Eagles’ Ewing and Knights’ Orth compete at state tennis
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 months, 3 weeks AGO
Xavier Ewing from the Eagles gets ready for his opponent to serve the ball during the 1B State Tennis tournament Friday morning.
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Knights player Cael Orth warms up for his match against Austin Peas from Cascade Christian during the 1A State Tennis tournament.
YAKIMA — The 1A and 1B State Tennis tournaments began Friday morning and Xavier Ewing from the Soap Lake Eagles and Cael Orth from the Royal Knights each began their bid as they looked to battle through the bracket.
Full stories on both players will be published at a later date.
Xavier Ewing
Ewing started off the day at 8 a.m. against Aiden Gaines from Okanogan where he had a tough encounter. By the end of that match, the Eagle earned a 2-0 victory to move forward in the tournament.
Later that day Ewing got back on the court to face St. George’s Eshan Reddy. There Ewing earned another 2-0 victory to send him into the championship match against Manson’s Ben Rasmusson.
The championships were scheduled for Saturday afternoon and results were not available at the time of publication.
Cael Orth
Orth began his state bid after 11 a.m. Friday against Austin Peas from Cascade Christian. The Knight put up a strong performance but ultimately fell 0-2 in his match and ended his state tournament run.
Knights player Cael Orth warms up for his match against Austin Peas from Cascade Christian during the 1A State Tennis tournament.ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
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