(pictured is Max Vicario of Pine Lake Prep)
1-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
PINE LAKE PREP’S VICARIO WINS NCHSAA 1-A MEN'S SINGLES CROWN
CARY— Max Vicario of Mooresville Pine Lake Prep rolled to the singles title on Saturday morning in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Vicario cruised past Zuri Kent-Smith of Queen’s Grant 6-0, 6-1 in the championship match. It was only the second singles defeat of the year suffered by Kent-Smith, who had advanced to the finals with a grueling three-set victory on Friday afternoon in a match lasting three hours and 15 minutes.
Harrison Tseng and Joseph Fisher of Raleigh Charter combined to win the 1-A doubles crown, beating the Elkin duo of Ryan Schell and Chad Vestal in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Schell had earned the 1-A singles championship a year ago and elected to compete in doubles this year, while Vestal was part of the Elkin team that was runner-up in the state tournament last year.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 1-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Max Vicario (Mooresville Pine Lake Prep) def. Zuri Kent-Smith (Matthews Queen’s Grant) 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Harrison Tseng-Joseph Fisher (Raleigh Charter) def. Ryan Schell-Chad Vestal (Elkin) 6-4, 6-2.
4-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
STACHOWIAK OF MIDDLE CREEK WINS SINGLES IN NCHSAA 4-A TENNIS;
WAKEFIELD DOUBLES EARNS CHAMPIONSHIP
RALEIGH – Nick Stachowiak of Apex Middle Creek made it two singles state titles in the last three years by winning the championship Saturday morning in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s tennis championships at the Millbrook Exchange Park.
Stachowiak, the 2013 singles champ, was unable to play last year due to injury, but his return to the championship match was successful as he outlasted Clayton’s Klein Evans in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. The Middle Creek standout did not lose a single game in his two victories on Friday to get to the finals.
The doubles final was an all-Wake County affair, with Bo Boyden and Jensen Martin of Wakefield taking the title. The Wakefield team downed Austin Cobb and Josiah Schainblatt of Millbrook 6-1, 6-3.
Boyden was the 2013 4-A singles runner-up and captured the singles state title last year, but elected to play doubles in this year’s tournament.
The tournament had three rounds of competition on Friday with the possibility of inclement weather coming, leaving only the championships to be completed Saturday.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 4-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh: Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Klein Evans (Clayton) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Bo Boyden-Jensen Martin (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Austin Cobb-Josiah Schainblatt (Raleigh Millbrook) 6-1, 6-3.
