MPH Apply Now

BOYS’ TENNIS: Mounties place three in C-1 semis

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Little Falls sent three entries to the semifinals Monday at Section III’s Class C-1 tournament.

Kyle Barnes, the Mounties’ No. 1 singles player, was a finalist while Mitchell Smith and the Joe Mihevc/James Scanlon doubles team also reached the semifinals of their flights. Barnes settled for second place with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Manlius-Pebble Hill’s Andrew Mariados after beating Matt Larkin of Clinton 6-0, 6-1 in his semifinal at Syracuse University’s Skytop complex.

Smith, playing third singles, defeated Sauquoit Valley’s Ryan Burton 6-0, 6-3 in his third-place match. Scanlon and Mihevc, Little Falls’ top doubles team, were beaten 6-2, 6-3 by a team from Manlius-Pebble Hill in their third-place match.

Manlius-Pebble Hill had winners in the top two singles flights, Clinton won at third singles and first doubles, and Skaneateles had the top second doubles team.

In the Class C-2 tournament at Utica’s John Mott Parkway Tennis Center, Poland Tornado Cameron Tabor advanced to the semifinals at third singles by winning his first two matches. Tabor defeated Alexandria Bay’s Kyle Gionet 6-0, 6-4 in the opening round and Daniel Snow from Immaculate Heart of Watertown 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Tournament play continued Tuesday.

FIRST SINGLES

QUARTERFINALS

Matt Larkin (Clinton) defeated Aayush Gosrani (Sauquoit Valley), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6.

Colin Farquhar (Lowville Academy) defeated Matt Aguilar (Pulaski), 6-1, 6-3.

SEMIFINALS

Kyle Barnes (Little Falls) defeated Larkin (Clinton), 6-0, 6-1.

Andrew Mariados (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Farquhar (Lowville Academy), 6-1, 6-0.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Mariados (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Barnes (Little Falls), 6-0, 6-0.

THIRD PLACE

Farquhar (Lowville Academy) defeated Larkin (Clinton), 6-3, 6-1.

SECOND SINGLES

QUARTERFINALS

Ryan Burton (Sauquoit Valley) defeated Larry Halsey (Pulaski), 6-3, 6-3.

Mitchell Smith (Little Falls) defeated Schuyler Malak (Clinton), 7-5, 7-6.

Collin Stewart (Lowville Academy) defeated Ethan Weldon (Skaneateles), 6-3, 6-3.

SEMIFINALS

Ryley Amond (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Burton (Sauquoit Valley), 6-1, 6-1.

Stewart (Lowville Academy) defeated Smith (Little Falls), 6-2, 6-1.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Amond (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Stewart (Lowville Academy), 6-0, 6-1.

THIRD PLACE

Smith (Little Falls) defeated Burton (Sauquoit Valley), 6-0, 6-3.

THIRD SINGLES

QUARTERFINALS

Noah Zaffino (Clinton) defeated Jacob Nicholson (Pulaski), 6-3, 6-4.

Connor Driscoll (Skaneateles) defeated Eddie Rose (Little Falls), 6-1, 6-0.

SEMIFINALS

Driscoll (Skaneateles) defeated Ini Oguntula (Manlius-Pebble Hill), 6-3, 6-1.

Zaffino (Clinton) defeated Chris Mazza (Sauquoit Valley), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Zaffino (Clinton) defeated Driscoll (Skaneateles), 7-5, 6-3.

CONSOLATION

Oguntula (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Mazza (Sauquoit Valley), 6-2, 6-0.

QUARTERFINALS

Nathan DuVall and Jarett Rhodes (Lowville Academy) defeated Dan Redmond and Nicholas Rubino (Holland Patent), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Joe Mihevc and James Scanlon (Little Falls) defeated Connor Brown and Eric DeRosia (Sauquoit Valley), 6-0, 6-0.

Adam Blanks and Sam Olsen (Clinton) defeated Luca Kunz and Griffin Wallawender (Skaneateles), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

SEMIFINALS

DuVall/Rhodes (Lowville Academy) defeated Mihevc/Scanlon (Little Falls), 6-2, 6-2.

Blanks/Olsen (Clinton) defeated Cole Meier and Max Zirkman (Manlius-Pebble Hill), 6-1, 6-1.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Blanks/Olsen (Clinton) defeated DuVall/Rhodes (Lowville Academy), 6-0, 6-1.

THIRD PLACE

Meier/Zirkman (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Mihevc/Scanlon (Little Falls), 6-2, 6-3.

SECOND DOUBLES

QUARTERFINALS

Tyler Schloop and Keith Marble (Sauquoit Valley) defeated Alex Hoover and Connor Thomson (Mt. Markham), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Zach Hardy and Ryan Rubenzahl (Lowville Academy) defeated Simon Burnham and Zakary Odrzykowski (Holland Patent), 6-0, 6-0. Ryan Bailey and Anthony Panasci (Skaneateles) defeated Will Corbett and Vinny Marchese (Little Falls), 6-0, 6-1.

SEMFINALS

Trilok Reddy and Morgan Smith (Manlius-Pebble Hill) defeated Schloop/Marble (Sauquoit Valley) 6-0, 6-0.

Bailey/Panasci (Skaneateles) defeated Hardy/Rubenzahl (Lowville Academy) 6-1, 6-3.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Bailey/Panasci (Skaneateles) defeated Reddy/Smith (Manlius-Pebble Hill), 6-4, 6-4.

THIRD PLACE

Hardy/Rubenzahl (Lowville Academy) defeated Schloop/Marble (Sauquoit Valley), 6-1, 6-2.