The host Cavaliers won their own Thomas Jefferson Invitational boys tennis tournament on Friday.
Thomas Jefferson and Carthage both finished the event with 22.5 points. A tie-breaker was used to determine the team champion, with fewest games lost being the determining factor.
With that, the Cavaliers had the advantage (30-52) to take the team crown.
In the championship match at No. 1 singles, Thomas Jefferson’s Prithvi Nagarajan defeated Carthage’s Charlie Snow 8-0.
Monett’s Ethan Kutz defeated Mount Vernon’s Moore 8-3 in the third-place match.
In the title match at No. 2 singles, Carthage’s Silas Laytham defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Devan Murali 8-4.
In the bracket’s third-place match, Monett’s Heisman Welch beat Clever’s Dylan Dodds 8-0.
Thomas Jefferson’s duo of Chengle Qian and Jack Goodhue won the No. 1 doubles crown by defeating Carthage’s Danilo-Lopez-Josh Rivera 8-2.
For third place at No. 1 doubles, Monett’s Elijah Ridenour-Logan Kutz defeated Webb City’s Jake McDonald-Trevor Peterson 8-3.
At No. 2 doubles, Carthage’s Eli Scott and Will Wallace defeated TJ’s Sam Li and Nathaniel Curtis 8-3 for the title.
The third-place match at No. 2 doubles went to Webb City’s Tristan Lynch and Felipe Perez, who defeated Mount Vernon’s Payton West-CJ Robins 8-3.
Matches were played at the TJ courts and at Millennium Family Fitness.
Full results of the tourney are listed below.
