DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ tennis team gained first-time varsity experience for two players in an 11-0 romp over Des Moines North on Thursday in Iowa Alliance Conference action at Birdland Sports Park.

The Bobcats breezed to 4-0 on the season with their third-straight 11-0 shutout victory, knocking out North with straight-set wins in all but one match.

The only three-set contest came at No. 2 doubles, where brothers Caleb and Zach Rasmussen met with North’s Grady Garcia and James Colbert. The Rasmussen brothers took a set to get their bearings before posting a 4-6, 6-0, (10-4) triumph in the varsity tennis debut for Zach, a freshman.

Jacob Hayes teamed up with fellow senior Kyle Smith for his first varsity start, pairing up for a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles.

The Bobcats blew through the Polar Bears (1-2) across the rest of the contest, highlighted by 6-0, 6-0 singles victories for Caleb Rasmussen at No. 1 and Parker Christen at No. 6.

The competition picks up considerably for Marshalltown on Friday as the Bobcats host Class 1A No. 5 Waverly-Shell Rock in a 4 p.m. dual at the Marshalltown Court Complex.

Marshalltown 11, Des Moines North 0

SINGLES

Caleb Rasmussen (MHS) def. Tha Hser, 6-0, 6-0

Elliot Kodis (MHS) def. Eh Ler Tha Thay, 6-2, 6-2

Evan Roush (MHS) def. Grady Garcia, 6-4, 6-1

Kyle Smith (MHS) def. James Colbert, 6-0, 6-2

Jacob Seberger (MHS) def. Reason Ntsinzi, 6-0, 6-1

Parker Christen (MHS) def. Joshua Chester, 6-0, 6-0

DOUBLES

Kodis and Roush (MHS) def. Hser and Thay, 6-1, 6-0

C. Rasmussen and Zach Rasmussen (MHS) def. Garcia and Colbert, 4-6, 6-0, (10-4)

Smith and Jacob Hayes (MHS) def. Ntsinzi and Chester, 6-1, 6-1

Aaron Hunter and Ben Wirin (MHS) def. Joseph Say and Michael Eh, 6-1, 6-1

Ronan Ham and Micah Goodwin (MHS) def. Evaristo Saucedo-Escoto, 6-1, 6-2