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RALEIGH – The state’s top 2A singles player could very easily come from an area high school since three of the four players still alive plays in conference from the region.
First-round play on Friday got to the semifinal round, and Saturday’s schedule (8 a.m.) pits No. 4 seed Daniel Crutcher of Maiden against No. 1 Brian Reed of Newton-Conover in one semifinal. In the other, it’s No.1 Depei You of North Carolina School of Science & Math against third-seeded Kenji Price of Shelby.
All of Saturday’s tennis in 1A, 2A and 4A has moved to be played at N.C. State’s indoor facility and the last day of the 3A tournament has been moved to the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro (9 a.m. start).
The area has no doubles team still alive in 2A.
In 3A, no area singles players reached the individual championships and the lone doubles team – Josh Arditti and Edgar Ellis of Hickory – was eliminated 6-4, 6-3 in the second round by Northern Guilford’s Mark Fujino and Eric Zhang.
No area players in 4A singles or 4A doubles advanced to the semifinals.
STATE INDIVIDUAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
2A
SINGLES
First round
#4 Daniel Crutcher (Maiden) d. #1 Ian Walston (N. Johnston) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Ethan Elliott (W. Stokes) d. #3 Mason Hewett (S. Columbus) 6-0, 6-1
#1 Brian Reid (Newton-Conover) d. #4 Lucien Steyn (First Flight) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Zach Anderson (Carrboro) d. #3 Thomas McCorkle (Central Academy) 6-0, 6-3
#1 Depei Yu (NCSSM) d. #4 Brandon Norman (Surry Central) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Luke Laney (Maiden) d. #3 Noah Little (Ayden-Grifton) 6-1, 6-2
#1 Landon Church (W. Wilkes) d. #4 Cole Honeycutt (Carrboro), 6-2, 6-3
#3 Kenji Price (Shelby) d. #2 Nallah Ortega (Greene Central) 6-0, 6-1
Second round
#4 Daniel Crutcher (Maiden) d. #2 Ethan Elliott (W. Stokes) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
#1 Brian Reid (Newton-Conover) d. #2 Zach Anderson (Carrboro) 6-0, 6-1
#1 Depei Yu (NCSSM) d. #2 Luke Laney (Maiden) 6-4, 6-2
#3 Kenji Price (Shelby) d. #1 Landon Church (West Wilkes) 6-4, 6-0
Semifinals
#4 Daniel Crutcher (Maiden) vs. #1 Brian Reid (Newton-Conover)
#1 Depei Yu (NCSSM) vs. #3 Kenji Price (Shelby)
DOUBLES
First round
#1 Sam DeAraujo & Xan Pate (Goldsboro) d. #4 Braxton Clifton & Lavery Hoard (Shelby) 6-3, 6-4
#3 Ashvin Warrier & Evan Jiang (NCSSM) d. #2 Lance Kennedy & Matt Wilhelm (Forbush) 6-2, 6-1
#1 Liam Baer & Cameron Wilson (Brevard) d. #4 Tyler Jackson & Jonathan Gonzalez (N. Johnston) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Josh Abrams & Vincent Xia (NCSSM) d. #3 Roarke Burton & Adam Drye (Salisbury) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
#1 Jason Wykoff & Andre Javen (Carrboro) d. #4 Sean Archer & Jander Rodas (Salisbury) 6-2, 6-0
#2 Henry Cox & Aaron Hamm (Newton-Conover) d. #3 Jared Taylor & Brett Howard (N. Lenoir) 6-4, 6-2
#1 Samuel Webb & Noah Taylor (Mt. Pleasant) vs. #4 Ben Lu & Sam Macy (Carrboro)
#3 Aiden Spadlin & Cullen Duvall (Brevard) d. #2 Zack Pagnani & Ben McKeithan (Washington) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Second round
#1 Sam DeAraujo & Xan Pate (Goldsboro) d. #3 Ashvin Warrier & Evan Jiang (NCSSM) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
#1 Liam Baer & Cameron Wilson (Brevard) d. #2 Josh Abrams & Vincent Xia (NCSSM) 6-2, 6-3
#1 Jason Wykoff & Andre Javen (Carrboro) d. #2 Henry Cox & Aaron Hamm (Newton-Conover) 6-1, 6-0
#3 Aiden Spadlin & Cullen Duvall (Brevard) d. #1 Samuel Webb & Noah Taylor (Mt. Pleasant) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
Semifinals
#1 Sam DeAraujo & Xan Pate (Goldsboro) vs. #1 Liam Baer & Cameron Wilson (Brevard)
#1 Jason Wykoff & Andre Javen (Carrboro) vs. #3 Aiden Spadlin & Cullen Duvall (Brevard)
3A
SINGLES
First round
#1 Jimmy Davis (W. Carteret) d. #4 Tanner Wike (Pisgah) 6-3, 6-1
#2 Grant Perry (Cox Mill) d. #3 Joseph McPherson (Eastern Alamance) 6-2, 6-3
#1 Charlie Schuls (Forestview) d. #4 James Brennan (Swansboro) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Will Hart (Union Pines) d. #3 Dylan Whitehead (Cuthbertson) 6-4, 6-3
#1 Henry Lieberman (Terry Sanford) d. #4 Nolan Martino (Jay M. Robinson) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Zach Theodossiou (Asheville) d. #3 Joseph Delmastro (S. Brunswick) 6-2, 6-3
#1 John Hatala (Marvin Ridge) d. #4 David Mirzoyan (Chapel Hill) 6-0, 6-3
#3 Branson Smith (W. Henderson) d. #2 Tyler Brice (Rocky Mount) 6-0, 6-2
Second round
#2 Grant Perry (Cox Mill) d. #1 Jimmy Davis (W. Carteret) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
#1 Charlie Schuls (Forestview) d. #2 Will Hart (Union Pines) 6-3, 6-2
#1 Henry Lieberman (Terry Sanford) d. #2 Zach Theodossiou (Asheville) 7-5, 6-0
#1 John Hatala (Marvin Ridge) d. #3 Branson Smith (West Henderson) 6-2, 6-2
Semifinals
#2 Grant Perry (Cox Mill) vs. #1 Charlie Schuls (Forestview)
#1 Henry Lieberman (Terry Sanford) vs. #1 John Hatala (Marvin Ridge)
DOUBLES
First round
#1 George Shannon & Landon Norwood (Rocky Mount) d. #4 Sam Killen & Neeral Patel (South Point) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Michael Kronovet & Chris Graveline (Marvin Ridge) d. #3 Zack Bolzan & Jerry Cai (Chapel Hill) 6-2, 6-0
#1 Henry Kelso & Meade Olson (Asheville) d. #4 Ryan Sullivan & Lee Lupton (W. Carteret) 6-1, 6-0
#3 Grant Kimner & Henry Hatt (Weddington) d. #2 Alex Kasari & Andrew Zahran (Terry Sanford) 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1
#1 Mark Fujino & Eric Zhang (Northern Guilford) d. #4 Cole Teal & Clay Teal (Jay M. Robinson) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Josh Arditti & Edgar Ellis (Hickory) d. #3 Thomas Hodges & John Gilarmis (Fike) 6-4, 6-2
#1 Logan Trimp & William Hatt (Weddington) d. #4 Giles Corzine & Sam Earnshaw (Northwood) 6-2, 6-0
#2 Hudson Smith & Sam Garland (Topsail) d. #3 Isaiah Elkins & Charlie Jarvis (E. Henderson) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Second round
#2 Michael Kronovet & Chris Graveline (Marvin Ridge) d. #1 George Shannon & Landon Norwood (Rocky Mount)
#3 Grant Kimner & Henry Hatt (Weddington) d. #1 Henry Kelso & Meade Olson (Asheville) 7-5, 6-4
#1 Mark Fujino & Eric Zhang (Northern Guilord) d. #2 Josh Arditti & Edgar Ellis (Hickory) 6-4, 6-3
#1 Logan Trimp & William Hatt (Weddington) d. #2 Hudson Smith & Sam Garland (Topsail) 6-1, 6-2
Semifinals
#2 Michael Kronovet & Chris Graveline (Marvin Ridge) vs. #3 Grant Kimner & Henry Hatt (Weddington)
#1 Mark Fujino & Eric Zhang (Northern Guilord) vs. #1 Logan Trimp & William Hatt (Weddington)
4A
SINGLES
First round
#1 Jaxon Wiley (D.H. Conley) d. #4 Brian Dow (Lake Norman) 6-7, 6-2, (7-2 tb)
#3 Banks Evans (Clayton) d. #2 Elijah Gregory (Davie County) 7-5, 6-0
#1 Mark Dillon (Myers Park) d. #4 Patrick Senior (New Hanover) 6-2, 6-2
#2 Viveck Ramesh (Green Hope) d. #3 Kevin Huang (E. Chapel Hill) 2-6, 7-5, (10-5)
#1 Ben Wayand (Green Hope) d. #4 Zachery Kim (Riverside-Durham) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Fernando Myers (Hopewell) d. #3 Aidan Temple (Pinecrest) 6-2, 6-1
#1 Hugh Knapp (Grimsley) d. #4 Michael Ogundele (Enloe) 6-1, 6-4
#2 Lucas McLatchy (New Hanover) d. #3 Sam Dean (Myers Park) 6-4, 6-4
Second round
#3 Banks Evans (Clayton) d. #1 Jaxon Wiley (D.H. Conley) 6-3, 6-2
#1 Mark Dillon (Myers Park) d. #2 Viveck Ramesh (Green Hope) 7-5, 6-4
#1 Ben Wayand (Green Hope) d. #2 Fernando Myers (Hopewell) 7-5, 6-0
#1 Hugh Knapp (Grimsley) d. #2 Lucas McLatchy (New Hanover) 6-1, 6-2
Semifinals
#3 Banks Evans (Clayton) vs. #1 Mark Dillon (Myers Park)
#1 Ben Wayand (Green Hope) vs. #1 Hugh Knapp (Grimsley)
DOUBLES
First round
#1 Westley Gaines & Griffith Waren (New Hanover) d. #4 Charlie Reiney & Charlie Fox (Myers Park) 3-6, 6-2, (10-8)
#2 Ethan Kreager & Charles Pascua (Grimsley) d. Ethan Saber & Revanth Bobba (Enloe) by default (inj.)
#1 Joey Matthews & Bobby Shore (Ardrey Kell) d. #4 Jacob Cole & Tanner Hix (Cape Fear) 6-1, 6-1
#3 Hardy Brown & Charlie Snipes (Page) d. #2 Grant McGrew & Owen McGrew (Middle Creek) 6-3, 4-6, (10-7)
#1 Nico Grewe & Blake Carter (Wakefield) d. #4 Zachory Topper & Davis Cromer (Jordan) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Will Crane & Andres Pazos (Hough) d. #3 Jake Ferner & Noah Berg (Hoggard) 6-4, 6-1
#4 Rohit Gohtkar & Andre Staicu (Green Hope) d. #1 Kyler Zadell & Brody Chapman (Cardinal Gibbons) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
#3 Flynn Stover & Christopher Williams (Myers Park) d. #2 Holland Baynard & Miles Hirchak (Hoggard) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
Second round
#2 Ethan Kreager & Charles Pascua (Grimsley) d. #1 Westley Gaines & Griffith Waren (New Hanover) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
#3 Hardy Brown & Charlie Snipes (Page) d. #1 Joey Matthews & Bobby Shore (Ardrey Kell) 6-3, 7-5
#1 Nico Grewe & Blake Carter (Wakefield) d. #2 Will Crane & Andres Pazos (Hough) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
#4 Rohit Gohtkar & Andre Staicu (Green Hope) d. #3 Flynn Stover & Christopher Williams (Myers Park) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Semifinals
#2 Ethan Kreager & Charles Pascua (Grimsley) vs. #3 Hardy Brown & Charlie Snipes (Page)
#1 Nico Grewe & Blake Carter (Wakefield) vs. #4 Rohit Gohtkar & Andre Staicu (Green Hope)
— INFORMATION: North Carolina High School Athletic Associaton