WATERTOWN — Watertown High School's boys tennis team continued a solid start to the 2026 season by posting two more wins in its home debut on Tuesday, April 14.The Arrows, technically only six days into the season, improved to 5-1 by recording 8-1 dual wins over Class AA Sioux Falls Jefferson and Class A Milbank at the Highland Park courts.Watertown went 5-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles against both the Cavaliers and the Bulldogs."It was nice to finally get to play at home today and we got two wins," Watertown coach Ryan Zink said. "We're 5-1 to start the season so I'm definitely happy with that."AREA BOYS TENNIS SEASON PREVIEW: State Class AA & A boys tennis tourneys slated for May at Rapid CityWith the mix of cold and warm weather so far this spring, the Arrows haven't had a ton of practice time outdoors but that something that should get better in the coming weeks.The Arrows are off until hosting Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Aberdeen Roncalli in another triangular on Monday, April 20.

Watertown will play Roosevelt at 10 a.m., followed by Roosevelt vs. Roncalli and then Watertown-Roncalli at about 3 p.m."I have been pleased with the effort from all the guys and I know they will continue to work hard and get better as the season goes on," Zink said.Watertown 8, SF Jefferson 1Singles — No. 1: Carter Kemmis, SFR, over Joey Meester, 10-2. No. 2: Xane Fligge, W, over Cooper Nielsen, 10-1.

No. 3: Matthew Bertsch, W, over Asher Vandewater, 10-1. No. 4: Dawson Hartman, W, over Austin Josephsen, 10-6. No. 5: Tyson Lawrence, W, over Brodie McCarty, 10-6.

No. 6: Boston Butler, W, over Kaden McCaulley, 10-0.Doubles — No. 1: Fligge-Hartman, W, over Kemmis-Nielsen, 10-4. No. 2: Meester-Bertsch, W, over Josephson-Vandewater, 10-0. No. 3: Lawrence-Butler, W, over McCarty-McCaulley, 10-3.Watertown 8, Milbank 1Singles — No. 1: Will Muellenbach, M, over Meester, 10-5.

No. 2: Fligge, W, over Alex Baugh, 10-1. No. 3: Bertsch, W, over Devon Mueller, 10-2. No. 4: Dawson Hartman, W, over Franklin Pederson, 10-0.

No. 5: Lawrence, W, over Nolan Grabow, 10-0. No. 6: Butler, W, over Parker Grabow, 10-0.Doubles — No. 1: Fligge-Hartman, W, over Mullenbach-Baugh, 10-7. No. 2: Meester-Bertsch, W, over Mueller-Pederson, 10-1.

No. 3: Lawrence-Butler, W, over Grabow-Grabow, 10-0.Last Week's ResultsWatertown opened its season on Thursday, April 9, with a triangular at Sioux Falls Lincoln. The Arrows defeated Aberdeen Central 7-2 before falling to Class AA power Sioux Falls Lincoln 9-0.Fligge, Bertsch, Hartman and Lawrence each recorded singles wins against Central with Fligge-Hartman, Meester-Bertsch and Lawrence-Butler each winning in doubles.Dawson Pederson at No. 1 singles and Grayson Rehder at No. 6 each posted wins over Aberdeen Central.On Saturday, April 11, the Arrows defeated Huron 9-1 and Pierre 7-2. Meester, Fligge, Bertsch, Hartman, Lawrence and Butler each won in singles against Huron and Fligge-Hartman and Lawrence-Butler also won in doubles.Against Pierre, Watertown received singles wins from Fligge, Hartman, Lawrence and Butler and also swept the doubles with wins from Fligge-hartman, Meester-Bertsch and Lawrence-Butler.Aberdeen Central & RoncalliClass AA Aberdeen Central fell to 2-5 on the season by falling to Class AA foes Brandon Valley 8-1 and O'Gorman 9-0 on Tuesday, April 14, in Aberdeen.

Class A Aberdeen Roncalli also fell to 2-5 with 9-0 losses to Brandon Valley and O'Gorman.Brandon Valley 8, Aberdeen Central 1Singles — No. 1: Eli Woidyla, BV, over Dawson Pederson, 10-5. No. 2: William Jensen, BV, over Aric Tennant, 10-3. No. 3: Ryley McKeown, BV, over Gannon Pederson, 10-6.

No. 4: Titan Gross, BV, over Wyatt Kiesz, 10-0. No. 5: Sanders Anshutz, BV, over Alex Tarver, 10-3. No. 6: Travis Rowberry, BV, over Grayson Rehder, 10-3.Doubles — No. 1: Woidyla-Jensen, BV, over Pederson-Pederson, 10-0.

No. 2: Gross-Rowberry, BV, over Tennant-Kiesz, 10-2. No. 3: Rehder-Josiah Grandpre, AC, over Max Vincelli-Sanders Anshutz, 10-8.O'Gorman 9, Aberdeen Central 0Singles — No. 1: Will Koziara, OG, over D. Pederson, 10-0.

No. 2: John McDowell, OG, over Tennant, 10-0. No. 3: August Jackson, OG, over G. Pederson, 10-2. No. 4: Benjamin Pekas, OG, over Kiesz, 10-0.

No. 5: Finn Canfield, OG, over Tarver, 10-2. No. 6: Reid Oakland, OG, over Rehder, 10-0.Doubles — No. 1: Koziara-McDowell, OG, over Pederson-Pederson, 10-0. No. 2: Jackson-Canfield, OG, over Tennant-Kiesz, 10-1.

No. 3: Pekas-Noah Dobbs, OG, over Rehder-Josiah Grandpre, 1-0.ATHLETE OF THE WEEK POLL: Another week brings another Public Opinion-Aberdeen News AOTW pollBrandon Valley 9, Roncalli 0Singles — No. 1: Woidyla, BV, over Ezra Feicker, 10-1. No. 2: Jensen, BV, over Liam Voehl, 10-2. No. 3: McKeown, BV, over Linus Johnson, 10-2.

No. 4: Gross, BV, over Caleb Stoks, 10-2. No. 5: Anshutz, BV, over Lincoln Hundstad, 10-5. No. 6: Rowberry, BV, over Isaac Cybulksi, 10-1.Doubles — No. 1: Woidyla-Jensen, BV, over Feickert-Johnson, 10-1. No. 2: Gross-Rowbery, BV, over Voehl-Stoks, 10-1.