Chapel Hill, N.C. — Championships in singles and doubles in four different classifications will be up for grabs this weekend as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association holds its annual men’s tennis tournament championships at three different sites. Semifinalists in both singles and doubles at the regional level qualify for the state championships.

The 4-A championships are scheduled for the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, while the 3-A event will be held at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center. Both the 1-A and the 2-A championships are set for the Cary Tennis Center.

Action will get underway on Friday morning with the opening round of play at 10 a.m. in all classifications. Two rounds will be played on Friday, with the semifinals Saturday morning and the championship matches on Saturday afternoon. Since the field is smaller for the 1-A tournament, the only Saturday match will be the championship Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

More tennis finals are scheduled for next week, as all four classes of the men’s dual team tennis championships will be May 24 at the Burlington Tennis Center.

QUALIFIERS TO NCHSAA STATE INDIVIDUAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Singles and Doubles)

1A –Cary Tennis Center
Singles

West 1- Akash Dadlani (Albemarle) vs. East 4- Taylor Dalrymple (Topsail)
East 2- Cole Caplan (NCSSM) vs. West 3- Caleb Shelton (South Stokes)
East 1- Keith Funkhouser (NCSSM) vs. West 4- Zach High (Polk)
West 2- Grant Harrison (East Montgomery) vs. East 3- Blake Pleasants (Topsail)

Doubles
West 1- Tyler Grove/Robert Beal (Hendersonville) vs. East 4- Will Inscoe/Sheldon Miller (East Bladen)
East 2- Bobby Shultz/Mac Shultz (Raleigh Charter) vs. West 3- Houston Callaway/Ethan Lyon (East Wilkes)
East 1- Josh Grant/Conor Hughes (Topsail) vs. West 4- Logan Oliver/Cody Miller (Alleghany)
West 2- Nickolus John/Dusty Roberson (Mt. Airy) vs. East 3- Daniel Richter/Colby Strickland (Spring Creek)

2A –Cary Tennis Center
Singles

East 1- James Chase (First Flight) vs. West 4- Kyle Eiswald (Surry Central)
Midwest 2- Joe Goodman (Salisbury) vs. Mideast 3- Tyler Cook (Graham)
West 1- Ryan Poage (Shelby) vs. East 4- Tyson Lane (East Duplin)
Mideast 2- Michael Reilly (Cardinal Gibbons) vs. Midwest 3- Won Lak Choi (Newton-Conover)
Mideast 1- Will Rollinson (Cardinal Gibbons) vs. Midwest 4- DEFAULT
West 2- Mason McGlamery (Wilkes Central) vs. East 3- Nolan Outlaw (East Duplin)
Midwest 1- Josh Gill (Newton-Conover) vs. Mideast 4- Amir Najmabadji (Carrboro)
East 2- Lucas Ford (South Columbus) vs. West 3- Kirk Johnson (Surry Central)

Doubles

East 1- William Gray/ Taylor Sullivan (First Flight) vs. West 4- Andrew Dixon/Zane Crow (Shelby)
Midwest 2- Landon Rogers/Scott Buchanan (Ledford) vs. Mideast 3- Kory Adams/Matt Delafield (Northwood)
West 1- Nathan Poteat/Cody Poplin (North Wilkes) vs. East 4- Danny Siegel/Tony Stoll (Swansboro)
Mideast 2- Chris Geaslen/Chris Betz (Cardinal Gibbons) vs. Midwest 3- Alan Pernell/Will Huggins (Newton-Conover)
Mideast 1- Ryan Daly/Jonathan Fedorkowicz (Cardinal Gibbons) vs. Midwest 4- Hang Choi/Alex Burchins (Newton-Conover)
West 2- Chase Smith/Anand Patel (Ashe County) vs. East 3- Ian Cook/Tommy Taylor (First Flight)
Midwest 1- Avery Nelson/Huntley Nero (Lenoir Hibriten) vs. Mideast 4- Eric Simmons/Trey Cash (Greene Central)
East 2- Ethan Caudell/Bradley Walters (Saint Pauls) vs. West 3- Vince Kunath/Dexter Blackwell (North Henderson)

3A –Burlington Tennis Center
Singles

East 1- Blake Vail (Charles B. Aycock) vs. West 4- Trey Mckee (Lake Norman)
Midwest 2- Charles Wolbers (Sun Valley) vs. Mideast 3- Patrick Sonnleitner (Southern Lee)
West 1- Luke Synn (Hickory) vs. East 4- Martin Wdowiak (Beddingfield)
Mideast 2- Jason Hull (Western Guilford) vs. Midwest 3- Andrew Treske (Marvin Ridge)
Mideast 1- Gregory Patterson (Western Alamance) vs. Midwest 4- Andrew Baird (Marvin Ridge)
West 2- Jacob Wright (T.C. Roberson) vs. East 3- Michael Barnes (Southern Nash)
Midwest 1- Daniel Tobben (Charlotte Catholic) vs. Mideast 4- Pete Conaty (Southern Lee)
East 2- Drew Jackson (Eastern Wayne) vs. West 3- Andrew McKinnon (Lake Norman)

Doubles

East 1- Alex Durham/Travis Kirkpatrick (Rocky Mount) vs. West 4- Joe Wimmer/Whit Hutton (Hickory)
Midwest 2- Michael Huber/David Anderson (Charlotte Catholic) vs. Mideast 3- Brandon Reid/Patrick Lewis (Western Guilford)
West 1- Luke Gillis/Tripp Hawkins (Statesville) vs. East 4- Ben Evans/Dylan Quinn (C.B. Aycock)
Mideast 2- Jared Bryant/Rajiv Dinakaran (Western Alamance) vs. Midwest 3- Michael Huber/David Anderson (Charlotte Catholic)
Mideast 1- Adam Blaser/Ross Powell (Williams) vs. Midwest 4- Adam Beam/Brandon Burchfield (Concord)
West 2- Brandon Rouse/Ross Wilson (Forestview) vs. East 3- Addison Westbrook/Blake Cooper (CB Aycock)
Midwest 1- Travis Sandman/Evan Hurley (SE Guilford) vs. Mideast 4- Chris Sparks/Brendan Byers (Western Alamance)
East 2- Nicolas Finet/Kyle Ramsey (Southern Nash) vs. West 3- Brooks Frederick/Brandon Hoge (TC Roberson)

4A—Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, University of North Carolina
Singles

East 1- Ryan Noble (Terry Sanford) vs. West 4- Alfredo Henriques (Ardrey Kell)
Midwest 2- Ryan Matthews (NW Guilford) vs. Mideast 3- Tim Bayus (East Chapel Hill)
West 1- Matt Oakes (Weddington) vs. East 4- Gabriel Byrd (EE Smith)
Mideast 2- Jake Bowling (Green Hope) vs. Midwest 3- Patrick Cunningham (Mt. Tabor)
Mideast 1- Andrew Malizia (Chapel Hill) vs. Midwest 4- Anthony Lopez (Hopewell)
West 2- Merritt Trigg (Myers Park) vs. East 3- Daniel Gonzalez (Southeast Raleigh)
Midwest 1- Landon Kinsey (Page) vs. Mideast 4- Sam Weissler (East Chapel Hill)
East 2- Daniel Hall (Pinecrest) vs. West 3- Chuck Kuang (Myers Park)

Doubles

East 1- Andrew Bock/Ryan Anderson (Terry Sanford) vs. West 4- Skylar Warren/Trey Patterson (AC Reynolds)
Midwest 2- Alex Weber/Garrison Kinney (West Forsyth) vs. Mideast 3- Sean Weber/Jeff Cobb (Millbrook)
West 1- Brendan O’Connor/ Ryan Forbes (Arbrey Kell) vs. East 4- Bradley Thwaites/Michael Hieronymus (Pinecrest)
Mideast 2- Jack Parks/J.B. Weaver (Broughton) vs. Midwest 3- Forrest Cannon/Gray Cannon (JM Robinson)
Mideast 1- Viking Edeback/Wesley Barrett (Apex) vs. Midwest 4- Mitch Wasson/Seshank Arimilli (NW Guilford)
West 2- Peter Tonon/Mickey Worthington (Ardrey Kell) vs. East 3- Will Kent/Nick Garrett (Hoggard)
Midwest 1- Connor Sherwood/Jon Roy (Grimsley) vs. Mideast 4- Pierce Hoover/Adam Flur (Northern Durham)
East 2- Dana Parziale/ Will Davis (Pinecrest) vs. West 3- Graham Battle/Steve Lake (Watauga)

NCHSAA FastFacts
Event: NCHSAA Men’s Tennis Tournament Championships
Date: May 16-17, 2008
Site: 1-A: Cary Tennis Center; 2-A: Cary Tennis Center; 3-A: Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center; 4-A: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
First Held: 1916
Qualifiers: Semifinalists in both singles and doubles at the regional level qualify for the state events
Of Interest: Former NBA star and coach John Lucas was a three-time NCHSAA singles tennis champion from 1970-72 at Durham Hillside.