated Matthew King/ Aden Ingwerson 8-2
#2 Brayden Kohtz/Kyler Nichols defeated Ben Popple/Logan Raburn 8-0
#3 Asher Saulsbury/Aydan Nelson defeated Brayden Keffeler/Chase Bailey 8-0
#4 Ty Schall/Cole Gappa defeated Aidyn Smith/Grady Ganser 8-3
Kearney vs McCook
Singles
#1 Asher Saulsbury defeated Nathaniel Miller 8-2
#2 Aydan Nelson defeated Jonny Frank 8-1
#3 Ty Schall defeated Aaron Frank 8-3
#4 Drew Welch defeated Lincoln Michaelis 8-6
#5 Brayden Kohtz lost to Kaiden Porter 8-4
#6 Kyler Eklund defeated Caleb Shaw 8-6
#7 Kyler Nichols defeated Reid Loop 8-3
#8 Cole Gappa lost to Mykuh Hanson 9-7
Doubles
#1 Drew Welch/Kyler Eklund defeated Lincoln Michaelis/Kaiden Porter 8-4
#2 Brayden Kohtz/Kyler Nichols defeated Caleb Shaw/Reid Loop 8-6
#3 Asher Saulsbury/Aydan Nelson defeated Nathaniel Miller/Jonny Frank 8-0
#4 Ty Schall/Cole Gappa defeated Aaron Frank/Mykuh Hanson 8-6
“Today was a really good start for us to our season. With only 2 state qualifiers returning I wasn’t sure what to expect, especially since we were playing the defending Class B State Champions. The team really responded and played well, especially late in matches. We were able to win 4 of the 5 matches decided by 2 games. In many of those matches we were trailing at some point in the match. Asher and Aydan both had dominant days only losing 3 games between them in their 6 matches. They both played really consistent tennis in both singles and doubles. Asher does a great job of attacking when he has an opening, but he also is an excellent counter puncher. Nathaniel is last year’s Class B #1 Singles Runner-up. There were many times in the match Asher would scramble and have to answer his opponent’s shot with a better one. Aydan did a great job of staying patient and forcing his opponents into errors. Overall this was a great team win. This match had a state tournament type atmosphere. It was awesome to see our guys respond to the big moments with positive energy. We did a great job of seizing the momentum late in matches.” – Head Coach KHS Boys Tennis Troy Saulsbury
