By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Doubles champions Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham paced Washburn Rural to the Centennial League tennis team championship Monday at Junction City.
Washburn Rural won the Centennial League boys tennis championship Monday in Junction City. [Washburn Rural tennis]
Washburn Rural placed all four of its entries in the top five places en route to a 39-36 victory over Manhattan in the team race.
In addition to Deutscher and Willingham's title, the Junior Blues also got third and fifth-place singles finishes from Keegan Knudtson and Greyson Jones and a fourth-place doubles finish from Ben Tryhus and Keegan O'Connor.
Topeka High's Tres Lassiter was the Centennial League runnerup in singles while Hayden's Chase Blaser and Evan George finished second in doubles.
Lassiter, the city champ in No. 1 singles, dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to Jay Hoke in the singles final while Deutscher and Willingham took a 6-4, 6-3 win over Blaser and George.
Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter finished second in singles in Monday's Centennial League tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High, which finished third as a team, also got a third-place doubles finish from Alex Raymond and Christian Sink while Hayden finished fourth in the team standings.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Junction City
Team scores
Washburn Rural 39, Manhattan 36, Topeka High 30, Hayden 25, Junction City 20, Emporia 6.
Individual results
Singles
Championship -- Jay Hoke, Manhattan, def. Tres Lassiter, Topeka High, 6-0, 6-0.
Third -- Keegan Knudtson, Washburn Rural, def. Advith Natarajan, Manhattan, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
Fifth -- Greyson Jones, Washburn Rural, def. Aidyn Thurn, Junction City, 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles
Championship -- Deutscher/Willingham, Washburn Rural, def. Blaser/George, Hayden, 6-4, 6-3.
Third -- Raymond/Sink, Topeka High, def. Tryhus/O'Connor, Washburn Rural, NA.
Fifth -- Arthaud-Day/Morgan, Manhattan, def. Byerly/Spiegel, Manhattan, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
