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BOYS TENNIS: Thomas Jefferson tops Webb City in district semifinals

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SoMo Sports staff reports

Second-seeded Thomas Jefferson defeated third-seeded Webb City 5-0 in a semifinal contest of the Class 2 District 7 boys tennis tournament on a warm Tuesday at the TJ courts.

The undefeated Cavaliers, who improved to 12-0, will travel to Kansas City to play top-seeded Barstow at 4:30 on Wednesday for the district championship. 

On Tuesday, the Cavaliers swept all three doubles matches and ended the dual with two singles victories.

At No. 1 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Prithvi Nagarajan and Devan Murali defeated Webb City’s Jacob McDonald and Tristan Lynch 8-3.

At No. 2 doubles, TJ’s Tyler Brouhard and Chengle Qian beat Felipe Perez-Trevor Peterson 8-2.

Jack Goodhue and Sam Li defeated Webb City’s Zach Stump and Jacob Russell 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.

In completed singles matches, Nagarajan defeated McDonald 6-1, 6-0 and Qian beat Perez 6-0, 6-1.

Barstow (10-2-1) beat fifth-seeded Belton 5-0 in the other semifinal.

Barstow defeated Thomas Jefferson in last year’s district championship match en route to taking third place at the state tournament. 

Webb City concluded the season with a record of 5-9.

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