MIDLAND, MI— Players from across Michigan came together for the Division 3 MHSAA Lower Peninsula boys tennis finals at Midland Tennis Center on Saturday, October 25.
In singles, the number one seed in each flight won their brackets. The winners of each flight are as follows:
Flight 1) Ricky Jeong, Detroit Country Day
Flight 2) Samuel Kole-James, Detroit Country Day
Flight 3) Kenneth Hu, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
Flight 4) Josh Day, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
Doubles saw some of the most exciting games of the day, with crowds piling in to cheer on their favored team. The winners of each flight are as follows:
Flight 1) Charlie Khaghany and Preston Blum, Detroit Country Day
Flight 2) Rick Nie and Shiv Kumar, Detroit Country Day
Flight 3) Eli Whitmore and Evan Disselkoen, Holland Christian
Flight 4) Dylan Popat and Andy Yu, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
As players from each team finished out their final matches, team points were tallied and the state champions were crowned. The top two teams were separated by only one point. The top 5 teams and their points are as follows:
1st) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood | 34
2nd) Detroit Country Day | 33
3rd) Holland Christian | 26
4th) Ann Arbor Greenhills | 23
5th) Chelsea | 12
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