Jackson's Samuel Song Wins 4A District 1 Boys Tennis Singles Title
Song beat Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu in straight sets at the 4A district tournament, while Wesco 3A South and North crowned their own champions on Wednesday.
By Jennifer Paige ·
Jackson's Samuel Song won the 4A District 1 boys tennis singles title on Wednesday, beating Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu 6-2, 6-3 in the final at Arlington.
Xu finished second after a 6-2, 6-2 win over Glacier Peak teammate Aarnov Arora. Lake Stevens' Saahith Vangala took fourth, followed by Jackson's Chris Cho and Kamiak's Paul Ha.
Song earned a berth at the state tournament, set for May 21-22 in Kennewick. Lake Stevens athletic director Scott Sifferman said it will be decided in the spring whether District 1 receives a second state berth.
In 4A doubles, Jackson's Andy Stark and Ryan Wijaya finished a dominant district run with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over their school's No. 2 pair, Arhan Sinha and Rajveer Lahankar. Sinha and Lahankar secured second place with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kamiak's third-place duo of Edward Hammar and Christian Shin. Glacier Peak's Krew Russon and Zachary Wynder placed fourth, Kamiak's Tony Nguyen and Jaden Shan were fifth, and Lake Stevens' Peter Lapin and Clement Vrillacq were sixth.
At the Wesco 3A South tournament in Edmonds, Shorecrest sophomore Mihai Stransky rallied to win the league singles title. He lost the first set to Shorewood senior Seb Sanchez 6-1, then won the next two sets 6-2 and 6-1. Shorewood's Jacob Mignogna and Tyson Castaneda and Edmonds-Woodway freshman Michael Mkyrtachev also finished in the top five and qualified for next week's 3A District 1 tournament.
Shorewood's Drew Johnson and Ethan Dong won the South doubles title, beating Edmonds-Woodway's Eli Agol and Will Spear 6-1, 6-3. Other pairs advancing to districts were Mountlake Terrace's Stephen Valmayor and Kevin Vesvarut, Shorewood's Reid Bley and Drew Boyd, and the Shorecrest freshman combination of Lleyton Hoy and Jasper Dahl.
In the Wesco 3A North tournament at Stanwood, Snohomish junior Jackson Fawcett became league champion with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Cascade's Jiang Yang. Fawcett and the next five placers earned spots in next week's 3A District 1 tournament, which will be played on Fawcett's home courts. Stanwood's Tanner Perez and Brody Seigel and Monroe's Camden Potter also earned district berths.
Snohomish also took the North doubles title, as Tully VanAssche and Maverick Stocker won a tight match over Stanwood's Kellan Zill and Jess Henken, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5). The other doubles teams qualifying for districts were Cascade's Stony Bik and Kai Loeung, Everett's Evan Brunni and Elisha Hekker, and Monroe's Isaiah Kiehl and Lucas Hogle.
Source: The Everett Herald
