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Tennis

While Ming-Lee Lowe reaches for a serve to complete his singles win against Fulton, right, Everardo Sousa waits for one while Capt. Walt Diehl talks with the Fulton coach about the match’s progress.

It Met Expectations

he tennis Colonels’ season ended pretty much as began, says Capt. Walt Diehl, coach. The Colonels dropped Kemper Military School 9-0 May 8, and Helias did the same thing to the cadets May 12, giving the Colonels a 5-4 season record.

The doubles team of Ming-Lee Lowe and Luis Mendiola also did well at district competition, placing fourth among 20 teams. The defeated duos from Truxton (6-1, 6-2) and Chillacothe (6-1, 6-2) before being edged out of the competition by Kirksville (2-6, 0-6).

The singles winners at the Kemper match were Lowe, Mendiola, Karl Williams, Giovanni Boschi, Everardo Sousa, and Boyd Geiger. The doubles winners were Jose Bernal and Juan Carlos Alonso, Randy Burch and Jon Baker, and Steven Mitchem and Geiger.

The season was supposed to open against Wentworth Military Academy April 1, but the Dragons’ forfeited, so the Colonels opened against Jefferson City Helias April 3. As in the finish, Helias shut the cadets out.

Although the Colonels lost to Fulton 3-6 April 7, things were going better for the young team. Boschi won his singles match, and with Sousa, won his doubles match as well. Lowe and Mendiola also won their double match.

The Colonels evened the score with Fulton by defeating them 7-2 at their April 15 rematch. Mendiola, Williams, Allen, and Boschi won their singles matches. And the cadets swept the doubles competition with Lowe and Mendiola, Williams and Allen, and Boschi and Sousa comprising the winning duos.

Although Wentworth canceled the state military match April 14, the tennis Colonels won the championship by defeating Kemper Military School 8-1 April 20. The season turned even sweeter when the Colonels defeated Mexico High School 6-3 April 22. Lowe, Mendiola, Williams, and Sousa claimed the singles’ wins, and Lowe and Mendiola, and Boschi and Sousa grabbed the doubles.

As with their first meeting with the other Jefferson City school (Helias), the Jeff City Jays blanked the Colonels 90 April 24.

Battalion tennis finished the year’s competition, and Williams won the single’s medal, and Lowe and Mendiola took the double’s honor.

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U sending Robert De Echavarri to state competition in

Columbia May 18-19. "It told Eduardo Canamar and De Echavarri before the district meet (May 8 in Moberly) that if they avoided penalty shots then they should be able to finish high enough to qualify for state,” said Maj. Ray Campbell, coach.

De Echavarri placed fifth overall with an eight-over-par 80, his ticket to the Lake of the Woods course in Columbia. Canamar shot an 87, and the Colonels placed seventh among nine district teams.

Placing in the middle of the state 111-golfer pack, De

Echavarri shot an 87 for the first 18 and a 79 for the second for a total score of 166. "It was a good showing for him, and I’m very pleased with his effort and attitude,”

Said Maj. Campbell.

De Echavarri shot a 38 on the tough par-36 back nine the second day, added Maj. Campbell, tying for the low score of the day. "It was a good comeback, and he avoided the penalty shots.”

Battalion golf was held just before the state meet, and Charlie Company won with a 204. Scot Thompson, Don Jones, Jeff McKinney, and Randy Kelly beat out the faculty team of Maj. Campbell, Capts. Joe Ableman and Tim Burgess, and Lt. Bryan Withers by two strokes. Alpha’s team of Robert Maldonado, Herb Wolf, Roberto Paras, and Scott Moody shot a 209.

Delta’s team of Canamar, Patrick Austin, Rolando Gonzalez, and Dave Jones shot a 216. Echo didn’t make the field because they only had two players, but one, De Echavarri was the medalist with a two-over-par 38. Mike LeBrecque shot a 69.

The golfers opened their season at Palmyra March 31. Hannibal took the three-way contest with 155. MMA placed second with a 173, and their hosts rounded out the field with a 175. De Echavarri led the Colonels with a 42. He was followed by McKinney, 43, and Canamar and Wolf, each with 44. "We did what I thought we would in the opener,” said Maj. Campbell.

The Colonels’ next match, with Wentworth Military Academy April 1, was a bit unusual — the two tied at 194. Maldonado led the cadets with a 46. Canamar and De Echavarri shot 47’s, and Wolf tallied a 54.

MMA downed Fulton and Montgomery County 180 to 193 to 192 April 7. "It was an excellent day for golf,” said Maj. Campbell. "But we shot poorly, but the other teams shot worse.”

April 11 was the team’s red-letter match, "A great day for MMA golfers,” said Maj. Campbell. The cadets finished fourth among 10 teams at the Palmyra Invitational. Leading the Colonels were Canamar and De Echavarri, each with 10-over-par 80’s.

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Golf’s dynamic duo, Canamar and De Echavarri, led the Colonels to a 184-187 win over Fulton April 15, but the team’s score wasn’t enough to carry them past Mexico, who won the three-way match with a 179. The Colonels made up for the loss by defeating Montgomery 158-161 April 16.

April 14 was the season’s locus. The Colonels were supposed to have met Kemper Military School and Wentworth for the state military match. But Wentworth canceled it. The Colonels played half the contest when the met, and defeated 160-185, Kemper in the team’s regularly scheduled April 20 match. Although MMA and WMA tied in their only outing, the Colonels were awarded the state military championship by a win and a forfeit.

Continuing their winning ways, the golfers defeated Van-Far and Montgomery April 21. MMA shot 246 to Montgomery’s 247 and Van-Far’s 253.

The streak didn’t continue to the Mexico match April 23. The Bulldogs did in the Colonels 168-181. The Colonels rebounded for the season’s final matches, beating Mark Twain 182-183 May 5, and Montgomery City and Van-Far 171-182-209 respectively.