Two Observer-area players win NCHSAA tennis state championships Saturday
Two Charlotte Observer-area high school tennis players won state championships Saturday.
▪ Langtree Charter’s Nikhil Deshpande won his school’s first individual state championship, beating Thomas Jefferson’s Charlie Schweppe 6-1, 6-0 in the 1A class.
▪ In 2A, Pine Lake Prep’s Tyler Ramanata repeated as individual state championship after winning in 1A last year. On Saturday, Ramanata beat Research Triangle’s Sebastian Rodriguez 6-0, 6-2.
Complete results are below
2022 2A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament Semifinal Round Pairings Singles Draw Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) def. William Drake (Greene Central) 6-3, 6-4 Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) def. Cooper Motsinger (East Surry) 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Draw Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) def. Luke Breen & Julian Rizo (C.S. of Davidson) 7-5, 6-3 Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) def. Alphonso Sison & Nick Delisio (Franklin Academy) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 Championship Round Pairings Singles Draw Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) def. Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) 6-0, 6-2 Doubles Draw Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) def. Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) 6-4, 7-5 | |
2022 3A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament Semifinal Round Scores Singles Draw Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) def. James Dover (South Point) 6-0, 6-0 Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) def. Ajay Swisher (St. Stephens) 6-0, 6-1 Doubles Draw Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) def. Sam Thomas & Jonathan Peeler (Crest) 6-0, 6-0 Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) def. Jonas Miyagawa & Connor Nicol (Carrboro) 6-2, 6-1 Championship Round Scores Singles Draw Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) def. Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) 6-3, 7-5 Doubles Draw Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) def. Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) 6-2, 6-4 | |
2022 4A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament Semifinal Round Scores Singles Draw Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) def. Carl Gedlitschka (Grimsley) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) def. Walker Valentine (Lake Norman) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Walt Reese & J.P. Damare (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-1, 6-1 Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) def. Ellis Klanduch & Connor Gay (Lake Norman) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) Championship Round Scores Singles Draw Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) def. Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) 6-3, 6-4 Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) 6-2, 6-0 |
Day 1 Results
Here are results from Day 1 of the N.C. High School Athletic Association individual state tennis championships.
2022 1A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Results Singles Draw Owen Jennings (Elkin) def. Ethan Clemmer (Bear Grass Charter) 6-1, 6-4 Charlie Schweppe (Thomas Jefferson) def. Reid Rainey (Southern Wake Academy) 6-0, 6-1 Nikhil Deshpande (Langtree Charter) def. Nathan Bermeo (Eno River) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 Georgie Kriek (Mount Airy) def. Will Oldham (Clover Garden) 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Draw Luca Pestana & Timothy Hackman (Bishop McGuinness) def. Marcus Roman & Will Baker (Voyager Academy) 6-1, 6-1 Josh Hanflink & Evan Sturgill (Bishop McGuinness) def. Alex Garcia & Krishiv Patel (Riverside-Martin) 6-2, 6-0 Luke McComb & Clay Sebastian (Elkin) def. Landon Hackney & Jacob Gilliland (Chatham Central) 6-2, 6-4 Joseph Phetmixay & Drew Auman (Uwharrie Charter) def. Jacob McKenna & Simon Osceanas (Voyager Academy) 6-0, 6-0 Semifinal Round Results Singles Draw Charlie Schweppe (Thomas Jefferson) def. Owen Jennings (Elkin) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Nikhil Deshpande (Langtree Charter) def. Georgie Kriek (Mount Airy) 6-1, 6-2 Doubles Draw Luca Pestana & Timothy Hackman (Bishop McGuinness) def. Josh Hanflink & Evan Sturgill (Bishop McGuinness) 6-3, 6-1 Joseph Phetmixay & Drew Auman (Uwharrie Charter) def. Luke McComb & Clay Sebastian (Elkin) 6-2, 6-4 Championship Round Pairings Saturday, May 7, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m. Singles Draw Charlie Schweppe (Thomas Jefferson) vs. Nikhil Deshpande (Langtree Charter) Doubles Draw Luca Pestana & Timothy Hackman (Bishop McGuinness) vs. Joseph Phetmixay & Drew Auman (Uwharrie Charter) |
2022 2A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Scores Singles Draw William Drake (Greene Central) def. Walker Magnirat (Seaforth) 6-3, 6-4 Will Koontz (Salisbury) def. Trevor Coldren (R-S Central) 6-1, 6-2 Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) def. Ben Cuddington (North Johnston) 6-0, 6-0 Porter Schrader (Brevard) def. Jagur Williams (Wheatmore) 6-4, 6-1 Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) def. Levi Watson (East Surry) 6-0, 6-1 Lex Gu (Raleigh Charter) def. Campbell Curtis (Washington) 6-1, 6-2 Cooper Motsinger (East Surry) def. Connor Milligan (Lincoln Charter) 6-4, 6-4 Lance Keller (Franklin Academy) def. Cole Walker (Manteo) 6-0, 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7) Doubles Draw Cabe Pate & Noah McDonald (Goldsboro) def. Rece Thompson & Caleb Kennedy (Clinton) 6-1, 6-0 Luke Breen & Julian Rizo (C.S. of Davidson) def. Josh Pardue & Jacob Edmonds (Surry Central) 6-1, 6-3 Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) def. Wilson Wysor & James Hornthal (Northeastern) 6-1, 6-0 Grayson Upchurch & Ben Shelton (Lincoln Charter) def. Colin Donaldson & Gray Davis (Salisbury) 6-0, 6-1 Zach Zagorkski & Piero Ravolino (Lincolnton) def. Michael Tucker & Tripp McMillen (Surry Central) 6-3, 6-4 Alphonso Sison & Nick Delisio (Franklin Academy) def. Chance Davis & Andrew Stancil (North Johnston) 6-2, 6-1 Jadon Carnes & Gonzolo Gomez (Mount Pleasant) def. Bradley Rising & Christian Prescott (Brevard) 6-1, 6-0 Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) def. Hunter Moore & Will Glover (Washington) 6-0, 6-0 Quarterfinal Round Scores Singles Draw William Drake (Greene Central) def. Will Koontz (Salisbury) 6-2, 6-2 Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) def. Porter Schrader (Brevard) 6-1, 6-3 Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) def. Lex Gu (Raleigh Charter) 6-0, 6-0 Cooper Motsinger (East Surry) def. Lance Keller (Franklin Academy) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles Draw Luke Breen & Julian Rizo (C.S. of Davidson) def. Cabe Pate & Noah McDonald (Goldsboro) 6-3, 6-1 Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) def. Grayson Upchurch & Ben Shelton (Lincoln Charter) 6-2, 6-1 Alphonso Sison & Nick Delisio (Franklin Academy) def. Zach Zagorkski & Piero Ravolino (Lincolnton) 6-4, 6-1 Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) def. Jadon Carnes & Gonzolo Gomez (Mount Pleasant) 6-4, 6-3 Semifinal Round Pairings Saturday, May 7, 2022 @ 7:00 a.m. Singles Draw William Drake (Greene Central) vs. Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) vs. Cooper Motsinger (East Surry) Doubles Draw Luke Breen & Julian Rizo (C.S. of Davidson) vs. Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) Alphonso Sison & Nick Delisio (Franklin Academy) vs. Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) |
2022 3A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Scores Singles Draw Stockton Rouse (J.H. Rose) def. Caleb Downing (Union Pines) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 James Dover (South Point) def. Joey Caraccio (South Rowan) 6-4, 6-1 Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) def. Henry Austin (South Central) 6-1, 6-1 Drew Crotts (Stuart Cramer) def. Jacob Rinker (Northwest Cabarrus) 6-0, 6-1 Shiv Patel (South Point) def. Alex Bhargava (Central Academy) 6-0, 6-1 Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) def. J.J. Woerner (First Flight) 6-0, 6-2 Ajay Swisher (St. Stephens) def. Abhi Parimi (Lake Norman Charter) 6-0, 6-1 Ethan Carlyle (C.B. Aycock) def. Jacob Womble (Lee County) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Doubles Draw Justin Conover & Porter Pelphrey (Orange) def. Snyder Pearson & Hatten Gore (Fike) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) Sam Thomas & Jonathan Peeler (Crest) def. Charlie Han & Charlie Schild (Lake Norman Charter) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) def. Dylan Skinner & Zachary Hill (Fike) 6-0, 6-0 Lewis Tate & Clint Powers (Hickory) def. Lawson Rabon & Seth Bean (Central Davidson) 6-2, 6-0 Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) def. Landis Haynes & Parker Stephens (Concord) 6-0, 6-0 Rob Cummings & Adam Cummings (West Carteret) def. Anthony Coble & Ty Lagana (Williams) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Sean Huynh & Daniel Gartner (Lake Norman Charter) def. Luke Kirby & Eli Roberts (Crest) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Jonas Miyagawa & Connor Nicol (Carrboro) def. Wyatt Schmidt & Bryson Wall (J.H. Rose) 6-2, 6-2 Quarterfinal Round Scores Singles Draw James Dover (South Point) def. Stockton Rouse (J.H. Rose) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) def. Drew Crotts (Stuart Cramer) 6-0, 6-0 Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) def. Shiv Patel (South Point) 6-0, 6-2 Ajay Swisher (St. Stephens) def. Ethan Carlyle (C.B. Aycock) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) Doubles Draw Sam Thomas & Jonathan Peeler (Crest) def. Justin Conover & Porter Pelphrey (Orange) 7-5, 6-3 Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) def. Lewis Tate & Clint Powers (Hickory) 6-3, 6-0 Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) def. Rob Cummings & Adam Cummings (West Carteret) 6-0, 6-0 Jonas Miyagawa & Connor Nicol (Carrboro) def. Sean Huynh & Daniel Gartner (Lake Norman Charter) 6-4, 6-3 Semifinal Round Pairings Saturday, May 7, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m. Singles Draw James Dover (South Point) vs. Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) vs. Ajay Swisher (St. Stephens) Doubles Draw Sam Thomas & Jonathan Peeler (Crest) vs. Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) vs. Jonas Miyagawa & Connor Nicol (Carrboro) |
2022 4A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Scores Singles Draw Matthew Bautista (Enloe) def. Arush Gupta (Apex Friendship) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) Carl Gedlitschka (Grimsley) def. Lukas Kolmel (A.C. Reynolds) 6-3, 6-0 Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) def. Chris Davis (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-2, 6-0 Jayden Wellman (A.L. Brown) def. Joaquin Garcia (Hough) 6-0, 6-1 Ethan Boswell (South Mecklenburg) def. Adam Cartwright (Mount Tabor) 6-4, 6-2 Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) def. Ford Evans (Clayton) 6-0, 6-0 Walker Valentine (Lake Norman) def. Rohan Phukan (Ardrey Kell) 6-3, 6-0 Naresh Bharathy (Green Hope) def. Declan O’Brien (Millbrook) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Vivek Indiamuri & Brij Bhatt (Green Hope) 6-1, 6-2 Rish Reddy & Harrison Parker Williams (Marvin Ridge) def. Grant Partridge & Roman Shirazyan (Providence) 6-4, 6-1 Walt Reese & J.P. Damare (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Ved Chotalia & Prajwal Biradar (Panther Creek) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Burke Rosenbaum & C. Crenshaw (Davie County) def. Matthew Petereson & Andrew Binns (T.C. Roberson) 6-3, 6-3 Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) def. Andre Torres & Ben Powell (Page) 6-4, 7-5 Ethan Garcia & Ryan Suciu (Apex) def. Sean Conley & Sam Agnew (Cardinal Gibbons) 7-5, 6-4 Ellis Klanduch & Connor Gay (Lake Norman) def. Ben Moore & Jason Ratledge (Myers Park) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 Audie Ballantine & Alan Dimock (New Hanover) def. Aman Patel & Ayan Patel (Chapel Hill) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Quarterfinal Round Scores Singles Draw Carl Gedlitschka (Grimsley) def. Matthew Bautista (Enloe) 6-2, 6-1 Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) def. Jayden Wellman (A.L. Brown) 6-4, 6-4 Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) def. Ethan Boswell (South Mecklenburg) 6-2, 6-2 Walker Valentine (Lake Norman) def. Naresh Bharathy (Green Hope) 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Rish Reddy & Harrison Parker Williams (Marvin Ridge) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) Walt Reese & J.P. Damare (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Burke Rosenbaum & C. Crenshaw (Davie County) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) def. Ethan Garcia & Ryan Suciu (Apex) 6-2, 6-7 (7-5), 6-1 Ellis Klanduch & Connor Gay (Lake Norman) def. Audie Ballantine & Alan Dimock (New Hanover) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 Semifinal Round Pairings Saturday, May 7, 2022 @ 7:30 a.m. Singles Draw Carl Gedlitschka (Grimsley) vs. Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) vs. Walker Valentine (Lake Norman) Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) vs. Walt Reese & J.P. Damare (Cardinal Gibbons) Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) vs. Ellis Klanduch & Connor Gay (Lake Norman) |
This story was originally published May 6, 2022 at 7:34 PM.
