1-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FIRST DAY
PAIRINGS SET FOR NCHSAA STATE 1-A TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
CARY— Zuri Kent-Smith of Matthews Queen’s Grant High School won his way into the singles championship with a marathon win on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Kent-Smith outlasted Chinna Baskaran of Raleigh Charter in a semifinal match that lasted three hours and 15 minutes, with Kent-Smith prevailing 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-4. He will face Max Vicario of Mooresville Pine Lake Prep for the singles title after Vicario won both of his Friday matches in straight sets.
In doubles, the Elkin duo of Ryan Schell and Chad Vestal will face Harrison Tseng and Joseph Fisher of Raleigh Charter for the state title. Schell won the singles crown a year ago but this year elected to play doubles.
Finals are scheduled for 9 am on Saturday.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 1-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Friday’s Results
CLASS 1-A—Cary Tennis Center
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Max Vicario (Mooresville Pine Lake Prep) def. Cyrus Richardson (Franklin Academy) 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Macy (Elkin) def. Revant Birla (Raleigh Charter) 6-0, 6-3; Chinna Baskaran (Raleigh Charter) def. Dillon Shew (East Wilkes) 6-3, 6-2; Zuri Kent-Smith (Queen’s Grant) def. David McIntyre (Tarboro) 6-2, 6-0;
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Vicario (Pine Lake Prep) def. Macy (Elkin) 6-4, 6-3; Kent-Smith (Queen’s Grant) def. Baskaran (Raleigh Charter) 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-4.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Max Vicario (Pine Lake Prep) vs. Zuri Kent-Smith (Queen’s Grant), 9 am Saturday
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Jacob Wenzel-Oliver Picot (Community School of Davidson) def. Matt Harmelink-Jonathan Burch (East Carteret) 6-3, 6-2; Ryan Schell-Chad Vestal (Elkin) def. Harrison Stone-Christian Quick (Durham Voyager Academy) 6-3, 6-0; Harrison Tseng-Joseph Fisher (Raleigh Charter) def. Zack Jones-Jonathan Ingram (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) 6-0, 6-1; Daniel Crossin-Alex Wrench (Mooresville Pine Lake Prep) def. Cole Esleek-Dennis Smith (Raleigh Charter) 6-4, 6-4.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Schell-Vestal (Elkin) def. Wenzel-Picot (Community School of Davidson) 6-4, 6-4; Tseng-Fisher (Raleigh Charter) def. Crossin-Wrench (Pine Lake Prep) 6-2, 7-6 (5).
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Ryan Schell-Chad Vestal (Elkin) vs. Harrison Tseng-Joseph Fisher (Raleigh Charter), 9 am
2-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FIRST DAY
SHELBY’S PARKER, HENDERSONVILLE’S FUQUA ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS
CARY— Marshall Parker of Shelby marched into the semifinals with a pair of easy wins on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Parker, the 2013 2-A singles champ, won both of his matches in straight sets and lost only one game in the process. He’ll face last year’s singles runner-up, Jacob Fuqua of Hendersonville, in a Saturday morning semifinal. Fuqua dropped the first set in his quarterfinal but rallied to eliminate West Davidson’s Brett Moore.
Ryen Reid of Newton-Conover will play Joseph Schrader of Brevard in the other singles semifinal.
A pair of Carrboro doubles teams, including Max Fritsch and Jake Zinn along with Jason Wykoff and Sean Ross, won their matches to get to the semifinals. Fritsch and Zinn, the defending doubles champions in 2-A, did not lose a single game in Friday action, much less a set.
Fritsch and Zinn will play Brevard’s Andy McCall and Joe Roberts in the semifinals, while Wykoff and Ross will take on Daniel Lee and Guy Blanc of Durham’s North Carolina School of Science and Math in the other semi.
Semifinals are scheduled to start at 9 am Saturday morning, with the finals following later in the day.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 2-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Friday’s Results
CLASS 2-A—Cary Tennis Center
SINGLES—FIRST ROUND
Connor Wilkins (Washington) def. James Hendrix (St. Pauls) 6-0, 6-0; Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville) def. Brett Moore (West Davidson) 6-1, 6-0; Zach Anderson (Carrboro) def. Jack Brady (Kill Devil Hills First Flight) 6-0, 6-3; Marshall Parker (Shelby) def. Thomas McCorkle (Monroe Central Academy) 6-1, 6-0; Joseph Schrader (Brevard) def. Matyas Jurena (Monroe Parkwood) 6-1, 6-0; Brian Frieburghouse (Carrboro) def. Jackson Winchester (Newport Croatan) 6-3, 6-1; Ryen Reid (Newton-Conover) def. Ethan Elliott (West Stokes) 6-3, 6-1; Evan Kramer (North Lenoir) def. Ian Lobaugh (Durham School of the Arts) 6-3, 6-2.
SINGLES—QUARTERFINALS
Fuqua (Hendersonville) def. Wilkins (Washington) 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-3; Parker (Shelby) def. Anderson (Carrboro) 6-0, 6-0; Schrader (Brevard) def. Freiburghouse (Carrboro) 6-2, 6-4; Reid (Newton-Conover) def. Kramer (North Lenoir) 6-4, 6-4.
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS, Saturday 9 am
Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville) vs. Marshall Parker (Shelby)
Joseph Schrader (Brevard) vs. Ryen Reid (Newton-Conover)
DOUBLES—FIRST ROUND
Tejas Dalvi-Mrinaj Janampalli (Durham NC School of Science and Math) def. Zach Tracy-Cole Dozier (Newport Croatan) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Andy McCall-Joe Roberts (Brevard) def. Kevin Reynolds-Hunter Jordan (Wilkes Central) 6-1, 6-0; Max Fritsch-Jake Zinn (Carrboro) def. Dakota Wojeski-Matthew Burwell (Kinston) 6-0, 6-0; Aaron Darden-Peden Warlick (Catawba Bandys) def. Austin Eudy-Trey Speight (West Stanly) 6-2, 6-3; Kenji Price-Aaron Assad (Shelby) def. Josh Van Noy-Jake Macfarland (Wilkes Central) 6-1, 6-1; Jason Wykoff-Sean Ross (Carrboro) def. Elliott Cherry-Ryan Joyner (Ayden-Grifton) 6-1, 6-1; Bobby Frith-Miles Lally (Black Mountain Charles D. Owen) def. David Derrick-Spencer Storey (Salisbury) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Daniel Lee-Guy Blanc (Durham NC School of Science and Math) def. Holt McKeithan-Ben McKeithan (Washington) 6-3, 6-1.
DOUBLES—QUARTERFINALS
McCall-Roberts (Brevard) def. Dalvi-Janampalli (NCSSM) 6-2, 7-6(2); Fritsch-Zinn (Carrboro) def. Darden-Warlick (Bandys) 6-0, 6-0; Wykoff-Ross (Carrboro) def. Price-Assad (Shelby) 6-2, 6-1; Lee-Blanc (NCSSM) def. Frith-Lally (C.D. Owen) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
Andy McCall-Joe Roberts (Brevard) vs. Max Fritsch-Jake Zinn (Carrboro)
Daniel Lee-Guy Blanc (Durham NC School of Science and Math) vs. Jason Wykoff-Sean Ross (Carrboro)
