Kernel boys tennis tallies season’s very first win over RC Central

MITCHELL– The conveniences of home were excellent to Mitchell High School young boys tennis on Friday afternoon, as the Kernels won 8-1 over Rapid City Central in the group’s first home dual of the season at Hitchcock Park.

Cooper Star, Asher Dannenbring, Sutton Thompson and Dawson Adams were all double winners for MHS on Friday, declaring singles and doubles triumphes on the afternoon. Star and Thompson each did not yield a game in two matches, winning 6-0, 6-0 in No. 4 and No. 6 songs matches, respectively, and by the same score at No. 2 doubles as colleagues. Adams was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at No. 5 singles and Dannenbring won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 songs.

Luke Jerke won the longest singles match of the day, a 6-4, 6-4 win for the Kernels over Peyton Taylor at Flight 2. The Cobblers’ only win of the day came at No. 1 singles, with Anson Griffin winning 6-0, 6-2 over Matthew Mauszycki in their singles match.

Mitchell’s Luke Jerke

hits a shot in a high school boys tennis match on Friday, April 11, 2025, at

Hitchcock Park.Adam Thury/ Mitchell Republic In doubles play, Jerke and Mauszycki won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 folds Griffin and Greysun Weston. Dannenbring and Adams also won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 doubles to liquidate the two-man sweeps for the Kernels.It was the very first Kernel victory for head coach Tyler McEntee, who is in his first year leading the program. MHS lost 5-4 to Yankton and 5-3 to Brandon Valley on April 7 in Yankton in its first 2 group contests of the 2025 campaign.The Kernels are back in action on Tuesday, April 15 at Brookings for a triangular with the host Bobcats and Aberdeen Roncalli. First serve is arranged for 11 a.m.Mitchell 8, Rapid City Central 1 Friday at Hitchcock Park Songs No. 1: Anson Griffin(RCC)def. Matthew Mauszycki, 6-0, 6-2 No. 2:

Luke Jerke (M)def. Peyton Taylor, 6-4, 6-4 No. 3: Asher Dannenbring(M)def. Triston Ducheneaux, 6-1, 6-1 No. 4: Cooper Star(M)def. Greysun

Weston, 6-0, 6-0 No. 5: Dawson Adams (M)def. Cade Jandreau, 6-0, 6-1 No. 6: Sutton Thompson (M) def. Rory Murphy, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles No. 1: Matthew Mauszycki/Luke Jerke (M)def. Anson Griffin/Greysun Weston, 6-4, 6-3 No. 2: Cooper Star/Sutton Thompson (M)def. Peyton Taylor/Triston Ducheneaux, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Asher Dannenbring/ Dawson Adams(M)def. Rory Murphy/Cade Jandreau, 6-0, 6-0 Marcus Traxler is the assistant editor and sports editor for the Mitchell Republic. A previous winner of the state’s Outstanding Young Reporter award and the 2023 South Dakota Sportswriter of the Year, he’s worked for the newspaper because 2014 and covers a wide array of subjects. A Minnesota native, Traxler can