KNIGHTS BIG DAY AT KC INVITATIONAL!
Richey and Bobby King were named KC Invitational Double Champions.
The Knights boys tennis team had a full and successful day at one of the Midwest's most significant tournaments on Monday. In the flighted singles and doubles tournament, the Knights finished with multiple medallists.
In a tough A singles bracket, Sunny Gandhari lost his first round to a strong BVW seed, but went on to defeat Lawrence Free State, 8-1, and followed with a win against Blue Valley, 8-1. Sunny finished with a convincing 5th place win against Park Hill, 8-1.
In B singles, Dylan Markey finished 2-2 with wins in the consolation bracket against Manhattan HS and LS North, the last in a Markey tiebreak specialty, 7-6.
The strongest showings were in doubles. In the B bracket, George Colombo and Aaram Salam dominated in the first round against Lee's Summit West, 8-2. The boys brought their best tennis to the quarterfinals where they beat a strong Blue Valley North team, 8-6. After a semi-final loss to BVNW, George and Aaram started out strong, but lost 5,3 to BV West, securing a 4th place medal.
In the A doubles, Richey and Bobby King jumped 8-0 on LS North in the first round and defeated a Manhattan pair, 8-0 in the second. They dominated the semifinals against a strong Pembroke Hill team 6-2, 6-2 and moved into the championship round against a solid pair from Rockhurst. Richey and Bobby used strong serves and even better service returns to win the first set 6-2, In the second set the boys fell behind Rockhurst 2-3 before dominating the net to run off 4 in a row for a 6-2, 6-3 become KC Invitational doubles champs.
The Knights take on Bishop MIege tomorrow with the varsity at Woodside Racket Club and the JV boys at home.
