The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers are Final Four bound.
Thomas Jefferson defeated Kearney 5-0 on Monday in a quarterfinal contest of the MSHSAA Class 2 state boys tennis tournament.
The Cavaliers (14-0) will meet Branson at noon on Friday, May 28 in a semifinal contest of the state team tournament at Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.
Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers also advanced to the semifinals in 2019 while competing in Class 1.
In Monday’s doubles matches, Thomas Jefferson’s Noah Hamlett and Tyler Brouhard defeated Kolby Smothers-Grant Woltkamp 8-1, while Ian Ding and Hari Nagarajan beat Jason Scott-Cooper Varone 8-4 and Chris Wheelen and Prithvi Nagarajan edged Tyler Carr-Zack Schoening 8-6.
In singles action, Ding defeated Smothers 6-0, 6-0 and Hamlett beat Woltkamp 6-4, 6-4.
INDIVIDUAL STATE IS NEXT
Three members of the Cavaliers, Ding in singles and Hamlett-Brouhard in doubles, will compete at Thursday and Friday’s individual state singles and doubles tournament in Springfield.
Thursday’s action begins at 9 a.m.
