Sioux Empire Today

Sioux Falls tennis player Clayton Poppenga finished 815th in November in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 1,051st.

By the end of the month they’d earned 799 points across singles and doubles tournaments.

Players earn points per round in tournaments, winning higher points the further into a tournament they advance.

Jarett Cascino of New York Tennis Magazine says tennis is one of the most competitive youth sports.

“There is always someone better than you on any given day, even if you are the number one player in the world!” he said.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of November
Rocky McKenzie	483	428	1,435
Clayton Poppenga	1,051	815	799
Gage Gohl	863	878	743
Alexander Lupu	1,156	1,155	556
Landon Levenhagen	1,245	1,245	521
Drew Gohl	1,377	1,370	472
Davis Shafer	1,610	1,610	392
James Yousef	2,357	2,306	249
Cooper Johnson	4,631	2,548	219
Gavin Schmit	2,769	2,749	198
Daniel Puumala	2,921	2,907	181
Noah Morgans	2,986	2,979	176
Alex Mohama	3,189	3,177	160
Arthur Tao	3,582	3,559	135
Jadon Munson	3,752	3,719	125
Jacob Morgans	4,107	4,131	106
Peter Stich	4,670	4,696	88
Harold Mayer	5,446	4,841	83
Miles Brokenleg	5,377	5,380	67
River McKenzie	5,502	5,504	64
Preston Koski	5,750	5,768	60
Ronan Hartwig	6,174	6,174	52
Liam Sarmiento	6,342	6,343	48
Grant Santema	6,530	6,541	45
Ethan Gladue	6,749	6,754	41
Chase Rima	6,898	6,903	38
Carter Cameron	N/A	6,984	38
Sam Hayden	7,151	7,164	36
Desmond Looft	7,672	7,678	30
Isaac Stewart	7,755	7,823	30
Tanner Schultz	8,762	8,741	21
Owen Boyd	9,058	9,057	18
August Schneekloth	9,227	9,224	18
James Woodward	9,412	9,422	16
Joshua Brower	9,826	9,840	14
Cole Murray	9,829	9,843	14
Will Koziara	9,843	9,858	14