Eight Basin tennis players move on to state
HERALD SPORTS STAFF | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years AGO
State tennis competition will include several students from Grant and Adams counties.
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COLUMBIA BASIN – Eight Columbia Basin tennis players are heading to state tournaments across the state this weekend. See below for first-round matchups from each of the five tournaments.
4A - hosted at The Pacific Clinic and Kamiakin High School
Boys Singles
Moses Lake junior Marwan Warnick vs Skyview’s Aiden Bucerzan - Friday at 8:30 a.m.
2A - hosted at the Nordstrom Tennis Center at the University of Washington.
Boys Singles
Ephrata sophomore Josh Mullings vs North Kitsap’s Indigo Gallagher-Zapf - Friday, time TBD.
Girls Doubles
Ephrata junior Addison Mills and senior Kacie Shannon vs Bremerton’s Elena Andreu and Claire Warthen - Friday, time TBD.
Boys 1A/2B/1B - hosted at the Yakima Tennis Club
Boys Doubles
Quincy seniors Harrison Hyer and Isaac Dearie vs Bush’s Cal Jones and Bernie Rosen - Friday, time TBD.
Girls 1A - hosted at the Yakima Tennis Club
Royal sophomore Madisen Christensen and senior Campbelle Anderson vs Annie Wright’s Amelia Hermann-Scholbe and Alex Middleton - time TBD.
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