Sugarbeeter Tennis has Performed Very Well the First Half of the Season, Look to Finish Strong
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The Chinook High School Sugarbeeter 2021 Tennis Team.
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis Team has battled through the less desirable weather we have all experienced so far to start the season. However, they have not let that hold them back and despite the obstacles, this young team has improved immensely early on.
The Sugarbeeters are led by Head Coach Janelle Deanon this spring. This years squad includes seniors Jade Cecrle, and Lily Surber will take over as team Manager. Surber has been a strong contributor to the team in the past but do to an ACL injury suffered during the basketball season she is unable to compete this year.
Juniors out this spring are Allison Powell, Tylie Richman and Stacie Liddle. Sophomores include Lexi Pitkanen and Torin Cecrle. Out for their first time are freshman Mya Berreth, Jenna Liddle and Tasha Skoyen.
"It's been a great season so far this year, despite the less than ideal weather," said Deanon. "The girls who are new, or who are returning from last year, who are basically new, have picked it up extremely quickly. All the girls have won some matches, and lost some tough ones, but they're learning everyday."
While the weather hasn't been the best the team has performed well and Deanon is excited about whats to come, "As we enter this home stretch of the season I just want to see some continued growth from the girls. I've seen them learn to love this sport that is a lifelong game, and they've bonded as a team as well. Hopefully we'll have girls that qualify for state which is always exciting to see!"
This past weekend the Chinook Sugarbeeters hosted their own two day invitational. All of the matches were played in Havre at the Bill Voughey Tennis Courts. These are the same courts that will host the Northern B/C Tennis Divisional on May 7-8.
The 'Beeters performed very well at the Invitational with all three doubles teams and all three singles players winning at least one match. On Friday in Singles competition freshman Mya Berreth picked up a pair of wins. First she beat Sidney Hawks of Chester/Joplin-Inverness 6-1, later she defeated her opponent from Great Falls Central 5-0. Junior Allison Powell split her two Friday matches, falling to Aaliyah Standiford 6-2 before bouncing back to defeat her opponent from Great Falls Central 7-5.
In Saturday Singles, Berreth completed a perfect 3-0 weekend with a 6-1 win over James RedBoy of Poplar. Powell improved to 3-1 on the weekend with wins over Wolf Point 6-0 and Catherine Bear of Poplar 6-2. Freshman Tasha Skoyen defeated Azeria McIntosh of Chester/Joplin-Inverness on Friday 6-0. Saturday Skoyen dropped her first match 6-1 and won her second of the day 6-4 over her opponent from Poplar to finish 2-1 at the Invitational.
Freshman Jenna Liddle won her singles match on Saturday over Poplar's Sydney Cummins 6-2 to finish 1-2 on the weekend. Junior Stacie Liddle defeated Azeria McIntosh of Chester/Joplin-Inverness on Friday 6-0, then lost her match Saturday morning 6-2 before finishing the day with a 5-5 draw against her opponent from Poplar.
Freshman Mya Berreth in action Saturday at the Chinook Invitational. Berreth won both of her matches on Friday and added another on Saturday to go 3-0 on the weekend.
In Doubles it was the team of sophomore Lexi Pitkanen and sophomore Torin Cecrle leading the way with a 3-1 mark. The tandem split their matches on Friday, falling first to the team from Chester/Joplin-Inverness (Molly Nelson/Sidney Hawks) 2-6. The rebounded in their second match of the day to defeat the Great Falls team 6-0. On Saturday Pitkanen and Cecrle cruised to a pair of wins. First they knocked off the team from Wolf Point 6-4 and then finished the day with a 6-0 win over the team from Poplar.
In other Doubles action it was the Sugarbeeter duo of junior Tylie Richman and senior Jade Cecrle finishing the weekend with a 2-2 mark. On Friday the girls fell to Chester/Joplin-Inverness (Molly Nelson/Sidney Hawks) 1-6 and the team from Great Falls Central, 5-7. Saturday the tandem earned a pair of 6-2 victories, first over the team from Wolf Point and later over the team from Poplar.
Berreth and Liddle also got in a doubles match, winning on Saturday over the team from Wolf Point 6-1.
For the season the girls have performed very well. Due to a lost season in 2020, the sophomores and the freshman are competing for the first time. The Doubles team of Pitkanen and Cecrle are performing very well and have accumulated an overall record of 11-2 to lead the Sugarbeeter Tennis Team.
