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4.0 years ago by Justin Thomas

Mustang Tennis Takes Second at Lapeer Lightning Invitational
Flight winners from Lapeer Lightning Invitational (form L to R): Jaxson Tate, Travis Schmieder, Chris Gaffney, Sean Culhane, and Schaefer Wiskur

On Friday, the boys team visited Lapeer to take part in the Lapeer Lightning Invitational.  Joining host Lapeer and Clio were Kearsley and Milan.  Over the years the Mustang program has had much success at this tournament, an the 2019 edition proved to be another successful outing for the first of the year.  Singles players Sean Culhane (1 singles, senior), Chris Gaffney (3 singles, sophomore), and Schaefer Wiskur (4 singles, sophomore) all went undefeated on the day, taking home the win at their respective flights.  Chris Gaffney earned the Mustang of the Match award for his come from behind victory against host Lapeer.  After getting down 2-7, Chris came back with six straight games to take a 8-7 lead.  It only took him three more games to close out the victory 10-8.  At doubles, Jaxson Tate and Travis Schmieder (1 doubles, both seniors) went undefeated to win their flight.  We had three players playing in their first ever varsity matches, freshmen Lucas Atkin and sophomores Blake Balanowski and Bradon Smith.  All three won matches and contributed points to the team.  Overall, the Mustangs earned 16 points on the day, two behind winner Lapeer.  The team next plays on Monday, August 26th when they host Imlay City.

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