PERRY—Geneva edged out Edgewood by the narrowest of margins in claiming the 2023 Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division title on Saturday.
Geneva scored 23 points while Edgewood finished with 22. Lakeside rounded out the top three with 20 points.
Perry’s Allen Morris won the first singles title with a 2-0 record. He beat Wickliffe’s A.J. Levon in the semifinals, 6-0, 6-1, and then knocked off Geneva’s Isaac Riddell in the finals, 6-1, 7-6. Edgewood’s Noah Vencill placed third and Levon finished fourth.
Edgewood’s Robbie DiGiacomo pulled off an upset at second singles when he beat top-seeded Brody Hicks of Perry in the championship match, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Lakeside’s Finley Stanelun topped Geneva’s Chris Wainio in the third-place match.
Vinnie DeGeorge gave Edgewood a second title when he beat Geneva’s L.J. Stark for the third singles title, 6-1, 6-1. Lakeside’s Grayson Petros beat Wickliffe’s Kurt Boergert for third place.
In doubles action, Wickliffe’s Anthony Shaw and Ryan Latkovich entered the tournament as the third seed at first doubles but went on to defeat the second and first seeds on the way to winning their conference title. They opened the tournament with a 5-7, 6-4, 11-9 win over Edgewood’s team of Evan Rantanen and Carter Howard, then beat Geneva’s second-seeded team of Ari Loveridge and Owen Emmett in the semifinals, 5-7, 6-4, 10-5. They closed out their championship run with a 7-6, 7-6 win over the top-seeded team from Lakeside, Matthew Surbella and Ty Hamilton. Geneva’s doubles team beat Perry’s Dorian Hine and Maharshi Patel for third place.
Geneva’s Eric Allen and Myles Colgan avoided the upset at second doubles by defending their top seed. They opened the tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Edgewood’s squad of Nick DeFazio and Aiden Kachersky, and then beat Lakeside’s team of Owen Meaney and Sergio Lozano in the finals, 6-2, 6-3. Edgewood topped Kirtland’s team of Bobby Whittaker and Hanna Rauch for third place, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
