High School Tennis Roundup – Sept. 7

Manchester Rolls To Easy TRC Tennis Win Over Whitko

NORTH MANCHESTER – Losing just one game in five sets, Manchester rolled to a 5-0 Three Rivers Conference boys tennis win over Whitko Thursday.

The Squires’ Spence Trick won at No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-1 over Nathan Smith. The rest of the matches went the minimum 12 games.

“We had lost three matches in a row, but I was not disappointed in our play during that stretch,” Manchester head coach Eric Screeton said. “We had played some tough competition and I was really excited for this week, after our competitive showing on Saturday.”

Manchester improved to 4-3 overall and 2-1 in the conference. The Squires host a conference match with Wabash Tuesday.

Whitko (0-6, 0-3 TRC) will travel to Albion Monday for a non-conference match at Central Noble.

MANCHESTER 5, WHITKO 0

Singles: No. 1 – Luke Donathan (M) def. Davon Akers (W) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Spence Trick (M) def. Nathan Smith (W) 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 – Kyle Shepherd (M) def. Aiden Hoffman (W) 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: No. 1 – Logan Parrett &?Parker Wagoner (M) def. Bryce Turner & William Farner (W) 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Quinn Martin & Kam Lester (M) def. Charlie French & Gary Wu (W) 6-0, 6-0.

Records – Whitko 0-6 (0-3 TRC); Manchester 4-3 (2-1 TRC)

JV –  Drake Hatfield (M) def. Kaige Michael (W) 8-2

Tigers Blanked

After a rainout the day before, Warsaw boys tennis was blanked 5-0 by visiting Fort Wayne Canterbury in a non-conference match Thursday.

Nolan Knight and Reuben Williams won their first set in a tiebreaker for Warsaw, but it was the only set the Tigers won in the match.

Warsaw hosts its varsity tournament on Saturday.



F.W. CANTERBURY 5, WARSAW 0

Singles: No. 1 – Nish Reddy (C) def. Colton Lind (W) 6-3, 6-4; No. 2 – Shaun Patel (C) def. Kyler Bartol (W) 6-2, 6-2; No. 3 – Dillon Patel (C) def. Caleb Williams (W) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1 – Graham Gnagy & Arnie Lal (C) def. Bailey Buhrt & Spencer Britton (W) 7-6, 6-3; No. 2 – Peter Kent & Quintin Williams (C) def. Nolan Knight & Reuben Williams (W) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3.

JV: Warsaw 5, Canterbury 5

Singles: No. 1 – Akash Meesa (C) def. Jarett Orr (W) 8-5; No. 2 – Hayden Anderson (W) def. Jai Kashyap (C) 8-2; No. 3 – Brandon Chan (W) def. Sam Adler (C) 8-5; No. 4 – Akash Meesa (C) def. Garrett Rodgers (W) 6-2.

Doubles: No. 1 – Nick Marsh & Brian Elliott (W) def. Carols Hofer & Kyle Gilbert (C) 8-6; No. 2 – Jake Kaufman & Michael Ray (W) def. Mihir Agnihotyri & Joe Skaklik (C) 9-7; No. 3 – Blaine McRae & Daniel Bormann (C) def. Kanton Waddle &Nick Rata (W) 8-6; No. 4 – Robert Beatly & John Metzger (C) def. Dawon Vilamma & Gage Lind (W) 6-2; No. 5 – Carter Schuh & Graham Landwerlin (W) def. Aiden Eastom & Koltin Htut (C) 8-3; No. 6 – Mihir Agnihotyri & Joe Skaklik (C) def. Riley Dugger & Harrison Lewis (W) 6-0.

Vikings Shut Out

AKRON – The Lewis Cass boys tennis team won a 5-0 non-conference match over Tippecanoe Valley Thursday.

The Vikings (3-9) play a Three Rivers Conference match at Rochester Monday.



LEWIS CASS 5

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0

Singles: No. 1 – Dixon collins (LC) def. Seth Hoffman (TV) 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 – Jovan Orozco (LC) def. Eric Wright 6-3, 6-0; No. 3 – C.J. Burrous (CL) def. Garrett Feldman (TV) 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles: No. 1 – Josh Hanlon & Drew Cornell (LC) def. Payton Mills & Dakota Parker (TV) 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 – Noah Miller & Kace Kitchel (LC) Jeremy Landis and Connor Frentzel (TV) 6-2, 6-3.



Wawasee Rained Out

SYRACUSE – A Northern Lakes Conference boys tennis match between Northridge and host Wawasee was rained out Wednesday, and will be played Monday.