Boys Tennis: Richards moves on to districts

Two Sequim High School doubles teams ousted at league tourney

October 28, 2015 2:24 pm
Matthew Richards returns a hit in the last match of the season on Oct. 14. He’ll be Sequim’s lone representative at districts this week.
Matthew Richards returns a hit in the last match of the season on Oct. 14. He’ll be Sequim’s lone representative at districts this week.

Sequim Gazette staff

Sequim’s No. 1 singles player Matthew Richards placed fourth in the boys’ singles at the Olympic League Meet over Oct. 21-22.

He came in as the No. 3 seed to the tournament and defeated Cutter Bedford of Bremerton in two sets, 6-1, 6-1, and Mitch Kunold of North Kitsap 6-3, 6-4.

He lost to second-place finisher Janson Pederson of Port Angeles 6-2, 6-4, to setup a third-place match with Cameron Dubos of Bremerton 7-5, 7-5.

Richards will advance to the Class 2A West Central District tournament on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31, in the Kitsap Tennis Center in Bremerton.

Sequim’s No. 1 doubles teams Justin Porter and Stephen Prorok finished sixth in the doubles bracket and just missed out on a spot at districts as the top five singles and doubles teams advance.

They went into the league tournament as the No. 5 seed and played Tyler Aerne and Logan Peck of Olympic High School and won 6-2, 6-0. They were defeated by third-place finishers Robby Henshaw and Nate McCown of North Kitsap in a close matchup 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 7-6 (7-5).

In the consolation, they defeated Jacob Denney and Bryce Hecker in three sets 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 7-6 (7-1) before losing to Olympic’s Isaiah Pajimula and Prab Sangha 6-1, 6-1.

Sequim’s other doubles team Dillon Liebert and Blake Wiker went in seeded 13th and also played North Kitsap’s Henshaw and  McCown and lost 6-2, 6-0. In the consolation, they lost to Olympic’s Aerne and Peck 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

On the season, the Wolves finished 3-9 in the Olympic League and 5-10 overall.