The Tremper tennis team’s top flights capped off quite a run at the WIAA Division-1 State Individual Tennis Tournament at Nielsen Stadium in Madison on Saturday.

Freshman singles player John Carswell won his final two matches and finished fifth in his state debut. Carswell, the No. 6 seed in the tournament, knocked off 15th-seeded Andrea Lofino of Plymouth, 6-1, 6-1 before defeating No. 4 seed Tim Noack of Marquette, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the fifth-place match.

Carswell (30-2) went 4-1 in the state tournament with his only loss coming against No. 3 seed Damon Niquet of Marquette on Friday. Niquet prevailed 6-1, 6-1 against Carswell and lost to No. 1 seed Alex Jesse of Homestead, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the championship match on Saturday.

The Trojans’ top-seeded doubles team of Connor Hildebrandt and Jake Humphreys suffered their first losses of the season in dropping a pair of matches on Saturday. Hildebrandt and Humphreys (28-2) lost to Bay Port’s Eric Linskens and Kevin Lewis, 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals before falling to Homestead’s Conner Peck and Bryce Toburen, 6-3, 6-3 in the third-place match.

The Tremper duo was looking to become only the second doubles team in school history to win a State championship. Tremper’s Dave Amelotte and Matt Brothers won the school’s only state crown in 1992.

Jeffrey Zampanti