4A Individual Men’s Tennis Championships wrap up: Middle Creek’s Stachowiak repeats, Page’s Brown & Oldis clinch doubles
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 4A Individual Men’s Tennis championships finished up an exciting final day of play at Millbrook Exchange Park. Middle Creek’s dominant singles performer Nick Stachowiak repeated as 4A singles champion, his third singles title in a four year career, while Page’s pair Hardy Brown and Jack Oldis won the school’s fourth doubles title, and first since 1985.
Brown & Oldis’ day began with a tight first set against cross-town rivals Aaron Pascua and Ethan Kreager from Grimsley in the semifinals. Brown & Oldis escaped that set 7-5 before closing out the match in the second set 6-0 advancing to the championship. The Pirate duo faced a familiar opponent in the championship round, as Tristan Smith and Huntley Allen from R.J. Reynolds were the opponent, the same two pairs met in last weekends regional finals. Brown and Oldis swept both sets by a score of 6-4 on their way to the doubles crown.
Stachowiak opened the day in the semifinals with a quick victory over Ryan Jurist from Lake Norman, both sets by 6-2 counts. Bennett Crane from R.J. Reynolds stood in the way of Stachowiak’s back-to-back singles championships, and provided a tough test. Stachowiak won the opening set 6-3 before Crane bounced back with a 6-3 victory of his own in set two. The decisive third set was all Stachowiak’s, as he held off Crane 6-3, winning his third NCHSAA singles championship, including back to back titles in his junior and senior seasons.
4A Tennis Singles
at Millbrook Exchange Park
Friday, May 13, 2016
First Round
Hugh Knapp (Grimsley) def. Jaxon Wiley (D.H. Conley) 6-3, 6-0
Grant Stuckey (Charlotte Catholic) def. Ben Wayand (Green Hope) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Bennett Crane (R.J. Reynolds), BYE
Andrew Pickens (Panther Creek) def. Fernando Martinez (Hopewell) 6-0, 6-0
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Mark Dillon 6-1, 6-0
Kevin Huang (East Chapel Hill) def. Zack Taffer (Laney) 6-1, 6-2
Ryan Jurist (Lake Norman), BYE
Elijah Gregory (Davie County) def. Patrick Senior (New Hanover) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
Second Round
Grant Stuckey (Charlotte Catholic) def. Hugh Knapp (Grimsley) 6-3, 6-2
Bennett Crane (R.J. Reynolds) def. Andrew Pickens (Panther Creek) 6-3, 6-3
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Kevin Huang (East Chapel Hill) 6-1, 6-0
Ryan Jurist (Lake Norman) def. Elijah Gregory (Davie County) 6-1, 6-3
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Semifinals
at Millbrook Exchange Park
Bennett Crane (R.J. Reynolds) def. Grant Stuckey (Charlotte Catholic) 6-3, 6-4
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Ryan Jurist (Lake Norman) 6-2, 6-2
Championship
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Bennett Crane (R.J. Reynolds) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4A Tennis Doubles
Friday, May 13, 2016
at Millbrook Exchange Park
First Round
Aaron Pascua & Ethan Kreager (Grimsley) def. Marshall Waren & Taylor Gaines (New Hanover) 6-4, 6-4
Flynn Stover & Chris Williams (Myers Park) def. George Edwards & Rohit Ghotkar (Green Hope) 6-3, 7-5
Hardy Brown & Jack Oldis (Page) def. Will Bahner & Caleb Easom (Pinecrest) 6-0, 6-0
Alex Kim & Donovan Lilov (Panther Creek) def. Ethan Scheper & Patrick Meehan (Providence) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Blake Carter & Nico Grewe (Wakefield) def. Bobby Shore & Graham Basquin (Ardrey Kell) 6-2, 6-1
Tristan Smith & Huntley Allen (R.J. Reynolds) def. Holland Baynard & Miles Hirchak (Hoggard) 6-0, 6-1
Michael Ogundele & Rohan Chandrasekhar (Enloe) def. Will Crane & Sean Wydra (Hough) 6-3, 6-3
Lucas McLatchy & Westley Gaines (New Hanover) def. Mason Kolls & Henry Enochs (Page) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Second Round
Aaron Pascua & Ethan Kreager (Grimsley) def. Flynn Stover & Chris Williams (Myers Park) 6-3, 6-2
Hardy Brown & Jack Oldis (Page) def. Alex Kim & Donovan Lilov (Panther Creek) 6-2, 6-3
Tristan Smith & Huntley Allen (R.J. Reynolds) def. Blake Carter & Nico Grewe (Wakefield) 6-2, 6-0
Michael Ogundele & Rohan Chandrasekhar (Enloe) def. Lucas McLatchy & Westley Gaines (New Hanover) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Semifinals
at Millbrook Exchange Park
Hardy Brown & Jack Oldis (Page) def. Aaron Pascua & Ethan Kreager (Grimsley) 7-5, 6-0
Tristan Smith & Huntley Allen (R.J. Reynolds) def. Michael Ogundele & Rohan Chandrasekhar (Enloe) 6-1, 6-4
Championship
Hardy Brown & Jack Oldis (Page) def. Tristan Smith & Huntley Allen (R.J. Reynolds) 6-4, 6-4
