1-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
HENDERSONVILLE’S FUQUA TAKES 1-A CROWN, ELKIN PAIR WINS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
CARY— Jacob Fuqua of Hendersonville rolled to a straight set victory on Saturday morning to win the singles championship in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Fuqua defeated Dylan Cuddington of Rosewood 6-2, 6-1 in the title match after losing only four games in four sets in his two Friday victories.
Cuddington had survived a long three-set match in the semifinals on Friday against John Latimer of Misenheimer Gray Stone Day to move into the championship.
Macy, the singles winner a year ago and runner-up in both 2010 and ‘11, teamed this time with Ryan Schell of Elkin in doubles and the Buckin’ Elks duo won the championship in a tough three-setter. Macy and Schell defeated Kevin Weckworth and Sam McLaughry of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 for the title. The Elkin team had advanced to the championship match by losing only one game in four sets in a pair of Friday victories.
Weckworth had been a part of the last two doubles championship teams at 1-A, teaming with a different partner each year to earn the title for Bishop McGuinness and making his third straight trip to the finals.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 1-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville) def. Dylan Cuddington (Rosewood) 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Tyler Macy-Ryan Schell (Elkin) def.Kevin Weckworth-Sam McLaughry (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
2-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES OVER QUICKLY IN 2-A TENNIS
CARY—After three long rounds on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A men’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center, the finals Saturday morning were over pretty quickly.
Both the singles and doubles titles were decided in less than an hour.
In singles, Shelby’s Marshall Parker sprinted past freshman Brian Freiburghouse of Carrboro 6-0, 6-0 to win the championship, the first singles crown for a Shelby player since 2003.
Parker went through the field in the state tournament easily, losing only three games in his eight total sets sets. Freiburghouse survived a tough three-set match in the quarterfinals and then won the last match of the evening on Friday over Carrboro’s Max Fritsch to advance to the finals.
A Newton-Conover team won the 2-A doubles championship for the fourth year in a row. John Tate and Tyler Barrymore of the Red Devils defeated Bobby Decker and Eli Hile of Black Mountain Charles D. Owen 6-3, 6-0, for the title.
Tate teamed with Ryan Lampe to win the doubles championship last year.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 2-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center—Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Marshall Parker (Shelby) def. Brian Freiburghouse (Carrboro) 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
John Tate-Tyler Barrymore (Newton-Conover) def. Bobby Decker-Eli Hile (Black Mountain Charles D. Owen) 6-3, 6-0.
3-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
CARDINAL GIBBONS TAKES TITLES IN NCHSAA 3-A TENNIS
BURLINGTON— Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons players won both the singles and the doubles championships on Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A men’s tennis championships at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center.
Robert Kelly of Gibbons scored a straight-set triumph over Charlotte Catholic’s Riley Brosnan in the finals 6-1, 6-2, after ousting Lenoir Hibriten’s Paul Hogan in the semifinal round. Kelly had a great tournament, dropping only seven games total in winning his four matches and eight sets.
In doubles, the team of Matt Galush and Noah Constantine of Cardinal Gibbons won the championship by 6-2, 6-1 over Concord’s B.J. Beecher and Ryan Harvey. The Gibbons team beat the Weddington duo of Steven Denny and Sahil Vasa 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals earlier Saturday morning.
. Then the spirit of sportsmanship that often shows itself in high school athletics came to the forefront, The Concord and Charlotte Catholic doubles teams, which had really battled in a morning semifinal, decided that they wanted to eat lunch together after the championships were over. But they went looking for a place where they could play ping pong against one another before they sat down to eat.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 3-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Burlington Tennis Center: Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS
Riley Brosnan (Charlotte Catholic) def. Austin Allen (Asheboro) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3; Robert Kelly (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Paul Hogan (Lenoir Hibriten) 6-2, 6-1.
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Kelly (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Brosnan (Charlotte Catholic) 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES—SEMIFINALS
B.J. Beecher-Ryan Harvey (Concord) def. Nick Russo-Drew Connery (Charlotte Catholic) 6-4, 6-4; Matt Galush-Noah Constantine (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Steven Denny-Sahil Vasa (Weddington) 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Galush-Constantine (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Beecher-Harvey (Concord) 6-2, 6-1.
4-A NCHSAA MEN’S TENNIS—FINAL
STACHOWIAK WINS ALL WAKE COUNTY SINGLES FINAL; R.J. REYNOLDS DUO WINS DOUBLES
RALEIGH – Freshman Nick Stachowiak of Apex Middle Creek won an all-Wake County singles final on Saturday morning in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s tennis championships on Friday at the Millbrook Exchange Park.
Stachowiak defeated Bo Boyden of Raleigh Wakefield 6-1, 6-2, to win the title. Stachowiak had won all three of his matches in straight sets and lost only five games in six sets on Friday. The tournament played three rounds on Friday with the threat of inclement weather on Saturday.
It was the fifth year in a row that a Wake County school had produced either the state 4-A men’s singles champion or runner-up.
The Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds team of Jack Riazzi and Paul Yamane earned the doubles crown, beating the Raleigh Millbrook pair of Chris Mahan and John Karlawish by 7-5, 6-3.
Riazzi and Yamane made it to the 2011 4-A doubles finals but lost to a Millbrook team in that one, and last year Yamane and Chad Hoskins of R.J. Reynolds teamed to win the doubles crown.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 MEN’S 4-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh: Saturday’s Results
SINGLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Stachowiak (Apex Middle Creek) def. Bo Boyden (Raleigh Wakefield) 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES—CHAMPIONSHIP
Jack Riazzi-Paul Yamane (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Chris Mahan-John Karlawish (Raleigh Millbrook) 7-5, 6-3.
