Sophomore Owen George was a bright spot for the Ankeny Centennial boys’ tennis team on Wednesday.
George provided both of his squad’s victories during the Jaguars’ 9-2 loss at Waukee. He posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Koen Krehbiel at No. 5 singles, then teamed up with Brennan Dickinson for a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Maanas Garimella and Elijah Thole at No. 3 doubles.
The best match of the meet came at No. 4 doubles, where the Waukee duo of Krehbiel and Hudson Schmidt outlasted Centennial’s Crew Brazeau and Kale Hurd in a pair of tiebreakers. They won by a score of 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2).
The Warriors improved to 4-3 in the CIML Conference. Centennial finished 0-8 in the league and dropped to 0-10 overall.
The Jaguars will compete in a Class 2A district tournament on Wednesday at Ames.
Here are the match-by-match results from Wednesday’s meet:
Waukee 9, Centennial 2
Singles: Bajwa beat Malone, 6-1, 6-4; Abbott beat Braun, 6-2, 6-2; T. Nguyen beat R. Dickinson, 6-0, 6-0; R. Nguyen beat Earp, 6-3, 6-4; George (AC) beat Krehbiel, 6-2, 6-4; Garimella beat Sinclair, 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles: Bajwa-Abbott beat Malone-Braun, 6-1, 6-3; T. Nguyen-R. Nguyen beat Earp-Sinclair, 6-1, 6-1; George-B. Dickinson (AC) beat Garimella-Thole, 6-3, 6-2; Krehbiel-Schmidt beat Brazeau-Hurd, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2); Peterson-Jernberg beat Goff-Zhang, 6-3, 6-1.