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SALT LAKE CITY — Waterford singlehandedly dominated the singles game to hold off Rowland Hall for its third Class 3A boys tennis state title for the third consecutive season.
The Ravens' win is the third time in four years they've won the state tennis title. The only non-winning result in that span was 2020, and that season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year's title was anything but easy, though.
Lalith Suresh took the No. 1 singles title with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Rowland Hall's Jaiden Handlon, and Jeffrey Kulsomphob added the No. 2 singles championship with a 6-0, 6-1 win over teammate Daniel McNally.
That meant that when Dawson Jenkins cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Juab's Levi Covington, Waterford had clinched the team title — barely.
Rowland Hall rallied from a pair of first-set losses to take both doubles titles through No. 1 tandem Noah Edgar and Auden Bown and No. 2 duo Luca Bressloff and Zach Klein. But it left the Winged Lions four points short of the team championship.
The Ravens clinched their 10th title in school history, a run that goes back to three-in-a-row from the 2005-07 season for the Sandy-based private school.
In the 5A tournament also held at Liberty Park, Skyline's Michael Cherchio held on for a 6-3, 7-6 semifinal victory on the fourth tiebreaker before cruising to a 6-3, 6-4 win in second singles and help the Eagles hold off rival Brighton for their third state championship in four seasons (five years).
Skyline teammate Gunnar Wollar took the third singles' championship with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Orem's Solomon Jones, and Sam Stewart and Drew Waldrop took second singles honors with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Olympus' George Goodson and Jake Fankhauser.
Class 3A boys tennis meet
Liberty Park, Salt Lake City
Team totals
Waterford 26, Rowland Hall 22, Juan 9, Grantsville 7, Morgan 5, Carbon 4, Delta 3, Manti 3, American Heritage 2, North Sanpete 2, Richfield 2, South Sevier 2, Judge Memorial 1, San Juan 1, Telos 1.
No. 1 singles
Semifinals: Jaiden Handlon, Rowland Hall, d. Camdin Nelson, Grantsville, 6-1, 6-0; Lalith Suresh, Waterford, d. Parker Peterson, American Heritage, 6-1, 6-0.
Championship: Suresh def. Handlon, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 2 singles
Semifinals: Jeffrey Kulsomphob, Waterford, d. Quinn Belknap, Juan, 6-3, 6-0; Daniel McNally, Waterford, d. Carter Killian, Grantsville, 6-2, 6-2.
Championship: Kulsomphob d. McNally, 6-0, 6-1.
No. 3 singles
Semifinals: Dawson Jenkins, Waterford, d. Derrick Jorgensen, Carbon, 6-1, 6-1; Levi Covington, Juab, d. Cole McCartney, Rowland, 6-3, 6-3.
Championship: Jenkins d. Covington, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 1 doubles
Semifinals: Noah Edgar-Auden Bown, Rowland Hall, d. Nathan Millburn-Evan Harris, Morgan, 6-1, 6-2; Tarun Martheswaran-Omed Moshirfar, Waterford, d. Jake Cox-Josh Cox, North Snapte, 6-1, 6-0.
Championship: Edgar-Brown d. Martheswaran-Moshirfar, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2 doubles
Semifinals: Luca Bressloff-Zach Klein, Rowland Hall, d. Kevin Cox-Dyson Winsor, Manti, 6-0, 6-2; Owen Hammond-Grant Christensen, Waterford, d. Quinten White-Brennan Harvey, Grantsville, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Championship: Bressloff-Klein d. Hammond-Christensen, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
Class 5A boys tennis state meet
Liberty Park, Salt Lake City
Team totals
Skyline 26, Brighton 18, Olympus 9, Orem 7, Park City 4, Alta 3, Farmington 3, Highland 3, Viewmont 3, Wasatch 3, Woods Cross 3, Bountiful 2, Salem Hills 2, Spanish Fork 2, Box Elder 1, Maple Mountain 1.
No. 1 singles
Semifinals: Ethan Green, Skyline, d. Copper Jenkins, Wasatch, 6-2, 6-0; Hardy Owen, Brighton, d. Nate Tulles, Viewmont, 6-2, 6-0.
Championship: Owen d. Green, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 singles
Semifinals: Michael Cherchio, Skyline, d. Chuck Frey, Farmington, 6-3, 7-6 (4); Parker Hopkin, Brighton, d. Matt Holmes, Olympus, 6-3, 6-1.
Championship: Cherchio d. Hopkin, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 3 singles
Semifinals: Gunnar Wollar, Skyline, d. Coen Woolley, Park City, 6-4, 6-3; Solomon Jones, Orem, d. Davis Turley, Brighton, 7-5, 6-4.
Championship: Woller d. Jones, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 1 doubles
Semifinals: Owen Hopkin-Ford Owen, Brighton, d. Mile Headmen-Oscar Smith, Olympus, 6-4, 6-2; Kyle Rasmussen-Dean Weaver, Skyline, d. Christian Buss-Jace Fleming, Orem, 6-0, 6-1.
Championship: Hopkin-Owen d. Buss-Fleming, 7-6 (15), 6-2.
No. 2 doubles
Semifinals: Sam Stewart-Drew Waldrop, Skyline, d. Andrew Huish-Skyler Rigtrup, Spanish Fork, 6-1, 6-4; George Goodson-Jake Fankhauser, Olympus, d. Spencer Hall-Will Clawson, Highland, 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-2.
Championship: Stewart-Waldrop d. Goodson-Fankhauser, 6-4, 6-2.
