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SALT LAKE CITY — With the final swing of his senior season, Rowland Hall's Luca Bresloff clinched a sweep of the Winged Lions' singles players, and put the final nail in a five-year quest to make it back on top.
Bresloff's 6-0, 7-5 win over Grantsville's Camden Killian added a third state singles title to go with Jaiden Handlon and Eric Lu's second individual championship as Rowland Hall pulled away for its first 3A boys tennis championship since 2018.
"Waterford lost a couple of big players, but we've had a few seniors including myself who worked hard and wanted to win state for a while," Bresloff said. "I think it's great for the younger guys, to get a championship back — and hopefully these guys can continue it and keep playing strong."
Jaiden Handlon added an individual title in first singles, and Eric Lu won his second individual championship for the Winged Lions, who ended Waterford's three-year run as 3A state champions.
Waterford held off Ogden by one point for second place, with Juab and American Heritage rounding out the top five.
The Lions (and every other tennis competitor) capped a long weekend with bliss, after scattered thunderstorms across the Salt Lake Valley delayed Saturday's finals several times (and moved the accompanying 5A tournament to the Salt Lake Tennis Club, while 3A competitors finished at Liberty Park).
"Yesterday was nice, nice and calm and easy. Today there was weather off the bat, and I was kind of looking forward to watching 5A," Bresloff said. "I don't really like playing in the bubble, either.
"It's definitely just relief," he added. "I'm proud of everyone for winning; it's nice to finally win."
UHSAA 3A boys tennis tournament
Top 10 teams
- Rowland Hall 65
- Waterford 34
- Ogden 33
- Juab 24
- American Heritage 19
- Grantsville 18
- Morgan 18
- Richfield 13
- North Sanpete 10
- Judge Memorial 9
First singles
- Semifinals: Jaiden Handlon, Rowland Hall, d. Diego Garrido, Juan Diego, 6-0, 6-0; Jackson Toliver, Ogden, d. Tinder Christianson, Waterford, 6-0, 6-0.
- Championship: Handlon, Rowland Hall, d. Toliver, Ogden, 6-2, 6-1.
Second singles
- Semifinals: Eric Lu, Rowland Hall, d. Rowan Hodell, Waterford, 6-0, 6-0; Spencer Christensen, Ogden, d. Parker Peterson, American Heritage, 6-1, 6-4.
- Championship: Lu, Rowland Hall, d.Christensen, Ogden, 6-0, 6-0.
Third singles
- Semifinals: Camden Killian, Grantsville, d. Peter Ondrus, Ogden, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Luca Bressloff, Rowland Hall, d. Tanner Peterson, American Heritage, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
- Championship: Bresloff, Rowland Hall, d. Killian, Grantsville, 6-0, 7-5.
First doubles
- Semifinals: Kyler Williams and Levi Covington, Juab, d. Carter Bladen and Evan Harris, Morgan, 6-2, 6-2; Zachary Klein and Hans Baker, Rowland Hall, d. Sahil Shah and Preston Jenkins, Waterford, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4).
- Championship: Williams and Covington, Juab, d. Klein and Baker, Rowland Hall, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Second doubles
- Semifinals: Will Damico and Duke O'Neil, Rowland Hall, d. Jacob Hanks and Kayson Keyte, Juab, 6-3, 6-2; Grant Christensen and Owen Hammond, Waterford, d. Alex Ivester and Gavin Holladay, Ogden, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4.
- Championship: Christensen and Hammond, Waterford, d. Damico and O'Neil, Rowland Hall, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
