BURLINGTON _ A pair of Lake Norman High School singles players won
both their matches on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the
North
North
Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A tennis tournament
championships at the Burlington Tennis Center.
Trey McKee and Andrew McKinnon swept to wins in straight sets in
both their matches to move into Saturday's semifinals. McKee will face
Nick
Nick
James of Wilson Fike while McKinnon battles Charlotte Catholic№s Kyle
Johnson.
Two Catholic doubles teams advanced and the teammates will face
one another in the semifinals when Nick Bursch and Matt Sandberg play
Sean
Sean
Huber and Jordan Klochany. The other morning semi puts Statesville№s
Tripp
Tripp
Hawkins and Parks Thompson against Andrew Treske and Andrew Baird of
Waxhaw
Waxhaw
Marvin Ridge.
Play will start at nine o'clock Saturday morning with the
championships to follow.
2009 STATE 3-A MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday's Results‹Burlington Tennis Center
3A Burlington Tennis Center
Singles‹First Round
Nick James (Wilson Fike) def. Will Fondrie (Cameron Union Pines) 6-4,
6-2; Justin Min (North Buncombe) def. Joey Hatala (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge)
6-1,
6-1,
6-4; Jason Hull (Western Guilford) def. Blake Vail (Pikeville Charles
B.
B.
Aycock) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Trey McKee (Lake Norman) def. Cameron Smith
(Jamestown Ragsdale) 7-5, 6-1; Andrew McKinnon (Lake Norman) def.
Brad
Brad
MacDonald (Jamestown Ragsdale) 6-0, 6-1; Jared Bryant (Western
Alamance)
Alamance)
def. Alex Durham (Rocky Mount) 6-0, 6-7(2), 7-6 (3); Kyle Johnson
(Charlotte
(Charlotte
Catholic) def. Justin Dizon (North Buncombe) 6-3, 6-1; Russell Turner
(Eastern Wayne) def. Dillon Rice (Cameron Union Pines) 7-5, 6-3.
Singles‹Quarterfinals
James (Fike) def. Min (North Buncombe) 6-2, 6-4; McKee (Lake
Norman) def. Hull (Western Guilford) 6-2, 6-3; McKinnon (Lake Norman)
def.
def.
Bryant (Western Alamance) 6-0, 6-3; Johnson (Charlotte Catholic) def.
Turner
Turner
(Eastern Wayne) 6-0, 6-1.
Singles‹Semifinals
Nick James (Wilson Fike) vs. Trey McKee (Lake Norman)
Andrew McKinnon (Lake Norman) vs. Kyle Johnson (Charlotte
Catholic)
Doubles‹First Round
Julian PaulsenJordan Hagler (Southern Nash) def. Jake WaitsJay
O№Conner (Cameron Union Pines) 6-1, 6-0; Nick BurschMatt Sandberg
(Charlotte Catholic) def. Tito PoplawskiMorris Porter (Asheville) 7-6
(4),
(4),
6-4; Ethan BrooksRoss Powell (Burlington Williams) def. Ross
BradleyKayshap Kaul (Rocky Mount) 6-1, 6-1; Sean HuberJordan
Klochany
Klochany
(Charlotte Catholic) def. Neil TrimbleMarshall Horsman (Mooresville)
2-6,
2-6,
6-3, 6-3;Tripp HawkinsParks Thompson (Statesville) def. Brandon
BurchfieldWill Propst (Concord) 6-0, 6-1; Greg PattersonRejiv
Dinakaran
Dinakaran
(Western Alamance) def. Jordan Westbrook Woody Hines (Winterville
South
South
Central) 6-1, 6-2;
Andrew TreskeAndrew Baird (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) def. Tim
JohnsonMatt
JohnsonMatt
Dowell (Lake Norman) 6-2, 6-1; Alex SouthardLogan Williams (Northern
Guilford) def. Addison WestbrookBen Nichols (Pikeville Charles B.
Aycock)
Aycock)
6-2, 6-1.
Doubles‹Quarterfinals
Bursch-Sandberg (Charlotte Catholic) def. Paulsen-Hagler
(Southern Nash) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Huber-Klochany (Charlotte Catholic)
def.
def.
Brooks-Powell (Williams) 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4; Hawkins-Thompson
(Statesville)
(Statesville)
def. Patterson-Dinakaran (Western Alamance) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3;
Treske-Bird
Treske-Bird
(Marvin Ridge) def. Southard0Williams (Northern Guilford) 6-3 6-0.
Doubles Semifinals
Nick Bursch-Matt Sandberg (Charlotte Catholic) vs. Sean Huber-Jordan
Klochany (Charlotte Catholic)
Tripp Hawkins-Parks Thompson (Statesville) vs. Andrew Treske-Andrew
Baird (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge)
