By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural tennis got a runnerup doubles finish from juniors Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham and a third-place singles finish from junior Keegan Knudtson on the way to finishing second as a team in Tuesday's 10-school Topeka West Invitational at Kossover Tennis Center.
Washburn Rural's Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham, talking to Rural coach Michelle Rose, finished second in doubles in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Deutscher and Willingham rallied from an early deficit to win their semifinal match before dropping an 8-7 (7-3 tiebreaker) to Blue Valley Southwest in the doubles championship match.
Washburn Rural junior Keegan Knudtson finished third in singles in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational, helping Rural finish third as a team. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
After dropping a semifinal match to singles champion Sanjay Rajkumar of Blue Valley Southwest, Knudtson claimed an 8-3 win over Shawnee Heights' Brock Corley in the third-place match.
Blue Valley Southwest took the team title by a 79-68 margin over Washburn Rural.
Topeka West's Julian Ramcharan and Collin McGee led the Chargers with a sixth-place doubles finish in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Topeka West got a sixth-place doubles finish from Collin McGee and Julian Ramcharan.
TOPEKA WEST INVITATIONAL
Team scores
Blue Valley Southwest 79, Washburn Rural 68, Olathe South 67, Lawrence 59, Salina Central 50, Piper 47, Shawnee Heights 39, Topeka West 36, Kansas City Christian 33, Hayden 10.
Individual results
Singles
Championship -- Rajkumar, Blue Valley Southwest, def. Fosha, Olathe South, 8-3.
Third -- Knudtson, Washburn Rural, def. Corley, Shawnee Heights, 8-3.
Fifth -- Sikes, Lawrence, winner by inj. default over Seitz, Kansas City Christian.
Doubles
Championship -- Jagannath/Reddy, Blue Valley Southwest, def. Deutscher/Willingham, Washburn Rural, 8-7 (7-3).
Third -- Vogel/Greenamyre, Piper, def. Traudt/Hodapp, Olathe South, 8-2.
Fifth -- Lavin/Bauch, Lawrence, def. McGee/Ramcharan, Topeka West, 8-0.
