Six singles players and nine doubles teams from the Chagrin Valley Conference placed among the top four at their respective sectional tournaments to earn a berth in next weekend’s district tournament.
Listed below are the district qualifiers from each sectional tournament:
DIVISION II – BOARDMAN
In an all-Geneva sectional final, Isaiah Rose and Logan Willsey teamed up to defeat Myles Colgan and L.J. Stark in the Division II Boardman doubles sectional championship match, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Both doubles teams advanced to the district tournament.
Rose and Willsey won their first two matches, 6-0, 6-0, and then advanced to the championship round with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win over Beachwood’s Ari Synenberg and Joseph Mo.
Colgan and Stark advanced to the finals with 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0, 6-0 wins, and then defeated Canfield’s doubles team in the semifinals, 6-2, 6-0.
The Beachwood team of Synenberg and Mo placed fourth and will compete at the district tournament.
DIVISION II – STRONGSVILLE
Orange’s Illia Shcherbakov won the sectional title after finishing the tournament 5-0.
He won three of his first four matches with 6-0, 6-0 scores, and he won one by default. He defeated a familiar foe in the championship match as he faced off against Orange teammate Vivaan Moghekar.
Shcherbakov won the championship bout, 6-0, 6-0.
Moghekar won his first three matches, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, and advanced to the finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Orange teammate Zayd Adi, who rallied back from the semifinal defeat to place third.
All three Orange players will compete at the district tournament.
Orange also advanced two doubles teams to the district tournament.
Adam Saab and Joseph DeMata Hiciano won the sectional title with a 6-2, 6-3 win over teammates Atreya Bhatt and Ishan Bhatt in the championship match.
DIVISION II – SOLON
Three CVC players advanced to the district tournament out of the singles bracket.
Hawken’s Alex Neely took home the sectional title after cruising into the finals with four dominating victories. He closed out his sectional title with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Hawken teammate, Nihal Gummadala.
West Geauga’s Michael Wenger dropped a semifinal match to Gummadala but bounced back with a win in the third-place match. He’ll join the Hawken duo at the district tournament.
The CVC advanced four doubles teams to the district tournament.
Hawken’s Zach Forte and Billy Beseth won the sectional title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hawken teammates Tyler Snyder and Anthony Piazza.
Chagrin Falls’ Andrew Walker and Eric Goyzman placed third after dropping a semifinal match to Forte and Beseth. Walker and Goyzman defeated Chagrin Falls teammates Jude Bidar and Matthew Busby in the third-place match, 6-0, 6-2.
The Division II district tournament will take place on May 23 and May 24 at Springside Athletic Club in Akron.
District brackets are listed below:
