OZARK 9, JOPLIN 0
The short-handed Joplin Eagles fell short against the Ozark Tigers on Tuesday in a Central Ozark Conference boys tennis dual at the JHS athletic complex.
“Ozark had a full roster, and the talent was consistent all the way through their No. 6 ranked player,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “Our No. 1 ranked player has been out sick, so our guys were once again playing against higher ranked opponents We won games in both our No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches. In singles, both Adam Badr and Michael Mancipe started out with a lead, but their opponents were able to adapt later in the match and come up with the win.”
At No. 1 singles, Ozark’s Major Cardin defeated Badr 8-5.
“Adam had some really nice points, where he was running all over the court and making great shots,” Stump said.
Orion Lewis edged Joplin’s Mancipe 8-6 at No. 2 singles.
“Michael played quite a few long rallies as well, which worked to his benefit early in the match,” Stump noted.
Joplin’s Josiah Hazlewood, Hunter Merkley, Chapel Braman and Alexei Kester all suffered 8-0 losses in their respective singles matches.
Ozark’s Cardin-Lewis defeated Badr-Hazlewood 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, while Nathaniel Bottarel-Stephen Metcalf beat Mancipe-Metcalf 8-2 at No. 2 doubles and Connor Kitchin-Anthony Psarev topped Braman-Kester 8-0 at No. 3 doubles.
CARTHAGE 9, NEOSHO 0
NEOSHO, Mo. — The Tigers earned a clean sweep over the Wildcats in Central Ozark Conference action.
In doubles action, Carthage’s Charles Snow and Silas Laytham defeated Christian Williams and Ryno Lee 8-1 at No. 1.
Danilo Lopez-Gramajo and William Wallace topped Neosho’s Chandler Weber and Wes Williams 8-2 at No. 2 doubles and Carthage’s Tyler Howard and Fabian Solano beat Peyton Williams and Jacob Leibham 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
In singles action, Snow beat Christian Williams 8-4, Laytham defeated Lee 8-2 and Lopez-Gramajo topped Weber 8-2.
Also, Howard defeated Peyton Williams 8-1, Wallace topped Leibham 8-1 and Eli Scott beat Wes Williams 8-2.
WEBB CITY 8, CARL JUNCTION 1
The Cardinals won all three doubles matches and five of six singles matches.
In doubles, Webb City’s Jake McDonald and Christian Alberts defeated Blaine Wilkerson and Dan Hodson 8-1, Trevor Peterson and Brett Thompson topped Ben Morey and Will Russel 8-4 and Felipe Perez and Tristan Lynch beat Camerson Ball and Jayden Wolf 8-0.
At No. 1 singles, Webb City’s McDonald edged Wilkerson 9-8 (12-10). At No. 2 singles, CJ’s Hodson beat Alberts 8-4 for his squad’s win.
In other singles matches, Webb City’s Peterson beat Morey 8-2, Perez defeated Russel 8-4, Lynch topped Ball 8-2 and Thompson defeated Wolf 8-1.
