RECAP: State tennis results
HERALD SPORTS STAFF | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 3 months AGO
COLUMBIA BASIN – Eight tennis players from the Columbia Basin advanced to state tournaments across the state, with four placing in the 4A and 2A classifications.
4A
Moses Lake junior Marwan Warnick - seventh place in 4A Boys Singles.
2-0 win over Skyview’s Aiden Bucerzan in the opening round; 2-0 loss to Bellarmine’s Vasanth Ramachandran in quarterfinals; 2-0 win over Newport’s Tim Tao in fourth/seventh-place semifinals; 2-0 loss to Redmond’s Andrew Zhao in fourth/seventh-place match.
2A
Ephrata sophomore Josh Mullings - eighth place in 2A Boys Singles.
2-0 loss to North Kitsap’s Indigo Gallagher-Zapf in the opening round; 2-1 win over Fort Vancouver’s Andrew Walczyk in consolation first round; 2-0 win over W. F. West’s Aaron Boggess in consolation semifinals; 2-1 loss to North Kitsap’s Dayshawn Harper in fifth/eighth-place match.
Ephrata junior Addison Mills and senior Kacie Shannon - eighth place in 2A Girls Doubles
2-0 loss to Bremerton’s Elena Andreu and Claire Warthen in the opening round; 2-0 win over Enumclaw’s Macy Furtwangler and Ashley Dickerson in consolation first round; 2-1 win over Selah’s Addison Ladd and Macie Ladd in consolation semifinals; 2-0 loss to Pullman’s Kei Bromley and Carlotta Wolf in fifth/eighth-place match.
Boys 1A/2B/1B
Quincy seniors Harrison Hyer and Isaac Dearie - fall in consolation semifinals
2-0 loss to Bush’s Cal Jones and Bernie Rosen in opening round; 2-0 win over Granger’s Kenyon Slade and Arthur Heckert in consolation first round; 2-0 loss to Goldendale’s Eli Golding and Kyden Blunt.
Girls 1A
Royal sophomore Madisen Christensen and senior Campbelle Anderson - first-round loss to Annie Wright’s Amelia Hermann-Scholbe and Alex Middleton.
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