GRAND FORKS — There was not a Grand Forks team in the North Dakota state boys tennis team final Thursday night.

It was the first time since 1993 that happened.

But Grand Forks players got some redemption Friday.

Three of the four semifinalists at the state singles tournament are from Grand Forks — Central’s Cole Wilber and Red River’s Julian Mallory and Aodh Murphy.

All of them won a pair of matches in straight sets to reach the semifinals.

Wilber, who is aiming to repeat as state singles champion, topped Bismarck High’s Reed Romsaas 6-0, 6-0 and Bismarck Legacy’s Connor Svihovec 6-3, 6-0 to advance. He will meet Mallory at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Wilber and Mallory played last week in the East Region semifinal, too. Wilber won a highly competitive match 7-5, 6-2 en route to the title.

Mallory advanced by beating Bismarck Legacy’s Declan Hosek 6-0, 6-1 and Mandan’s Jared Christen 6-4, 6-2.

On the other side of the draw, Red River’s top player, Murphy, beat Minot’s Nolan Moore 6-2, 6-0 and Mandan’s Ryan Bitz 6-2, 6-2. Murphy will meet West Region singles champion, Karter Hatzenbuhler of Mandan, at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The doubles tournament contained one big surprise from the East.

Fargo North’s Drew Burris and Nicholas Webb, who finished fifth in the East Region, unexpectedly reached the state semifinals.

Burris and Webb snuck past Jamestown’s Luke LeFevre and Braxton Burkett 1-6, 6-0, 10-7 in the first round, then upset East Region doubles champions Asher Green and Rylan Bydal of Red River 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinals.

Burris and Webb will take on Bismarck Legacy’s Caleb Johnson and Cooper Moore at 11 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals. West Region champion Aidan Diehl and Grayson Schaeffer of Minot will play West Fargo Sheyenne’s Brandt Aslakson and Andrew Rexin in the other semifinal.

Aslakson and Rexin

helped Sheyenne to the team title

Thursday.

Korrie Wenzel / Grand Forks Herald

In Grand Forks, Friday

Singles

First round

Karter Hatzenbuhler, Man, over Josh Wilkinson, South, 6-0, 6-0; Momin Durrani, WFS, over Nolan Callahan, Min, 6-1, 6-4; Ryan Bitz, Man, over Leighton Heick, WFS, 6-3, 6-2; Aodh Murphy, RR, over Nolan Moore, Min, 6-2, 6-0; Jared Christen, Man, over Eli Smith, WFS, 6-3, 6-2; Julian Mallory, RR, over Declan Hosek, BL, 6-0, 6-1; Connor Svihovec, BL, over Jason Ling, GFC, 1-6, 6-3, 12-10 Cole Wilber, GFC, over Reed Romsaas, BHS, 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinals

Hatzenbuhler over Durrani 6-2, 7-6 (9); Murphy over Bitz 6-2, 6-2; Mallory over Christen 6-4, 6-2; Wilber over Svihovec 6-3, 6-0

Consolation first round

Callahan over Wilkinson 6-4, 6-1; Heick over Moore 6-4, 6-2; Smith over Hosek 6-2, 6-0; Ling over Romsaas 7-5, 6-2

Consolation quarterfinals

Christen over Callahan 6-0, 6-2; Svihovec over Heick 7-6 (7), 4-6, 10-5; Durrani over Smith 4-6, 6-3, 10-6; Ling over Bitz 6-1, 6-1

Saturday’s semifinals

Hatzenbuhler vs. Murphy, 10 a.m.; Mallory vs. Wilber, 10 a.m.

Korrie Wenzel / Grand Forks Herald

Doubles

First round

Aidan Diehl-Grayson Schaeffer, Min, over Kevin Martinez-Max Mecham, RR, 6-2, 6-0; Alex Comings-Garnett Anderson, Wahpeton, over Oliver Thompson-Thomas Griffith, Min, 3-6, 7-5, 10-5; Charlie Holzer-Carter Anderson, BC, over Amav Panwalkar-Thomas Webb, FN, 6-3, 6-1; Brandt Aslakson-Andrew Rexin, WFS, over Deklan Wollschlager-Matthew Christen, Man, 6-2, 6-0; Caleb Johnson-Cooper Miller, BL, over Watson Nagel-Jordan Clemenson, WFS, 6-4, 6-2; Jaden Kleinjan-Ryan Mullally, BC, over Gunner Spicer-Rylan Spicer, GFC, 6-3, 3-6, 10-7; Drew Burris-Nicholas Webb, FN, over Luke LeFevre-Braxton Burkett, Jam, 1-6, 6-0, 10-7; Asher Green-Rylan Bydal, RR, over Lucas DeRosier-Donaven Birdnie, Man, 6-1, 6-0

Quarterfinals

Diehl-Schaeffer over Comings-Anderson 6-4, 6-2; Aslakson-Rexin over Holzer-Anderson 6-3, 6-0; Johnson-Miller over Kleinjan-Mullally 6-2, 6-3; Burris-Webb over Green-Bydal 6-2, 7-6 (3)

Consolation first round

Martinez-Mecham over Thompson-Griffith 6-2, 6-2; Panwalkar-Webb over Wollschlager-Christen 6-1, 7-6 (5); Nagel-Clemenson over Spicer-Spicer 6-3, 6-3; LeFevre-Burkett over DeRosier-Birdine 6-1, 6-1

Consolation quarterfinals

Kleinjan-Mullally over Martinez-Mecham 2-6, 6-3, 10-3; Panwalkar-Webb over Green-Bydal 6-4, 3-6, 10-8; Comings-Anderson over Nagel-Clemenson 6-4, 6-2; LeFevre-Burkett over Holzer-Anderson 6-4, 6-0

Saturday’s semifinals

Diehl-Schaeffer vs. Aslakson-Rexin, 11 a.m.; Johnson-Miller vs. Burris-Webb, 11 a.m.

Korrie Wenzel / Grand Forks Herald