AA Tennis: Gallatin's McCarty caps off perfect 4 years, Glacier's Mantovani 2nd

Sixteen-and-Oh in the state tournament.

>Gallatin senior Mason McCarty capped off a perfect high school career with his fourth boys singles title Saturday at FVCC, defeating Glacier junior Colton Mantovani 6-0, 6-0.

>McCarty dropped just three games all tournament, and only one after the first round.

>Mantovani, in his first season with the Wolfpack after moving to Kalispell from Texas, secured his spot in the final with a three-set win over Helena Capital's Cooper Laslovich earlier Saturday.

>Glacier added a second podium finisher in girls doubles as Cassidy and Cadence Daniels avenged a quarterfinal loss to Billings West's Piper Abrams and Marissa Bruyere to take third place 6-4, 6-2.

>In the team competitions CMR claimed the boys title with 23 points, ahead of Gallatin (18) and Bozeman (16). Glacier finished the tournament fourth at 13 points.

>In the girls standings, Hellgate took home the victory with 33 points. Gallatin was second at 26 and CMR third at 20, with Glacier again in fourth at 15.

>Other state champions Friday were CMR's Georgia Pike in girls singles defeating Hellgate's Elliotte Banzinger.

>The Knights duo of Wesley Banzinger and Emma Duman won in girls doubles over Gallatin's Alex Mansour and Raena Wilson.

>Bozeman pair Harrison Rotar and Collin Gross nabbed the boys doubles crown over CMR's Eli Crist and Howard Daniel.

>Galletin's Mason McCarty hits a backhand return against Glacier's Colton Mantovani in the boys singles championship match at the Class AA State Tennis Tournament at Flathead Valley Community College on Friday, May 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

>Casey Kreider