Crosstown pride was on display at Helena’s tennis teams’ Senior Day

HELENA Another crosstown battle took place in the capital on Tuesday, when Helena and Helena Capital recognized their senior tennis athletes.

The combined celebration took place at Barney Park, where the singles games were held. The singles games were played at Lockey Park.

Helena doubles player and captain Will Johnson, who is off to Honduras for a two-year assignment, spoke about Senior Day, saying, “It was super awesome to be recognized for the time I’ve spent with this team, it’s been quite a journey, it’s cool.

Capital coach Ryan Swenson, who played tennis for the Bruins from 2005-2009, took over as head coach of the varsity program in 2016. It was clear that these 11 seniors, which include Kevin Lachere, Gaberiel Sova and Miranda Sheafor. , mean a lot to the Bruins coach.

Helena High is led by second-year coach Nicole Riebe, and her No. 1 competitor, Qayl Kujala, beat Capital’s Julia Krings. However, the Bruins came out on top in the boys and girls matches.

Bengals doubles player Brynn Woodmansey said of her teammates: It’s fun. My twin and I did ballet together as kids, we kind of grew up together, so we really have that connection on the court. We can read each other really well and support each other.

Woodmansey will be a senior next year and he said it should be interesting because this whole year Ayla (Silvonen) and I have played two seniors so we’ll be playing new meat next year so we’ll see what happens, it should be fun.

Ryan Swenson / CHS Head Coach