Marquette, MI – June 6th, 2026 – Four teams traveled to Kingsford High School the last week of May with one goal in mind: bringing home a U.P. championship. Defending champion West Iron County entered the tournament looking to secure its third straight title, while Ishpeming, Iron Mountain, and Gwinn hoped to dethrone the Wykons and claim the crown for themselves.
The day brought an added obstacle as rain forced a nearly 45-minute delay, sending players and coaches off the courts before action eventually resumed. Once play restarted, the race for both team and individual championships picked up right where it left off.
With only four schools competing, every flight automatically advanced to the semifinal round. In several brackets, smaller participation numbers created first-round byes, meaning some competitors stood just one victory away from earning a U.P. title.
Final Team Standings
West Iron County — 46 points (U.P. Champions)
Ishpeming — 28 points
Iron Mountain — 20 points
Gwinn — 12 points
No. 1 Singles
The top singles bracket produced some of the day’s most competitive tennis. West Iron County’s Dominic Brunswick opened with a commanding 6-1, 6-3 semifinal victory over Gwinn’s Mason Kovarik to earn a spot in the championship match.
On the opposite side of the bracket, Ishpeming’s Kole Bancroft battled Iron Mountain’s Malakai Broesrsma in a tightly contested semifinal. Bancroft pushed the Mountaineer throughout the match, but Broesrsma escaped with a 7-6, 6-4 victory.
The final delivered plenty of drama. Brunswick edged out the opening set in a tiebreak, 7-6, before Broesrsma answered with a 6-3 second-set win to force a deciding third set. With the championship on the line, Brunswick found another gear, cruising to a 6-1 victory to capture the No. 1 singles title by scores of 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.
No. 2 Singles
West Iron County’s Dante White advanced directly to the championship match following a forfeit from Gwinn’s Lukas Waldo. He awaited the winner between Iron Mountain’s Seth Greenleaf and Ishpeming’s Gideon Krook, where Greenleaf earned a solid 6-3, 6-3 victory.
The championship turned into one of the longest matches of the day. White survived a first-set tiebreak 7-6 (8-6), but Greenleaf answered by taking the second set 7-5. In the deciding set, White regained control and secured the U.P. championship with a 6-3 win, finishing off a 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 victory.
No. 3 Singles
West Iron County’s Nathan Camps opened his tournament with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Gwinn’s Brayden Couture. He moved on to face Iron Mountain’s Phil Miziniak, who rallied from a first-set loss to defeat Ishpeming’s Axel Carlson 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Camps continued his impressive day in the finals, controlling play from the outset and defeating Miziniak 6-2, 6-2 to claim another championship for the Wykons.
No. 4 Singles
West Iron County’s Nick Perlongo received a first-round forfeit to reach the championship match. Ishpeming’s Darius Webber earned the other finals berth after outlasting Iron Mountain’s Kevin Sgrecci in a three-set battle, 6-3, 6-7, 6-0.
Webber carried that momentum into the championship, jumping out to an early advantage and never looking back. The Hematite claimed the flight title with a 6-2, 6-4 victory, handing West Iron County its only loss in the individual championship matches.
No. 1 Doubles
Ishpeming’s Dax Kakkuri and Grady Gauthier advanced directly to the finals because of a forfeit and awaited the winner between West Iron County’s Matthew Swenski and Emmett Storm and Iron Mountain’s Eli Siren and P. Lenzi.
Swenski and Storm wasted little time in their semifinal, rolling to a 6-0, 6-2 victory. They carried that momentum into the championship, defeating Kakkuri and Gauthier 6-4, 6-0 to earn the title.
No. 2 Doubles
West Iron County’s Joel McWethy and Carson Aldegarie opened with a victory over Gwinn’s Faller Anderson and Levi Monarch. On the opposite side, Ishpeming’s Davis Hyatt and Adam Aponte defeated Iron Mountain’s Adam Lane and Jakob Smith 6-1, 6-2.
The championship match was highly competitive, but McWethy and Aldegarie used a strong start to build an advantage and held off the Hematite duo for a 6-3, 6-4 victory.
No. 3 Doubles
West Iron County’s Aidyn Zimmerman and Caden Holm advanced to the finals after defeating Gwinn’s Caleb Bash and Jace Netzel 6-2, 6-0. Iron Mountain’s Ethan DeMarios and Marcus Annala also reached the championship with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win over Ryan Sgrecci and John Manier.
In the final, Zimmerman and Holm continued their dominant run, winning in straight sets to secure another U.P. championship for West Iron County. The official final score was unavailable.
No. 4 Doubles
West Iron County’s Jaden Wallschlaeger and Jaxson Leonoff received a first-round bye into the championship match. Their opponents were determined when Ishpeming’s Loki Vollmar and Legend Hewitt swept Iron Mountain’s Isaac and Johnathon Sheen 6-0, 6-0.
The championship opened with a tightly contested first set that required a tiebreak, where Wallschlaeger and Leonoff narrowly came out on top. They took control from there, pulling away for a 7-6, 6-2 victory to cap off another outstanding performance by the Wykons.
West Iron County finished the day with seven of the eight individual flight championships, successfully defending its title and capturing a third consecutive U.P. championship.
