3-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FIRST DAY
SEMIFINALS SET FOR NCHSAA 3-A TENNIS ON SATURDAY;
MARVIN RIDGE HAS TWO DOUBLES TEAMS, SINGLES PLAYER STILL ALIVE
BURLINGTON— Waxhaw Marvin Ridge placed both of its doubles teams into the semifinals after Friday action in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A men’s tennis championships at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center.
The Marvin Ridge pair of John Hatala and Avanish Madhavarm will battle Sahil Vasa and William Hatt of Weddington in one Saturday emifinal, while Hayden Wohlfarth and Woody Watson of Marvin Ridge will take on Ben Williams and Dylan Dinkins of Cameron Union Pines. Both Marvin Ridge teams took their two wins in straight sets.
Matt Galush of Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons has been a part of the last two 3-A state doubles champs, but this year is playing singles and rolled to two easy straight set victories. Galush plays Asheboro’s Austin Allen in the semifinals while Northern Guilford’s Mark Fujino battles George Lovitt of Marvin Ridge.
Semifinals are scheduled to start at 9 am Saturday morning, with the championship matches following later in the day.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 3-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Burlington Tennis Center: Friday’s Results
CLASS 3-A—Burlington Tennis Center
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Henry Lieberman (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) def. Dylan Betancourt (Cleveland) 6-1, 6-1; Austin Allen (Asheboro) def. Cole Douglas-Fields (Asheville A.C. Reynolds) 6-1, 7-6 (1); Matt Galush (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. George Shannon (Rocky Mount) 6-0, 6-0; Austin Schepel (Waxhaw Cuthbertson) def. Levy Young (Lenoir Hibriten) 6-1, 6-1; Charlie Schults (Gastonia Forestview) def. Marshall Wood (China Grove Jesse Carson) 6-1, 6-2; Mark Fujino (Northern Guilford) def. Quinton Gonzalez (Cleveland) 6-0, 6-0; George Lovitt (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) def. Luke Kessel (Hickory) 6-0, 6-0; Will Hart (Cameron Union Pines) def. Tremel Davis (Northern Nash) 6-3, 6-1.
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Allen (Asheboro) def. Liberman (Terry Sanford) 6-2, 6-0; Galush (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Schepel (Cuthbertson) 6-2, 6-2; Fujino (Northern Guilford) def. Schuls (Forestview) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Lovitt (Marvin Ridge) def. Hart (Union Pines) 6-4, 6-0.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS, Saturday 9 am
Austin Allen (Asheboro) vs. Matt Galush (Cardinal Gibbons)
Mark Fujino (Northern Guilford) vs. George Lovitt (Marvin Ridge)
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Bryan Zhang-Jared Weber (Chapel Hill) def. Lee Homes-Will Benson (Wilson Fike) 6-0, 6-3; John Hatala-Avanish Madhavarm (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) def. William Einfelt-Edgar Ellis (Hickory) 6-2, 6-1; Jim Mantyh-Kyle Fitzgerald (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. William Xia-Christian Green (Corinth Holders) 6-2, 6-0; Sahil Vasa-William Hatt (Weddington) def. Destin Newfont-Holden Ballard (North Buncombe) 6-1, 6-2; Dylan Goodman-Jack Wasserman (Shelby Crest) def. Jon-Anthony Thomas-Dylan Whisnant (Western Guilford) 7-6(8), 6-4; Ben Williams-Dylan Dinkins (Cameron Union Pines) def. Dylan Russ-Noah Pieper (South Brunswick) 6-1, 6-4; Hayden Wohlfarth-Woody Watson (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) def. Dylan Ervin-Gibson Conner (Kings Mountain) 6-1, 6-4; Kyler Zadell-Brody Chapman (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Reid Harris-Sunny Sandhu (Wilson Fike) 6-4, 6-2.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
Hatala-Madhavarm (Marvin Ridge) def. Zhang-Weber (Chapel Hill) 6-2, 6-4; Vasa-Hatt (Weddington) def. Mantyt-Fitzgerald (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-2, 6-4; Williams-Dinkins (Union Pines) def. Goodman-Wasseman (Crest) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Wohlfarth-Watson (Marvin Ridge) def Zadell-Chapman (Marvin Ridge) 6-4, 6-4.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS, Saturday 9 am
John Hatala-Avanish Madhavarm (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) vs. Sahil Vasa-William Hatt (Weddington)
Ben Williams-Dylan Dinkins (Cameron Union Pines) vs. Hayden Wohlfarth-Woody Watson (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge)
4-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FIRST DAY
WAKE COUNTY PLAYERS DOMINATE IN NCHSAA 4-A TENNIS; CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS SET
RALEIGH – Wake County tennis players excelled on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s tennis championships at the Millbrook Exchange Park.
Three of the four semifinalists in singles and three of the four doubles teams in the semis hailed from Wake County, with some previous champions playing very well. Tournament officials elected to play three rounds on Friday with the threat of some inclement weather on Saturday.
Nick Stachowiak of Apex Middle Creek, who was the 2013 4-A singles titlist, will face Clayton’s Klein Evans for the championship. Stachowiak did not lose a single game in his first two victories and then ousted Nico Grewe of Raleigh Wakefield in the semifinals by 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles, the Wakefield duo of Bo Boyden and Martin will battle Raleigh Millbrook’s Austin Cobb and Josiah Schainblatt for the championship. Boyden was the singles runner-up to Stachowiak in 2013 and won the singles crown last year, but this year elected to play doubles in this tournament.
Boyden suffered a badly turned ankle in the quarterfinal, received treatment and then he and Martin won their semifinal by 6-3, 6-1 over the team of Jack Oldis and Henry Enochs of Greensboro Page.
Action is scheduled to start Saturday morning at nine o’clock.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 4-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh: Friday’s Results
CLASS 4-A—Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Nico Grewe (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Marshal Waren (Wilmington New Hanover) 6-7(4), 7-6 (3), 6-0; Coleman Baker (Asheville T.C. Roberson) def. Michael Bass (Greensboro Page) 6-2, 6-1; Nick Stachowiak (Apex Middle Creek) def. Jaxon Wiley (Greenville D.H. Conley) 6-0, 6-0; Wlayimer Jimenez (Cornelius Hough) def. Corey Lindenburg (Greensboro Grimsley) 6-3, 6-2; Ryan Jurist (Lake Norman) def. Kevin Huang (East Chapel Hill) 6-1, 6-0; Klein Evans (Clayton) def. Colt Auman (Richmond Senior) 6-1, 6-0; Hugh Knapp (Greensboro Grimsley) def. Chinmay Kulkarni (Charlotte Providence) 6-0, 6-1; Blake Carter (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Chase Horton (Wilmington Hoggard) 6-1, 7-5.
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Grewe (Wakefield) def. Baker (T.C. Roberson) 7-6(4), 7-6 (5); Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Jimenez (Hough) 6-0, 6-0; Evans (Clayton) def. Jurist (Lake Norman) 6-3, 6-4; Carter (Wakefield) def. Knapp (Grimsley) 6-3, 6-4.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Grewe (Wakefield) 6-1, 6-2; Evans (Clayton) def. Carter (Wakefield) 6-3, 6-1.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) vs. Klein Evans (Clayton), 9 am
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Lake Ihly-Robert Belonga (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Taylor Gaines-Patrick Senior (Wilmington New Hanover) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Jack Oldis-Henry Enochs (Greensboro Page) def. Lance Clementi-Jack Deering (Charlotte Catholic) 6-1, 6-2; Bo Boyden-Jensen Martin (Raleigh Wakefield), bye; Peyton Gillenwater-Jonathan Fuchs (Northwest Guilford) def. Koby Frank-Charlie Fox (Charlotte Myers Park) 6-2, 6-1; Graham Basquin-Robert Shore (Charlotte Ardrey Kell) def. Ethan Kreager-Aaron Pascua (Greensboro Grimsley) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (4); Louis Rico-George Edwards (Cary Green Hope) def. Rook Meachum-Nick Kuzma (Southern Pines Pinecrest) 6-1, 6-0; Jack Devonport-Connor Lutz (East Chapel Hill) def. Kirk Miller-Sean Wydra (Cornelius Hough) 6-1, 6-2; Austin Cobb-Josiah Schainblatt (Raleigh Millbrook) def. Lucas McLatchy-Jack Cooper (New Hanover) 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
Oldis-Enochs (Page) def Ihla-Belonga (Wakefield) 6-4, 6-3; Boyden-Martin (Wakefield) def. Gillenwater-Fuchs (Northwest Guilford) 6-0, 6-1; Rico-Edwards (Green Hope) def. Basquin-Shore (Ardrey Kell) 6-3, 6-1; Cobb-Schainblatt (Millbrook) def. McLatchy-Cooper (New Hanover) 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 7-5.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Boyden-Martin (Wakefield) def. Oldis-Enochs (Page) 6-3, 6-1; Cobb-Schainblatt (Millbrook) def. Rico-Edwards (Green Hope) 6-4, 6-4.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Bo Boyden-Jensen Martin (Raleigh Wakefield) vs. Austin Cobb-Josiah Schainblatt (Raleigh Millbrook)
