2009 ALL-DIVISIONAL TEAMS
Valley Division
First Team
Kyle Tucker, sr., Prairie; Parker Linn, jr., Prairie; Tim Kettering, sr., Linn-Mar; Sam O’Donnell, sr., Washington; Hunter Adams, sr., Washington; Nick Mozena, sr., Dubuque Senior.
Second Team
T.J. McCann, Linn-Mar; Mitch Anderson, Linn-Mar; Charlie Hammond, Washington; Tyler McCann, Linn-Mar; Justin Simmons, Jefferson; Dalton Stevens, Jefferson.
Coach of the Year: Chris Wundram-Linn-Mar
Athlete of the Year: Sam O’Donnell, Washington
 
Mississippi Division
First Team
Carter Giese, Dubuque Wahlert; Sean Mathison, Xavier; Joey White, Kennedy; Jeff Damisch, Kennedy; Andrew Roos, Dubuquue Hempstead; Eric Allebach, Kennedy.
Second Team
Jon Moore, Dubuque Wahlert; Ivan Liao, Kennedy; Michael Runde, Dubuque Wahlert; …

CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS
Bettendorf 5, Fort Dodge 0
Des Moines Roosevelt 5, C.R. Kennedy 1
CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP
Des Moines Roosevelt 5, Bettendorf 0
CLASS 2A CONSOLATION
C.R. Kennedy 5, Fort Dodge 0
CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS
Fairfield Maharishi 5, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 3
Dubuque Wahlert 5, Corning 0
CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP
Dubuque Wahlert 5, Fairfield Maharishi 0
CLASS 1A CONSOLATION
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 5, Corning 2
 

By Mike Koolbeck
News correspondent

CEDAR RAPIDS — Charlie Caris said he felt like a marked man at the Class 2A boys’ state tennis tournament. But instead of walking around with a target on his back, the Des Moines Roosevelt senior took aim at the record books and scored a bull’s-eye.
The top-seeded Caris disposed of West Des Moines Dowling sophomore Elliott Baker in the final, 6-0, 6-1, and rolled to a record-tying third straight singles title. He joins Iowa City’s Art Andrew (1951-53) and Fairfield Maharishi’s Tyler Cleveland (1995-97) as the only …

State Tournament
at Veterans Memorial Tennis Center
(Cedar Rapids)
Class 2A Singles
Semifinals
Charlie Caris (D.M. Roosevelt) def. David Knight (Fort Dodge), 6-2, 6-1; Elliott Baker (WDM Dowling) def. Nick Mozena (Dubuque Senior), 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Third Place Match
Knight (FtD) def. Mozena (DbqS), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (13).
Championship Match
Caris (DMR) def. Baker (Dowling), 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Consolation Matches
(area schools only)
Jeff Damisch (C.R. Kennedy) def. C.J. Ray (Ottumwa), 6-1, 6-3; Matt Sturgeon (WDM Valley) def. Damisch, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (6).
Class 2A Doubles
Semifinals
DeSimone/Johnson (Bettendorf) def. Wiser/Newman (Ankeny), 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-5; Kruse/Hemminger (D.M. Roosevelt) def. Allebach/Liao (C.R. Kennedy), 6-2, 6-1.
Third …

State tournament
At Veterans Memorial Tennis Center
(Cedar Rapids)
CLASS 2A SINGLES
First Round
Charlie Caris (D.M. Roosevelt) def. Anthony Forcucci (WDM Dowling) 6-0, 6-0
Austin Grundy (S.C. North) def. Andrew Roos (Dubuque Hempstead) 6-4, 6-0
David Knight (Ft. Dodge) def. Jackson Hemberger (Bettendorf) 6-2, 6-3
Kyle Tucker, (C.R. Prairie) def. Jeff Damisch (C.R. Kennedy) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3
Elliott Baker (W.D.M. Dowling) def. Miles Greenwald (Ames) 6-0, 6-3
C.J. Ray (Ottumwa) def. Johnathon O’Leary (Davenport Central) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Nick Mozena (Dubuque Senior) def. Nick Hofmeyer (Sioux City East) 6-0, 6-1 
Joey White (C.R. Kennedy) def. Matt Sturgeon (WDM Valley) …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Nick Mozena wasn’t in the mood for sympathy.
Not with the semifinals in sight.
Mozena, a senior from Dubuque Senior, blew a 5-2 second-set lead in the quarterfinals, then outlasted a cramp-wracked Joey White of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, in Friday’s biggest upset at the Class 2A boys’ tennis tournament at Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.
White had defeated Mozena twice in the regular season and was seeded second.
“It’s hard to focus on your own game in a situation like that,” Mozena said. “You think you’ve got him down, …

PRELIMINARY SUB-STATE
Class 1A
Aplington-Parkersburg 5, Boone 2
Clarke 5, Norwalk 2
Decorah 5, South Tama County 1
Independence 5, Camanche 2
Pella 5, Grinnell 3
Spencer 5, Storm Lake 2
 
Class 2A
C.R. Prairie 5, Iowa City High 3
Dubuque Senior 5, Clinton 1
Fort Dodge 5, Ames 2
Johnston 5, Southeast Polk 1
Linn-Mar 5, C.R. Xavier 1
Pleasant Valley 5, Davenport Central 0
West Des Moines Valley 5, Urbandale 0
 
AT C.R. PRAIRIE
C.R. Prairie 5, Iowa City High 3
Singles — Kyle Tucker (CRP) def. Nathaniel Grier 6-2, 6-1; Parker Linn (CRP) def. Phil Riley 6-0, 6-2; Kyle Suther (CRP) def. Barrett Barton 6-2, …

Class 2A District Meet
At Clark Racquet Center, Cedar Rapids
Teams — C.R. Kennedy 32, 2. Linn-Mar 15, 3. C.R. Xavier 9, 4. (tie) C.R. Jefferson and C.R. Washington 8, 6. Marshalltown 3.
Singles
First Round — Clinton Young (LM) def. Austin Steffa (M), 6-2, 6-2; Jack Shey (CRW) def. Andrew Meyer (CRJ), 6-1, 6-0; Joby Frey (CRJ) def. Clayton Hoyt (CRW), 7-6, 6-4; Connor O’Connell (CRX) def. Mike Carter (M), 6-1, 6-1.
Second Round — Sean Mathison (CRX) def. Young (LM), 6-1, 6-2; Jeff Damisch (CRK) def. Shey (CRW), 6-0, 6-0; Tyler McCann (LM) …

CEDAR RAPIDS — The tennis teams at Cedar Rapids Kennedy are still making quite a racket.
The defending state champion boys moved to 13-0 with an 8-1 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Tuesday. The girls defeated the J-Hawks by an identical score, improving to 12-1.

C.R. Kennedy 8, C.R. Jefferson 1
Singles — Joey White (K) def. Justin Simmons, 6-0, 6-1; Jeff Damisch (K) def. Dalton Stevens, 7-5, 6-0; Ivan Liao (K) def. Dayton Stevens, 6-2, 6-3; Riley Glabraith (K) def. Josh Chung, 6-2, 6-1; Nick Dudak (K) def. Joby Frey, 7-5, 6-2; Dan Wasta (K) def. Andrew Meyer, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles — White/Damisch (K) def. Simmons/Dayton Stevens, 7-6(7-2), 6-2; Liao/Dudak (K) def. Frey/Meyer, 6-1, 6-2; Chung/Andrew Miller (J) def. Wasta/Drew Erickson, 6-4, 5-7, 10-7.
 
AT WATERLOO
Xavier 7, Waterloo East 2
Singles — Jimmy Deignan (CRX) def. Joe Wu, …