Tennis heads to Ronan for season opener

The Whitefish tennis teams are hitting the court this week with season opening duals in Ronan and Polson.

Both teams headed down to Ronan Tuesday after presstime for their first matches of the season.

On Saturday, they’ll travel down to Polson for duals with the Pirates as well as Dillon.

This year’s girls team is led by some key returning players like Aubrey Hanks, Olivia Potthoff and Claire Carloss. Five seniors fill the roster, including Hunter Grimes, Audrey Hyatt, Grace Scrafford, Mackenzie Vick and Gracie Young.

On the boy’s side, Zach Brandt, Noah Fauth, Eric Holdhusen, Kyiah Ingraham, Forrest Kobelt, Zachary Meadows, Leonardo Motti, Simon Olivier, Luke Schwaiger and Jamie Schwartz round out an upperclassmen-filled roster.

Other key returning players this year include Brendon Buls, Colter Upton and Mark Anderson.

Next week the boys will make their home debut on Tuesday, hosting Columbia Falls at the Grouse Mountain Lodge courts at 3 p.m.

The girls will play in Columbia Falls at the same time.