By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Cair Paravel Latin sophomore Drew Fay posted a fourth-place finish in Class 3A-1A singles Saturday at Harmon Park Tennis Complex in Prairie Village, pacing eight city state medalists in three classes.
Cair Paravel Latin sophomore Drew Fay posted a city-high fourth-place finish in Class 3A-1A singles Saturday in Prairie Village. [File photo/TSN]
Fay (23-11) posted two straight wins on Friday advance to the semifinals before dropping a 6-0, 6-1 decision to Kansas City Christian senior star Caleb Bartels.
Fay then dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to sophomore Charlie Gentile of team champ Wichita Collegiate in the third-place match.
Bartels went on to finish off a perfect 33-0 season, winning his second straight singles title and his third state crown overall, including a doubles title in 2021.
Hayden junior Chase Blaser (left) and senior Joseph Luke posted a fifth-place doubles finish in the Class 3A-1A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden's doubles team of senior Joseph Luke and junior Chase Blaser (24-10) posted a fifth-place state finish, going 6-1 on the weekend.
Luke and Blaser finished off their state run with a 9-7 win over Smoky Valley juniors Gabriel and Ezekiel Baker in the fifth-place match.
Hayden finished seventh in the 3A-1A team standings with 12 points while Cair Paravel tied for eighth with 11 points.
Rural doubles team finishes sixth in 6A
Washburn Rural's doubles team of senior Lawsen Lobatos-Dick and sophomore Dylan Willingham finished sixth in Class 6A doubles on Saturday at Wichita's Riverside Tennis Complex.
Washburn Rural senior Lawsen Lobatos-Dick (front) and sophomore Dylan Willingham placed sixth in doubles in the Class 6A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Lobatos-Dick and Willingham went 3-2 on the weekend and 28-6 on the season, dropping an 8-3 decision to Blue Valley North senior Connor Engram and junior Nathan Lokko in the fifth-place match.
Lobatos-Dick and Willingham led Washburn Rural to a fifth-place team finish in 6A.
Topeka West trio repeats as 5A state medalists
Topeka West seniors Caden McGee, Caleb Weybrew and James Maag earned their second straight Class 5A medals Saturday at the Andover District Tennis Complex.
McGee and Weybrew finished eighth in 5A doubles while Maag placed ninth in singles.
Topeka West seniors Caleb Weybrew (left) and Caden McGee finished eighth in Class 5A doubles Saturday in Andover. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior James Maag finished ninth in Class 5A singles Saturday at Andover. [File photo/TSN]
McGee and Weybrew ended their high school careers with a 9-8 (7-5 tiebreaker) loss to junior Nathaniel Haines and senior Gage Marsh of Newton in the seventh-place match, with the West duo ending the season 36-9.
Maag (29-12) won the ninth-place match by default, capping a 5-2 weekend and going 29-12 on the year.
