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The Hastings girls tennis team cruised to a pair of impressive wins earlier this week. The Raiders won 7-0 over Lake City on Monday and then beat Henry Sibley, 7-0. In the match in Lake City, all of the wins were in straight sets. Jill Weinzettel, Anna Foster, Erin Henrichs...

There’s no doubt about who the top team in the Metro East Conference is when it comes to girls tennis. That team is Mahtomedi, and last week, the Hastings Raiders found out just how strong the Zephyrs are. Hastings lost 7-0 in the first meeting between the two teams in the Metro...

Austin Houska and Danny Steiner came about as close as you could get to advancing to the state tennis tournament. Unfortunately for the Hastings doubles team, they didn’t quite make it in. Houska and Steiner competed Tuesday in the section finals, trying to earn one of two qualifying...

A sweep at all three doubles positions was the key to victory for the Hastings tennis team in the first round of the section tournament. Hastings beat Winona in the match, 5-2. The top doubles team of Craig Nielsen and Alex Zuzek won 7-6, 6-2. The second team of Ben Klimek...

Hastings cruised to a 6-1 win over Forest Lake this week. The Raiders got wins at No. 2 singles by Danny Steiner (6-4, 6-1), No. 3 singles by Steven Roach (6-0, 6-3) and No. 4 singles by Alex Rudh (6-4, 6-3). In doubles action, Hastings swept the top three spots. Alex Zuzek...

The Hastings boys tennis team escaped from Stillwater with a 4-3 win on Monday, improving their overall record to 5-8 and their Suburban East Conference mark to 3-3. The key to the win was a clean sweep in doubles play. The No. 1 team of Craig Nielsen and Alex Zuzek won 6-4,...

The Hastings tennis team went 1-2 at a weekend tournament in St. Cloud. The Raiders lost to St. Cloud Tech, 6-1, and to Bloomington Jefferson, 7-0. They beat Minneapolis South, 5-2. In the win over South, Hastings swept doubles. The No. 1 team of Carson Whyle and Killian...

The Hastings boys tennis team had no trouble beating Park of Cottage Grove last week, downing the Wolfpack 6-1. The Raiders swept the three doubles positions. The top team of Alex Zuzek and Danny Steiner won 6-1, 6-3. Ben Klimek and Killian Konrady won at second doubles,...

The good news from the season-opening tennis match last Wednesday against Rosemount was that Hastings swept the three doubles positions. The bad news was that the Raiders were swept in the four singles positions. That obviously meant a 4-3 defeat for the Raiders. In doubles...

Jill Weinzettel sure made things interesting last week. The HHS junior and No. 1 singles player this season advanced to the Section 1AA semifinals before losing. She opened her section tournament with a pair of big wins on Thursday, Oct. 10. Those wins qualified her to play...

The team tennis season for the Hastings Raiders came to an end on Tuesday night. Hastings lost to Winona in the first round of the Section 1AA team tournament. Jill Weinzettel won at first singles for the Raiders, 6-1, 7-5. Anna Foster lost at second singles, 6-1, 6-2. At...

Believe it or not, the Hastings girls tennis team is already beginning to wind down its season. Hastings is in its last week of the regular season before heading into sections next week. The Raiders kicked off the final week of regular season play with a nice 5-2 victory over...

The Hastings girls tennis team scored a nice 5-2 win over Woodbury last week. Hastings won three of the four singles positions, picking up three of the necessary four victories to get the win. Jill Weinzettel won at first singles, 6-2, 6-2. At second singles, Anna Foster...

In two competitive Suburban East Conference tennis matches, the Hastings girls have come out on the wrong side of 5-2 scores. Hastings lost its opener to Roseville on Thursday, 5-2. On Tuesday, Hastings lost to the No. 9 ranked team in the state from Stillwater, 5-2. "The girls are...