1-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS
HENDERSONVILLE’S FUQUA ADVANCES TO SINGLES FINALS;ELKIN TEAM TO FACE BISHOP MCGUINNESS PAIR IN DOUBLES
CARY—Jacob Fuqua of Hendersonville earned his way into the singles finals with two wins on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Fuqua, who last year lost in the finals in straight sets to Tyler Macy of Elkin, will take on Rosewood’s Dylan Cuddington in the championship. Cuddington won a terrific three-set match of John Latimer of Misenheimer Gray Stone Day in the afternoon semifinals, winning 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Macy, the singles winner a year ago, is teaming this time with Ryan Schell of Elkin in doubles and the Buckin’ Elks duo advanced to the championship match with a pair of convincing wins, losing only one game in four sets. The Elkin team will play Kevin Weckworth and Sam McLaughry of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness in the championship match.
The Bishop duo dropped the first set of their semifinal with another Elkin team, David Bullin and Chad Vestal, but rallied to win 2-6, 7-5, 6-0. Weckworth has been a part of the last two doubles championship teams at 1-A, teaming with a different partner each year.
Finals are scheduled for 8:30 Saturday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 1-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Dylan Cuddington (Rosewood) def. Mitch Kessler (Mount Airy) 6-4, 3-1 (ret); John Latimer (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) def. Harrison Tucker (Franklin Academy) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville) def. Harrison Stone (Durham Voyager Academy) 6-0, 6-2; Blake Scherrman (Lake Norman Charter) def. Chase Conner (Riverside-Martin) 6-3, 6-2.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Cuddington (Rosewood) def. Latimer (Gray Stone Day) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Fuqua (Hendersonville) def. Scherrman (Lake Norman Charter) 6-0, 6-2.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Dylan Cuddington (Rosewood) vs. Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville), Saturday 8:30 am
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
David Bullin-Chad Vestal (Elkin) def. Jonathan Tseng-Neeraj Suresh (Raleigh Charter) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Kevin Weckworth-Sam McLaughry (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) def. Brett Ross-Anderson Caldwell (Riverside-Martin) 6-2, 6-0; Tyler Macy-Ryan Schell (Elkin) def. Josh Matias-Tyler Lane (Goldsboro) 6-0, 6-0; Joel Morton-Bradley Batten (Albemarle) def. Josh Mu-Abhay Qureshi (Durham North Carolina School of Science and Math) 6-1, 6-4.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Weckworth-McLaughry (Bishop McGuinness) def. Bullin-Vestal (Elkin) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0; Macy-Schell (Elkin) def. Morton-Batten (Albemarle) 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Kevin Weckworth-Sam McLaughry (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) vs. Tyler Macy-Ryan Schell (Elkin), Saturday 8:30 am
2-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS
YOUNG PLAYERS FROM CARRBORO, SHELBY TO MEET FOR 2-A SINGLES CROWN
CARY— Two young players will square off for the singles championship after a grueling day of action Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
With the threat of inclement weather on Saturday, three rounds were played on the opening day of the championships, and after the long day freshman Brian Freiburghouse of Carrboro and sophomore Marshall Parker of Shelby were the only singles players to have won three matches apiece.
Parker went through fairly easily, losing only three games in his six sets. Freiburghouse survived a tough three-set match in the quarterfinals, rallying in the third set to beat Garrett Lakey of Wilkes Central 7-6(2) 5-7, 6-2, and then won the final match of the evening by 6-3, 6-4 over Zac Marion of Hillsborough Cedar Ridge in the semifinals.
A Newton-Conover team will attempt to win the 2-A doubles championship for the fourth year in a row. John Tate and Tyler Barrymore of the Red Devils will take on Bobby Decker and Eli Hile of Black Mountain Charles D. Owen for the title. Decker and Hile had one of the toughest matches in the doubles draw, outlasting Ray Webb Parker and Will Lutz of Shelby in three sets, with both of the sets they won by tiebreakers.
Tate teamed with Ryan Lampe to win the doubles championship last year.
Action is slated to start at 8:30 Saturday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 2-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Friday’s Results
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Anthony Brennan (Swansboro) def. Austin Barker (North Surry) 6-2, 6-0; Zac Marion (Hillsborough Cedar Ridge) def. Grant Buckner (Burnsville Mountain Heritage) 3-6, 7-5, (7-4).
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Marion (Cedar Ridge) def. Brennan (Swansboro) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3; Freiburghouse (Carrboro) def. Lakey (Wilkes Central) 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2; Fritsch (Carrboro) def. Bruff (Central Davidson) 6-0, 6-0; Parker (Shelby) def. Wells (First Flight) 6-1, 6-1.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Freiburghouse (Carrboro) def. Marion (Cedar Ridge) 6-3, 6-4; Parker (Shelby) def. Fritsch (Carrboro) 6-1, 6-0.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Brian Freiburghouse (Carrboro) vs. Marshall Parker (Shelby), Saturday 8:30 am
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Parks Tompkins-Brady Trevisan (Hampstead Topsail) def. Luke Haymore-Colby Chilton (Surry Central) 6-0, 6-0; Ray Webb Parker-Will Lutz (Shelby) def. Tanner Roach-Aaron Hiller (Carrboro) 6-1, 6-3; Brock Overcash-Clint Comadoll (Salisbury) def. Peter Alfano-Jackson Winchester (Newport Croatan) 6-1, 6-2; Bobby Decker-Eli Hile (Black Mountain Charles D. Owen) def. Chase Pruitt-Hunter Dean (Trinity) 6-1, 6-3; Jake Zinn-Paul Flournoy (Carrboro) def. A.J. Key-Yeng Yang (Maiden) 7-6 (2), 7-5; Robbie Whitlock-Shaun Howell (Cuthbertson) def. Paul Nguyen-Robbie Collins (Tarboro) 6-0, 6-2; John Tate-Tyler Barrymore (Newton-Conover) def. Garrett Freese-Grant Poupard (Franklinton) 6-1, 6-1; Hunter Mitchell-Victor Finlay (East Davidson) def. Foster Hawkins-Parker Luhring (Hampstead Topsail) 7-5, 6-4.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
Parker-Lutz (Shelby) def. Tompkins-Trevisan (Topsail) 6-2, 6-3; Decker-Hile (C.D. Owen) def. Overcash-Comadoll (Salisbury) 6-3, 6-3; Whitlock-Howell (Cuthbertson) def. Zinn-Flournoy (Carrboro) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Tate-Barrymore (Newton-Conover) def. Mitchell-Finlay (East Davidson) 6-1, 6-1.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Decker-Hile (C.D. Owen) def. Parker-Lutz (Shelby) 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-6(3); Tate-Barrymore (Newton-Conover) def Whitlock-Howell (Cuthbertson) 6-2, 6-0.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Bobby Decker-Eli Hile (Black Mountain Charles D. Owen) vs. John Tate-Tyler Barrymore (Newton-Conover), Saturday 8:30 am
3-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS
SEMIFINALS SET FOR NCHSAA 3-A TENNIS ON SATURDAY
BURLINGTON— Charlotte Catholic and Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons each placed a singles player and a doubles team into the semifinal round after Friday’s action in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A men’s tennis championships at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center.
Riley Brosnan of Charlotte Catholic dropped only three games in four sets in rolling to a pair of singles wins and will face Asheboro’s Austin Allen in one semifinal. Robert Kelly of Cardinal Gibbons, who lost only one game in his four sets, will tangle with Hibriten’s Paul Hogan.
In doubles, Nick Russo and Drew Connery of Charlotte Catholic will face B.J. Beecher and Ryan Harvey of Concord in one semifinal. The team of Matt Galush and Noah Constantine of Cardinal Gibbons takes on Steven Denny and Sahil Vasa of Weddington in the other semifinal.
Semifinals are scheduled to start at 9 am Saturday morning, outdoors if weather permitting, with the finals following later in the day. Rain could force play inside to the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 3-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Burlington Tennis Center: Friday’s Results
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Jonathan O’Neal (Winterville South Central) vs. Avanish Madhavaram (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) 6-3, 6-2; Austin Allen (Asheboro) def. Charlie Garnett (Hickory St. Stephens) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5); Riley Brosnan (Charlotte Catholic) def. Mitchell Kaspar (Eastern Wayne) 6-1, 6-1; John Dangerfield (Cameron Union Pines) def. Jonathan Jenkins (North Gaston) 6-2, 6-3; Paul Hogan (Lenoir Hibriten) def. Drew Pittard (Western Alamance) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Chaz Fitzpatrick (Eastern Wayne) def. Kyle Kennedy (Northwest Cabarrus) 6-1, 6-1; Robert Kelly (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Isaac Sluder (Waynesville Tuscola) 6-0, 6-0; George Lovitt (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) def. Jackson Willis (Nash Central) 6-0, 6-0.
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Allen (Asheboro) def. O’Neal (South Central) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Brosnan (Charlotte Catholic) def. Dangerfield (Union Pines) 6-0, 6-1; Hogan (Hibriten) def. Fitzpatrick (Eastern Wayne) 6-4, 6-4; Kelly (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Lovitt (Marvin Ridge) 6-0, 6-1.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS: Saturday, 9 am if outdoors
Austin Allen (Asheboro) vs. Riley Brosnan (Charlotte Catholic)
Paul Hogan (Hibriten) vs. Robert Kelly (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons)
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Nick Russo-Drew Connery (Charlotte Catholic) def, Connor Wilkins-Luke Harris (Washington) 6-3,7-6(6);Luke Kessel-Bailey Poston (Hickory) def. Andrew Stephenson-Ben Lowe (Burlington Williams) 6-4,2-6, 6-3; B.J. Beecher-Ryan Harvey (Concord) def. Tremel Davis-Josiah Marshall (Northern Nash) 6-4, 6-3;Bryan Zhang-LucasPrata (Chapel Hill) def. Dylan Goodman-Jack Wasserman (Shelby Crest) 6-2, 6-2; Michael Mirkes-Brad Bowman (Hickory) def. Pierce Beary-Jim Mantyh (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) 6-1, 6-0; Steven Denny-Sahil Vasa (Weddington) def. Sheldon Roberts-Jacob Matthews (Winterville South Central) 6-0, 6-2; Matt Galush-Noah Constantine (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Adam Greer-Landon Rimbault (West Henderson) 6-1, 6-1; Patrick Menkhaus-William Clementi (Charlotte Catholic) def. Thomas Smith-Drayton Williams (Wilson Fike) 6-1, 6-0.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
Russo-Connery (Charlotte Catholic) def. Kessel-Poston (Hickory) 7-6 (6), 6-2; Beecher-Harvey (Concord) def. Zhang-Prata (Chapel Hill) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Denny-Vasa (Weddington) def. Mirkes-Bowman (Hickory) 6-3, 6-1; Galush-Constantine (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Menkhaus-Clementi (Charlotte Catholic) 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS: Saturday, 9 am (if outdoors)
Nick Russo-Drew Connery (Charlotte Catholic) vs. B.J. Beecher-Ryan Harvey (Concord)
Steven Denny-Sahil Vasa (Weddington) vs. Matt Galush-Noah Constantine (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons)
4-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS
WAKE COUNTY ATHLETES COME UP BIG IN NCHSAA 4-A TENNIS
RALEIGH – Wake County schools played a prominent role in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s tennis championships on Friday at the Millbrook Exchange Park.
Three of the four entries in Saturday’s championship matches are from Wake County, and two more Wake County participants lost in the semifinals. The tournament played three rounds on Friday with the threat of inclement weather on Saturday.
The singles championship is an all-Wake County final as Bo Boyden of Raleigh Wakefield takes on Nick Stachowiak of Apex Middle Creek. Stachowiak won all three of his matches in straight sets and lost only five games in six sets, while Boyden had a pair of straight-set wins and then advanced to the final after Grey Hamilton of Southern Pines Pinecrest defaulted due to injury.
The Raleigh Millbrook pair of Chris Mahan and John Karlawish will face the Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds team of Jack Riazzi and Paul Yamane in the finals. Riazzi and Yamane made it to the 2011 4-A doubles finals but lost to a Millbrook team in that one. Yamane and Chad Hoskins of R.J. Reynolds teamed a year ago to win the doubles crown.
Championships are scheduled for 8:30 on Saturday morning,
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 4-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh: Friday’s Results
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Grey Hamilton (Southern Pines Pinecrest) def. Naveed Foroudi (Greensboro Page) 6-1, 6-2; Ryan Wydra (Cornelius W.A. Hough) def. Kelly Patch (Morrisville Green Hope) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Warren Bryan (Greensboro Page) def. A.J. Stilwell (Wilmington Laney) 6-0, 6-4; Bo Boyden (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Greg Dow (Lake Norman) 6-2, 6-0; Nick Stachowiak (Apex Middle Creek) def. Karthik Arunkumar (Charlotte Ardrey Kell) 6-0, 6-0; Nick McDaniel (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Jordan Frazier (Greenville Rose) 6-3, 6-0; Josh Dutoit (Charlotte Ardrey Kell), bye; Kyle Schlanger (Northwest Guilford) def. Klein Evans (Clayton) 6-2, 7-5;
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Hamilton (PInecrest) def. Wydra (Hough) 6-3, 6-2; Boyden (Wakefield) def. Bryan (Page) 6-2, 7-5; Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. McDaniel (R.J. Reynolds) 6-1, 6-0; Schlanger (Northwest Guilford) def. Dutoit (Ardrey Kell) 6-2, 7-5.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Boyden (Wakefield) def. Hamilton (Pinecrest), injury default; Stachowiak (Middle Creek) def. Schlanger (Northwest Guilford) 6-3, 6-1.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Bo Boyden (Raleigh Wakefield) vs. Nick Stachowiak (Apex Middle Creek), Saturday 8:30 am
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Patrick Ryder-Reid Gilbert (Wilmington Laney) def. Tony Oh-Mat Garner (Northwest Guilford) 6-2, 6-1; Jensen Martin-Andrew Belonga (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Blake Givens-Tyler Givens (Matthews David Butler) 6-2, 6-0; Jack Riazzi-Paul Yamane (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Chase Horton-Evan Linett (Wilmington Hoggard) 6-2, 6-0; Logan Weber-Austin Cobb (Raleigh Millbrook) def. Sean Gallagher-Ryan Farley (Lake Norman) 6-1, 6-1; Chris Mahan-John Karlawish (Raleigh Millbrook) def. Brian Perez-Christopher Dillon (Charlotte Myers Park) 6-2, 6-1; Sam Utley-Carter Gay (High Point Central) def. Kiran Patel-Hunter Bell (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-2, 6-2; Kyle Burns-Matt Hammond (Morrisville Green Hope) def. Michael McGowan-Duy Huynh (Charlotte Providence) 6-3, 6-2; Jack Sandlin-Marshall Waren (Wilmington New Hanover) def. Matt Tutton-Tripp Smith (High Point Central) 7-6(2), 6-2.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
Martin-Belonga (Wakefield) def. Ryder-Gilbert (Laney) 6-1, 6-3; Riazzi-Yamane (R.J. Reynolds) def. Weber-Cobb (Millbrook) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3; Mahan-Karlawish (Millbrook) def. Utley-Gay (High Point Central) 6-1, 6-1; Burns-Hammond (Green Hope) def. Sandlin-Waren (New Hanover) 6-3, 6-2.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Riazzi-Yamane (R.J. Reynolds) def. Martin-Belonga (Wakefield) 6-4, 6-1; Mahan-Karlawish (Millbrook) def. Burns-Hammond (Green Hope) 6-2, 6-3.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Jack Riazzi-Paul Yamane (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) vs. Chris Mahan-John Karlawish (Raleigh Millbrook), Saturday 8:30 am
