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Cavaliers win pair of matches at invitational

Aberdeen Roncalli’s Ben Goebel reaches to return a volley during a singles match last season against Brandon Valley at the Northern State University tennis courts. Goebel was involved in two singles and two doubles wins in Rapid City during the West River Invitational. Photo by John Davis taken 5/10/2024

RAPID CITY – Aberdeen Roncalli got its tennis season underway with five matches during the West River Invitational in Rapid City Thursday and Friday.

The Cavaliers defeated Rapid City Central 7-2 and were swept by Rapid City Stevens 9-0 on Thursday, before defeating Spearfish 9-0, and falling to St. Thomas More 8-1, and Rapid City Christian 9-0 on Friday.

Gannon May, Ezra Feickert, Ben Goebel, Caleb Stoks, and Liam Voehl each collected a pair of singles wins among the five duals. Each of those players as well as Will Haskell also won a pair of doubles matches during the invitational.

Haskell had a pair of close matches, winning in a super tiebreaker and also dropping a match in a tiebreak. He and Gannon May also dropped tiebreaker decision at top flight doubles against St. Thomas More.

Seventh-grader Liam Voehl was also involved in a pair of close matches, pulling out a 10-8 super breaker win against Spearfish at sixth flight singles, and teaming with Ben Goebel for a tight two-set victory at third flight doubles.

The Cavaliers are now off until playing in the Sioux Falls Christian Quadrangular on Tuesday, April 8.

Aberdeen Roncalli 7, Rapid City Central 2

SINGLES

Anson Griffin, RCC, def. Gannon May, 10-3.

Ezra Feickert, AR, def. Peyton Taylor, 10-6.

Triston Ducheneaux, RCC, def. Will Haskell, 10-9 (7-4).

Ben Goebel, AR, def. Greyson Weston, 10-4.

Caleb Stoks, AR, def. Cade Jandreau, 10-1.

Liam Voehl, AR, def. Rory Murphy, 10-2.

DOUBLES

May-Haskell, AR, def. Griffin-Weston, 10-6.

Feickert-Stoks, AR, def. Taylor-Ducheneaux, 10-7.

Goebel-Voehl, AR, def. Jandreau-Murphy, 10-5.

Rapid City Stevens 9, Aberdeen Roncalli 0

SINGLES

Dayler Segrist, RCS, def. Gannon May, 10-4.

Braden Nelson, RCS, def. Ezra Feickert, 10-1.

Max Phares, RCS, def. Will Haskell, 10-1.

Josh Mueller, RCS, def. Ben Goebel, 10-1.

Caleb Belisle, RCS, def. Caleb Stoks, 10-0.

Landin Roozenboom, RCS, def. Liam Voehl, 10-2.

DOUBLES

Segrist-Phares, RCS, def. May-Haskell, 10-0.

Nelson-Mueller, RCS, def. Feickert-Stoks, 10-1.

Roozenboom-Vinny Robbennolt, RCS, def. Goebel-Voehl, 10-0.

Aberdeen Roncalli 8, Spearfish 1

SINGLES

Gannon May, AR, def. Dennis Crandall, 6-3, 6-2.

Ezra Feickert, AR, def. Leo Isburg, 6-2, 6-3.

Will Haskell, AR, def. Ryan Cota, 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 11-9.

Ben Goebel, AR, def. Austin O’Bryan, 6-2, 6-3.

Caleb Stoks, AR, def. Brooks Meyer, 6-3, 6-4.

Liam Voehl, AR, def. Esten Biegert, 4-6, 6-2, (10-8)

DOUBLES

May-Haskell, AR, def. Crandall-Cota, 6-4, 6-2.

Feickert-Stoks, AR, def. Beigert-Enoch Bailey, 6-3, 6-3.

Goebel-Voehl, AR, def. Tugger Sandgren-Elijah Overby, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

St. Thomas More 8, Aberdeen Roncalli 1

SINGLES

Gannon May, AR, def. Michael Levine, 10-4.

Andrew Levine, STM, def. Ezra Feickert, 10-3.

Elliot Huxford, STM, def. Will Haskell, 10-1.

Oliver Huxford, STM, def. Ben Goebel, 10-0.

Anthony Herrera, STM, def. Caleb Stoks, 10-4.

Leyton Horning, STM, def. Liam Voehl, 10-6.

DOUBLES

M. Levine-A. Levine, STM, def. May-Haskell, 10-9 (7-5)

E. Huxford-O. Huxford, STM, def. Feickert-Stoks, 10-2.

Herrera-Horning, STM, def. Goebel-Voehl, 10-4.

Rapid City Christian 9, Aberdeen Roncalli 0

SINGLES

Henry Beckloff, RCC, def. Gannon May, 10-1.

Cain Schaefers, RCC, def. Ezra Feickert, 10-0.

Ethan Palmer, RCC, def. Will Haskell, 10-1.

Hudson Selfridge, RCC, def. Ben Goebel, 10-4.

Leyton Henning, RCC, def. Caleb Stoks, 10-4.

Matthew Suomola, RCC, def. Liam Voehl, 10-3.

DOUBLES

Beckloff-Schaefers, RCC, def. May-Haskell, 10-2.

Palmer-Selfridge, RCC, def. Feickert-Goebel, 10-2.

Henning-Ethan Fischer, RCC, def. Stoks-Voehl, 10-2.

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