Seven Chagrin Valley Conference tennis players are headed to the state tournament after finishing among the top four at the district tournament on Saturday.
Orange’s Vivaan Moghekar and Illia Shcherbakov, and Hawken’s Alex Neely advanced in the singles competition, while Hawken’s Zach Forte and Billy Beseth, and Tyler Snyder and Anthony Piazza punched their ticket to state in doubles play.
Moghekar went 3-1 in finishing second at the district tournament.
He opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-3 win over West Geauga’s Michael Wenger, then swept Central Christian’s Aaron Miedel, 6-0, 6-0. He advanced to the championship match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Neely.
Heartland Christian’s Cooper Grim defeated Moghekar in the finals, 6-3, 6-0.
Shcherbakov placed third.
He opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 win and then advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. He fell to Grim in the semis, 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, but rebounded with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Neely in the third-place match.
Neely won two matches in advancing to the semifinals, where he fell to Moghekar, and then dropped a second straight match to Shecherbakov for third place.
Forte and Beseth teamed up to win the district title.
The Hawken duo opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 win, then advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-0 victory. A 6-4, 6-1 win in the semifinals set up an all-Hawken championship match with Forte and Beseth edging Snyder and Piazza, 7-5, 6-3.
The 2025 OHSAA state championships will take place on May 29 and 30 at the College of Wooster.
