NCHSAA State Dual Tennis State Championships set for Burlington Saturday
May 23, 2009 North Carolina
BURLINGTON - The North Carolina High School Athletic Association¹s 19th annual state men¹s dual team tennis championships will come to the Burlington Tennis Center on Saturday, with some familiar powers in tennis once again competing for state titles.
All four classification championships are scheduled for Saturday, with the 1-A and 2-A classifications starting at 9 a.m. and then the 3-A and 4-A to begin at noon. Most of the teams qualifying for the finals advanced with victories in the state semifinal round on Thursday.
Raleigh Millbrook has marched into the 4-A dual team finals for the third time but first trip since 2000 as the Wildcats (21-0) will take on Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds (20-2). Millbrook knocked off eight-time state champion Raleigh Broughton in the quarterfinals and then ousted Wilmington Hoggard 9-0 on Thursday.
Reynolds is in the finals for the first time and defeated last year¹s runner-up, Charlotte Ardrey Kell, 5-1 on Thursday.
Among Millbrook¹s leaders are Sean Weber and Quinn Carmean, who teamed to win the state 4-A doubles crown in last week¹s tournament, while Robbie Mudge of R.J. Reynolds captured the singles title.
The 3-A final sends unbeaten Southern Nash (20-0) into the finals for the second consecutive year, this time against Lake Norman (19-3). Lake Norman nipped defending champion Charlotte Catholic 5-4 in the regional final Thursday while Southern Nash downed Pikeville Charles B. Aycock 5-2.
Trey McKee of Lake Norman was the 3-A singles state runner-up last weekend.
Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (24-2) and the Red Devils of Newton-Conover (20-1) will battle it out for the 2-A title in for the third year in a row. Gibbons is seeking its fourth consecutive state dual team championship.
Matt Daly and Greg Galush of Gibbons each got to the state 2-A singles semifinals before losing and Jonathan Fedorkowicz teamed with Chris Geaslen to beat another Gibbons team for the doubles title. The Newton-Conover pair of Hang Lak Choi and Won Lak Choi made it to the state doubles semifinals.
The 1-A championship pits Mount Airy (15-2) against Raleigh Charter (15-4). Raleigh Charter is in the finals for the first time while Mount Airy captured crowns in 2005 and ¹06. Nick John and Brooks Mayberry of Mount Airy earned the state 1-A doubles title last weekend.
The North Carolina Tennis Foundation is one of the event sponsors of the championship.
Wendy¹s is the presenting sponsor of the NCHSAA sports program. |
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