Warsaw Duo Advances To StatePORTAGE – Warsaw seniors Spencer Britton and Nolan Knight are still alive in the IHSAA singles and doubles state tournament after winning the regional title Saturday in Portage.
Britton and Knight, Warsaw’s No. 1 doubles team, won two matches Saturday en route to the regional title.
They beat Angola’s Luke Hottell and Nick Boyd 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the semifinals, followed by a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Kankakee Valley’s Garrett Brewster and Nolan McKim.
The state finals will be held Friday and Saturday at Park Tudor High School in Indianapolis.
The doubles tournament will feature the winning doubles teams from four regionals around the state, as well as the undefeated No. 1 doubles pairings from whose teams were eliminated in the semistate or state levels of the team tournament.
Britton and Knight were undefeated through sectional play as the Tigers won the sectional championship. The duo accounted for one of Warsaw’s two wins in a 3-2 loss to Peru in the team regional at Culver Academies.
Following the Tigers’ season-ending loss to Peru, Britton and Knight moved into the individual singles and doubles tournament and won the sectional at Culver Academies by beating Triton’s Chase Butler and Carter Kuntz.
