Columbia River sophomore Lucas Walburn, and the Rapids doubles team of Fuller Beyer and Trent Sarvela reached the finals of the 2A bi-district boys tennis tournament on Wednesday at Steamboat Island Tennis Club in Olympia.
Walburn, a state qualifier last year and coming off a 2A GSHL title, won both his matches to get into Thursday’s singles final.
He opened with a quarterfinal win over Kieran Cox of Tumwater 6-0, 6-0 and then beat Jacoby Corwin of Centralia 6-1, 6-2. Walburn will next face Justin Chung of W.F. West.
Chung advanced with a 6-2, 6-0 semifinal win over Fort Vancouver senior Andrew Walczyk.
In doubles, Beyer and Sarvela, both seniors, beat teammates Cameron Harris and Nate Little in the semifinals 7-6, 6-4.
Their next opponents are Jayden Lovingfoss and Wyatt Wagner of Shelton, who beat Washougal’s team of juniors Austin Mattern and Evan Elliott 6-4, 6-1 in the other semifinal.
4A bi-district tennis
The 4A Greater St. Helens League had a perfect day at the first day of the 4A bi-district boys tennis tournament in Kent.
Rohan Thawani of Union and Leo Zhao of Camas clinched berths to the state tournament next spring by advancing to Thursday’s singles semifinals after two wins on Wednesday. Zhao beat Skyview’s Aidan Bucerzan in the quarterfinals to advance.
Aidan Brasier and Tommy James of Camas, along with Jacob Lee and Alex Lin of Union, also clinched state berths in doubles with two wins on Wednesday. Lee and Lin advanced with a tough 4-6, 7-6 (4), 14-12 win over Nathan Chen and Kyle Wen of Camas in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal losers need to post two wins in the consolation bracket to earn a berth to state.
Stars of the day
- Brooklyn Burns, Camas girls soccer, scored two goals and had two assists in the Papermakers’ 5-1 win over Battle Ground to wrap up the 4A GSHL title.
- Adrianne Agbayani, Evergreen girls soccer, scored two goals as the Plainsmen beat Kelso 3-1 to move into third place in the 3A Greater St. Helens League.
- Mari Armenta, Mountain View girls soccer, scored a goal unassisted and assisted on two other goals as the Thunder shut out Heritage 5-0 in the 3A GSHL match.
- Sam Groesbeck, Skyview girls soccer, and Stephanie Leckwold, Union girls soccer, each posted a clean sheet in their respective goals for a 0-0 draw between the Storm and Titans in a 4A GSHL match.
