The Ellsworth Bearcat Tennis Team ended the day April 15 in 5th place with 35 points at the Ellsworth Invitational Tennis Meet while the Central Plains Oilers Team placed 4th overall with 39 points.

In No. 1 singles action, Bearcat Grady Mueller lost to Max Kice of Wichita Classical and to Billy Wahlmeier of Concordia. Mueller defeated Fairfield’s Harris Siller to end in 7th place with a total of 3 points.

The Oilers’ Peyton Ryan defeated Siller of Fairfield, Hoisington’s Braden Mooney, and Sterling’s Rhain Isaac to finish in 1st place with 21 points.

In No. 2 Singles action for the ‘Cats, Colton Bettenbrock placed 7th. He lost to Evan Foltz, Hoisington and Vance Mitchell of Wichita Classical. He defeated Fairfield’s Mackenzie Fischer, ending with 2 points for the day.

For the Oilers, Hunter Green lost to Joshua Wood of Concordia, defeated Fischer of Fairfield and lost to Foltz of Hoisington. He finished in 6th place with 4 points.

In Doubles action, the No. 1 Bearcat Doubles team of Brendan Anderson and Adam Vehring finished in 2nd place by defeating Ismael Perez and Tyson Rousch of Concordia, defeated Ty Fulbright and Carson Shimer of Sterling and lost to Isaac Branam and Ethan Chouinard of Wichita Classical. They finished the day with 18 points.

Bearcat’s Chase Bourbon and Jaret Brungardt finished in 2nd place in No. 2 Doubles. They defeated Isiah Jensen and Jacob Togerson of Central Plains, defeated Isaac Bombardier and Taryn Roush of Concordia, and lost to Max Ball of Charlie Graham of Wichita Classical. The ‘Cats finished with 12 points for the day.

For the Oilers, after Jensen and Togerson lost to Ellsworth, they lost to the team of Hunter Morris and Ryan Woydziak and then defeated Fairfield’s Kelly Griffin and Cassidy Kennedy to finished in 7th place with 2 points.

In addition to the Oilers 4th place finish and Ellsworth’s 5th place, Wichita Classical took 1st place with 58 points, Abilene 2nd with 48 points, Sterling 3rd with 43 points, Hoisington 6th place with 31 points, Concordia had 26 points for 7th place and Fairfield finished in 8th with 0 points.

The ‘Cats and Oilers met again Monday at Claflin. The ‘Cats competed Tuesday at Abilene while the Oilers were at Hoisington April 22. Results were not available at press time.