Perham boys tennis falls close to Moorhead, wins two doubles matches

Perham’s boys tennis team left Moorhead with a narrow defeat, but the Yellowjackets made the dual close enough to feel like a missed opportunity rather than a lopsided loss. Zach Morburg and Jake Hennagir won at No. 2 doubles, and Ethan Wimmer and Charlie Murdock added another victory at No. 3, giving Perham two of the three doubles matches.

That doubles strength kept pressure on Moorhead throughout the matchup and showed that Perham was competitive across the lineup. Instead of getting swept aside, the Yellowjackets answered on courts where teamwork, timing and consistency matter most. In a tight dual, those wins at No. 2 and No. 3 were the clearest sign that the margin was small and the result could have swung with only a few points.

The way Perham played on the doubles side also gave the team a concrete foundation to build on as the season moved forward. Morburg and Hennagir produced one of the strongest pushes of the afternoon, and Wimmer and Murdock backed it up with another win that kept the Yellowjackets in contention deep into the dual. A result like that can sting precisely because it proves how close the team came to pulling off the upset.

Perham’s 2025-26 boys tennis schedule also includes matchups with Fergus Falls, Park Rapids, Detroit Lakes, Roseau and Thief River Falls, giving the Yellowjackets several chances to turn narrow defeats into wins. For a program trying to climb, this kind of performance against Moorhead matters because it shows the doubles lineup can carry real weight when the dual is on the line.