Logan Engelstad of Thief River Falls has reached the semifinal round of the Minnesota Class A boys high school tennis tournament.
Engelstad won his two matches in Thursday's opening day of the state singles tournament. He beat Joey Vajgrt of Luverne 6-0, 6-2 in the first round, then rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 quarterfinal win over Joey Kronzer of Duluth Marshall.
Engelstad plays Connor Eberle of Holy Family Catholic in Friday's 8 a.m. semifinal round, with the winner advancing to the 11:30 a.m. state title match.
Ty Misialek of East Grand Forks Senior High was 1-1 on Thursday. He dropped a 6-1, 6-2 first-round match to Charlie Adams of The Blake School. Misialek then beat Sander Lee of Mound Westonka 6-4, 6-4 in a consolation quarterfinal. Misialek, a sophomore, plays David Bergstrom of Cook County in a consolation semifinal at 8 a.m. Friday.
Minn. Class A singles tournament
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In Twin Cities, Thursday
First round - Jack Hansen, Lac qui Parle Valley, over Sander Lee, Mound Westonka, 6-2, 6-2; Charlie Adams, Blake School, over Ty Misialek, EGF Senior High, 6-1, 6-2; Myles Tang, Breck School, over David Bergstrom, Cook County, 6-1, 6-2; Kolin Kiekhoefer, New Life Academy of Woodbury, over Jake Anderson, Fergus Falls, 6-2, 7-5; Logan Engelstad, Thief River Falls, over Joey Vajgrt, Luverne, 6-0, 6-2; Joey Kronzer, Duluth Marshall, over Jesse Schneeberger, Fergus Falls, 6-0, 6-0; Kyle McGrane, Rochester Lourdes, over Joe Tarvestad, Providence Academy, 6-0, 6-1; Connor Oberle, Holy Family Catholic, over Kavir Kumar, Blake School, 7-5, 6-4
Quarterfinals - Adams over Hansen 6-2, 6-1; Tang over Kiekhoefer 6-0, 6-0; Engelstad over Kronzer 3-6, 7-5, 6-2; Oberle over McGrane 6-2, 6-3
Consolation quarterfinals - Misialek over Lee 6-4, 6-4; Bergstrom over Anderson 6-7(6), 6-2, 10-3; Schneeberger over Vajgrt 6-0, 6-4; Kumar over Tarvestad 7-5, 7-6(7)
