Cyclones Boy's Tennis Finish 4th at Districts, Brock Bruns Makes State!

The HCHS boy's tennis team traveled to Carroll for Districts on Wednesday, May 13. The Cyclones ended up getting 4th place. For a young, inexperienced team, I was very pleased with our team effort. 

The highlight of the day was Brock Bruns placing second place and making State Tennis as a result. State Tennis will be held at Byrnes Park in Waterloo, IA on May 28 and 29.

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report for more comments on yesterday's matches.

Check out all the scores below as well as a picture of Brock Bruns after his second place finish.

Cyclone Boy's Tennis Sweep Thomas Jefferson

The HCHS boy's tennis team ended the regular season with 9-0 win over Thomas Jefferson Council Bluffs. It was great to see everyone win in singles and doubles tonight. It will definitely help our confidence heading in to Districts on Wednesday. 

Listen to Coach Bruns' Radio Report here.

Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 10-0 over Ryan Smith

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-0 over Jace Mundt

3. Stephen Leinen won 10-8 over Jaiden Belt

4. Andrew Andersen won 10-7 over Derek Runions

5. Nolan Blum won 10-1 over Gavin Belt

6. Keyton Francis won 10-0 over James Collins

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-0 over Smith/Mundt

2.  Stephen Leinen/Andrew Andersen won 10-1 over J. Belt/Runions

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum won 10-2 over G. Belt/Collins

JV Singles:

1. Nick Anderson won 4-3 over Lane Starmer

2. Eric Torneten won 4-0 over Lane Starmer

3. Edgar Mena won 4-1 over Lane Starmer

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose to Kuemper Catholic

The HCHS boy's tennis team lost 1-8 to a very good Carroll Kuempoer team on Friday, May 7. The lone victory came at #1 singles where Brock Bruns defeated Luke Hicks 8-6. 

Listen to Coach Bruns' Radio Report here.

 Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 8-6 over Luke Hicks

2. Stephen Leinen lost 2-8 to Sam Janssen

3. Andrew Andersen lost  0-8 to Carter Soppe

4. Nolan Blum lost 0-8 Blake Pottebaum

5. Edgar Mena lost 0-8 Will Pugh

6. Brayton Cooper lost 0-8 Gus Collison

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 2-8 to Hicks/Soppe

2.  Stephen Leinen/Andrew Andersen lost 1-8 to Janssen/Pottebaum

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 2-8 to Pugh/Collison

JV Doubles:

1. Nick Anderson/Brayton Cooper lost 0-8 to Jared Hansman/Jared Craig

2. Edgar Mena/Eric Torneten lost 2-8 to Hans Kraus/Josh Langal

Bruns and Rueschenberg Finish Second at Hawkeye 10

 Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

The Harlan Cyclones ended up getting 8th place at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament in Denison on Tuesday, May 4. The highlight for the Cyclones was Brock Bruns and Mitchell Rueschenberg getting second place in the #1 doubles tournament. You can see all the results in the pictures below.

The Cyclones host Kuemper on Friday and Thomas Jefferson on Monday. Districts will be held in Carroll next Wednesday, May 12.

Coach Bruns' comments:

It was great to see Brock and Mitchell have a great day by getting 2nd place. They beat a good Creston team and a very tough Denison team to reach the finals. We were up 5-2 against Denison but before we knew it it was 5-5. We stepped up it up and won three of the last four games. Brock raised his level in the final game, up 7-6, and got all his first serves in which made it much easier for us to close it out. 

In the finals, we just struggled to find a way to win games as the Sturm brothers are so good devensively. It forced us to play more agressivley which led to mistakes. I'll give all the credit to Atlantic, they played a great match.

Cyclones Boy's Tennis Defeat Red Oak

The Cyclones hosted Red Oak on Friday, April 30 and defeated the Tigers 7-2. The Cyclones travel to Denison on Monday for the Hawkeye 10 tennis tournament and then host Kuemper Catholic on Friday.

Coach Bruns' Comments:

What a great win for us today! We are a young and inexperienced team as are a lot of teams this year due to the pandemic so getting this win was a huge confidence booster for us as we head in the latter part of the season. Everyone played well today and won at least one match which is always great to see.  

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 10-0 over Max Devries

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-1 over Tyler Stunk

3. Stephen Leinen won 10-4 over Corbin Wolfe

4. Andrew Andersen lost 5-10 to Joshua LeRette

5. Nolan Blum won 10-0 Tyler Beeson

6. Keyton Francis lost 4-10 to Jonah Wemhoff

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-0 over DeVries/Stunk

2.  Stephen Leinen/Andrew Andersen won 10-4 over Wolfe/Wemhoff

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum won 10-7 over LeRette/Beeson

JV Singles:

1. Nick Anderson lost 2-6 to Braden Woods

2. Eric Torneten won 6-4 over Nate Ernst

3. Edgar Mena lost 2-6 to Braden Woods

JV Doubles:

1. Nick Anderson/Eric Torneten lost 3-6 to Woods/Ernst

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose a Close One to Clarinda

The Cyclones boy's tennis team lost a close meet to the Clarinda Cardinals 4-5. The Cyclones and Cardinals were tied after the meet singles matches 3-3 and were able to win two of the three doubles matches. The Cyclones travel to Denison on Monday for the Hawkeye 10 tennis tournament and then host Kuemper Catholic on Friday.

Coach Bruns' Comments:

Even though we lost the meet, there were a lot of competitive matches which is what we want to see. We had our chances to win the meet but unfortunately we lost most of those close matches. Brock, Mitchell, and Stephen all won in singles and played well in doing so. It was great to see Stephen battle and pull out a hard fought win. He needed it for his confidence going forward. Brock and Mitchell continue to play great together in doubles, winning 10-3.

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

 Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 10-0 over Nathan Brown 

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-3 over Lance Redehr

3. Stephen Leinen won 10-7 over Kale Damey

4. Andrew Andersen lost 6-10 over Luke Baker

5. Nolan Blum lost 8-10 to Sant Dow

6. Keyton Francis lost 5-10 to Connor Pullen

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-3 over Regehr/Damey

2.  Stephen Leinen/Andrew Andersen lost 4-10 to Brown/Baker

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 7-10 Dow/Cyrus Lawrence

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose to Denison

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

Varsity lost the meet 0-9.

 Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns lost 5-10 to Colin Reis

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 3-10 to Harrison Dahm

3. Stephen Leinen lost 2-10 to Adolfo Vargas

4. Tytan Frohlich lost 0-10 to Carson Seuntjens

5. Andrew Andersen lost 4-10 to Isaac Leinen

6. Nolan Blum lost 0-10 to Wyatt Johnson

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 5-10 to Reis/Dahm

2.  Stephen Leinen/Tytan Frohlich lost 3-10 to Vargas/Seuntjens

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 1-10 to Leinen/Johnson

JV lost the meet 1-5

JV Singles Results:

1. Keyton Francis lost 3-8 to Braden Carnyn

2. Nick Anderson lost 1-8 to Connor McGregor

3. Eric Torneten lost 7-8(6-8) to Jorge Zuniga

4. Edgar Mena won 8-3 over Jayden Kiiney

JV Doubles Results:

1. Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson lost 2-8 to Carnyn/McGregor

2. Eric Torneten/Edgar Mena lsot 6-8 to Zuniga/Kinney

HCHS Boys Tennis Lose to Alantic

Varsity lost the meet 0-9.

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns lost 2-6(retired) to Grant Sturm

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 1-10 to Ethan Sturm

3. Stephen Leinen lost 5-10 to Bodie Johnson

4. Tytan Frohlich lost 1-10 to Dayton Templeton

5. Andrew Andersen lost 8-10 to Hunter Weppler

6. Nolan Blum lost 4-10 to Bryan York

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Stephen Leinen/Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 1-10 to Sturm/Sturm

2.  Andrew Andersen/Tytan Frohlich lost 1-10 to Johnson/Templeton

3.  Keyton Francis/Nolan Blum lost 6-10 to Weppler/York

JV won the meet 5-4.

JV Singles Results:

1. Tegan Steinkuehler lost 4-6 to Clevi Johnson

2. Nick Anderson won 6-0 over to Henry McCalla

3. Eric Torneten lost 1-6 to Nate McLean

4. Edgar Mena won 6-3 over Lane Muell

5. Brayton Cooper lost 2-6 to Nick Bennett

JV Doubles Results:

1. Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson lost 5-7 to Johnson/McLean

2. Eric Torneten/Edgar Mena won 6-2 over McCalla/Muell

3. Tegan Steinkuehler/Brayton Cooper won 6-4 over Bennett/Alex Rosenbaum

4.  Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson won 6-2 over Rosenbaum/Dawson Sorensen

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose to St. Albert's

The HCHS  boy’s tennis team travelled to The Hanscom Tennis Center in Omaha to take on St. Albert’s and lost the meet 2-7. The Cyclones are now 1-5 on the season. 

          Listen to Coach Bruns' Radio Report here. 

Comments from Coach Bruns:

I thought Brock played pretty well against Jeff Miller but came up short in games where he had chances to win. Jeff is one of the best players in Western Iowa so it’s never easy against him. Mitchell played very well for the first half of the match and was up 4-3 but his level dipped a little after that and Carter took advantage. Stephen, Tytan and Nolan all played hard and just need to continue working on finishing shots they can make. Andrew was the lone singles winner today. He played very well and is really starting to pick up the strategy of the game. It was great to see him play well and get a win. Andrew and Nolan were the lone winners in doubles and are really starting to play well together. 

The Cyclones host Atlantic on Monday, Clarinda on Thursday and Red Oak on Friday and travel to Denison on Tuesday. 

1. Brock Bruns lost 4-8 to Reed Miller

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 4-8 to Carter White

3. Stephen Leinen lost 4-8 to Dan McGrath

4. Tytan Frohlich lost 4-8 to Cole Pekny

5. Andrew Andersen won 8-3 over Reese Pekny

6. Nolan Blum lost 5-8 to William Tallman

Doubles:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenburg lost 2-8 to Jeff Miller/Carter White

2.  Stephen Leinen/Tytan Frohlich lost 5-8 Dan McGrath/Cole Pekny

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum won 8-4 over Reese Pekny/William Tallman

JV won 1-0 and are now 2-3 on the season.

JV Singles:

 

1. Keyton Francis won 8-1 over Owen Gallus

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose to Shenandoah

The HCHS  boy’s tennis team travelled to Shenandoah on Thursday to take on the Mustangs and ended up losing the meet 2-7. The Cyclones are now 1-4 on the season. The Cyclones travel to St. Albert’s on Friday.

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

Coach Bruns’ Comments:

Our inexperience continued to show tonight playing against a very good Shenandoah team. The highlights were Brock’s win in singles and Brock and Mitchell’s win in doubles. 

Brock started a little slow again tonight but found his rhythm by game four or so and really played some great tennis the rest of the match. Mitchell and Brock also continue to play very well in doubles. They were up big and let Shenandoah get back in it half way through the match but then picked up their game at then end winning 10-4.

1. Brock Bruns won 10-4 over Reed Finnegan

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 1-10 to Andrew Lawrence 

3. Stephen Leinen lost 2-10 to Josh Schuster

4. Tytan Frohlich lost 0-10 to Eli Schuster

5. Andrew Andersen lost 3-10 to Quentin Slater

6. Nolan Blum lost 1-10 to Dylan Gray

Doubles:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenburg won 10-4 over Reed Finnegan/Josh Schuster

2.  Stephen Leinen/Tytan Frohlich lost 3-10 to Andrew Lawrence/Eli Schuster

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 4-10 to Quentin Slater/Dylan Gray

JV lost 3-4 and are now 1-3 on the season.

JV Singles:

1. Keyton Francis lost 5-7 to Landen Newquist
2. Tegan  Steinkuehler lost 2-6 to Landen Newquist
3. Eric Torneten lost 4-6 to Dominick Reynolds
4. Edgar Mena won 6-1 over Isaiah Lamberson
5. Brayton Cooper won 6-0 over Isaiah Lamberson

JV Doubles:

1. Keyton Francis/Tegan Steinkuehler lost 1-6 to Newquist/Reynolds

2. Eric Torneten/Edgar Mena won 7-6(7-5) over Newquist/Lamberson

Cyclone's Boy's Tennis Lose to Glenwood

The HCHS boy’s tennis team travelled to Glenwood on Tuesday to take on the Rams and ended up losing the meet 3-6. The Cyclones are now 1-3 on the season. The Cyclones travel to Shenandoah on Thursday and St. Albert’s on Friday.

Listen to Coach Bruns' radio report here.

Coach Bruns’ Comments:

It was great to see Brock playing confidently today. His groundstrokes, serve and shot variety were great today in his 10-1 win. Great win today!
Mitchell was down 0-5 and came back to win 10-5. Mitchell changed his strategy at 0-5 and used his slice and net play to change the momentum in his favor. This was the biggest comeback that any of my players have ever come back from so I just want congratulate Mitchell on never giving up and getting the big win!
Stephen Leinen also played a good match today. He was down most of the match and even though he lost, he kept fighting until the very end.

1. Brock Bruns won 10-1 over Teagan Matheny
2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-8 over Logen Clark
3. Stephen Leinen lost 6-10 to Tyler Harger
4. Tytan Frohlich lost 3-10 to Josh Nieman
5. Andrew Andersen lost 3-10 to Trice Buchanan
6. Nolan Blum lost 3-10 to Ben Batten

Doubles:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenburg won 10-3 over Teagan Matheny/Logen Clark
2.  Stephen Leinen/Tytan Frohlich lost 3-10 to Tyler Harger/Josh Nieman
3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 3-10 to Trice Buchanan/Ben Batten


JV lost 1-8 and at now 1-2 on the season.


JV Singles:

1. Keyton Francis lost 0-6 to Carter Kirsch
2. Tegan Steinkuehler lost 3-6 to Brody Taylor
3. Nick Anderson lost 1-6 to Nolan Allmon
4. Eric Torneten lost 0-6 to Evan Soergel
5. Edgar Mena lost 2-6 to Riley Giesting
6. Brayton Cooper lost 0-6 to Sawyer Patzer

JV Doubles:

1. Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson lost 3-6 to Kirsch/Taylor
2. Eric Torneten/Edgar Mena lost 5-7 to Allmon/Soergel
3. Tegan Steinkuehler/Brayton Cooper won 6-4 over Giesting/Patzer

HCHS Boy's Tennis Sweep Audubon 9-0

The Cyclone boy's tennis team traveled to Audubon on Thursday, April 15 and won the meet 9-0. The Cyclones are now 1-2 on the season.

Coach Bruns' Comments:

After losing our first two meets, getting this win was a big morale and confidence boost for us. Everyone played well in singles and doubles which is great to see. The week of April 18 sees us play four matches in five days(Kuemper. Glenwood, Shenadoah, and St. Albert) so we will need to continue playing well to have success over the course of the next week. 

Listen to Coach Bruns' KNOD Radio Report here.

 Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 8-0 over Tyler Rugaard

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 8-2 over Eli Deist

3. Stephen Leinen won 8-2 over Connor Christensen

4. Tytan Frohlich won 8-0 over Jake Lauritsen

5. Andrew Andeson won by forfeit

6. Keyto Francis won by forfeit

Varsity Doubles Results:

1. Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg won 8-0 over Eli Deist/Connor Christensen

2.  Andrew Andersen/Keyton Francis won 8-2 over Tyler Rugaard/Jake Lauritsen

3. Stephen Leinen/Tytan Frohlich won by forfeit

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose to Lewis Central

The HCHS boy's tennis team hosted Lewis Central on Tuesday, April 13 and lost the meet 3-6. The Cyclones are now 0-2 on the season. The JV team lost 0-7 and are now 1-1 on the season. 

The three wins came from Brock Bruns and Mitchell Rueschenberg in number one and two singles and Bruns/Rueschenberg at number one doubles. Both Brock and Mitchell were down early in their singles matches but used their experience to pull away as their matches progressed. In doubles, Brock and Mitchell played a great match together, winning convincingly, 10-3.

Listen to Coach Bruns' comments on the match here.

Varsity Singles Results:

1. Brock Bruns won 10-4 over Christian Jensen

2. Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-5 over Ethan Edwards

3. Stephen Leinen lost 3-10 to Payton Fort

4. Tytan Frohlich lost 2-10 to Broedy Johnson

5. Andrew Andersen lost 4-10 to Colby Souther

6. Nolan Blum lost 4-10 to Drew White

Varsity Doubles Results:

1.  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg won 10-3 over Christian Jensen/Colby Souther

2.  Stephen Lienen/Tytan Frohlich lost 3-10 to Ethan Edwards/Payton Fort

3.  Andrew Andersen/Nolan Blum lost 4-10 to Broedy Johnson/Drew White

JV Singles Results:

1. Keyton Francis lost 1-6 to Ty Thompson

2. Nick Anderson lost 1-6 to Preston Kathol

3. Eric Torneten lost 0-6 to Sam Neuman

4. Edgar Mena lost 0-6 to Luis Barrados

JV Doubles Results:

1. Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson lost 1-6 to Ty Thompson/Preston Kathol

2. Eric Torneten/Edgar Mena lost 0-6 to Sam Nueman/Gabe Martin

Keyton Francis/Nick Anderson lost 5-7 to Luis Barradas/Wyatt Thompson

HCHS Boy's Tennis Lose Season Opener to Abe Lincoln

Coach Bruns' comments:

Listen to the KNOD Radio Report here.

First of all, it is great to be back on court! After having no season last year, our team and all teams of course, are completely different with Freshemen and Sophomores having never played a tennis season before. Due to this, our team is quite inexperienced but all are willing to work hard to improve and that is exactly what we will strive to do with each meet. 

Our only two returning varsity players are four time letterwinners Brock Bruns and Mitchell Rueschenberg. They will lead us this year as our number one and two players. Nolan Blum and Nick Anderson have been on the team previous years but this is their first year playing Varsity. The rest of the team are all first year tennis players including first year Varsity players Stephen Leinen(10th) and Keyton Francis(10th).

We ran into a good team in Abe Lincoln on Tuesday(March 30). They outplayed us at every postition. I thought Mitchell Rueschenberg played a great match. He was up 6-5 but lost the next three games to lose 6-8. It was a great effort and one that can build confidence as we continue on the season. Brock's match against Dalton Pregon seemed much closer than the score indicated. It was close early but Dalton won the big points in the close games and pulled away. Dalton is one of the top players in Soutwest Iowa and has a great shot of making State Tennis in the bigger(2A) schools.

I also want to give a big shout out to the JV team. They won 7-2 which is quite impressive since everyone won at least two matches and this is everone's first year on the team.

AL Varsity won the meet 9-0. The Cyclones are now 0-1 on the season.

Varsity Singles:

#1  Brock Bruns lost 2-8 to Dalton Pregon

#2  Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 6-8 to Carter James

#3  Stephen Leinen lost 0-8 to Chris Wailes

#4  Nolan Blum lost 1-8 to Jude Ryan

#5  Keyton Francis lost 0-8 to Ty James

#6  Nick Anderson lost 1-8 to Bracken Mohr

Varsity Doubles:

#1  Brock Bruns/Mitchell Rueschenberg lost 3-8 to Pregon/Ryan

#2  Stephen Leinen/Nolan Blum lost 3-8 to C. James/Wailes

#3  Keyton Francis/Nick Andersen lost 4-8 to T. James/Mohr

JV won their meet 7-2 and are now 1-0 on the season.

JV Singles:

Eric Torneten won 6-4 over Mason Garrens

Edgar Mena won 6-0 over Connor Tichota

Edgar Mena won 6-1 over Cole Schroeder

Brayton Cooper won 6-0 over Adrian Weelbury

JV Doubles:

Andrew Andersen/Teagan Steinkuehler won 6-2 over Landon Williams/Joey Podraza

Eric Torneten/Brayton Cooper lost 2-6 to Tyler Powers/Blake Higgins

Eric Torneten/Brayton Cooper won 6-0 over Adrian Weelbury/Granmark Bolugot

Andrew Andersen/Teagan Steinkuehler lost 3-6 to Tyler Powers/Blake Higgins

Tyler Powers/Blake Higgins won 6-3 over Mason Garreans/Atticus Walker

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