Below is a look at Thursday’s area boys tennis results.
THOMAS JEFFERSON 9, CLEVER 0
CLEVER, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s boys tennis team hiked its record to 8-0 on the season with a dominant 9-0 win over Clever on Thursday.
In singles play, Thomas Jefferson’s Ian Ding beat Cole Waisner 8-1, while Noah Hamlett defeated Bryce Friend 8-0 and Hari Nagarajan handled Jase Whiles 8-0.
Prithvi Nagarajan beat Anthony Dodds 8-0, Lele Qian beat Draven Mendez 8-1 and Devan Murali defeated Charles Donan 8-1.
In doubles action, Ding-H. Nagarajan beat Waisner-Dodds 8-1, Hamlett-P. Nagarajan defeated Friend-Whiles 8-3 and Qian-Murali beat Mendez-Donan 8-0.
Thomas Jefferson competes at Joplin on Monday.
NIXA 9, JOPLIN 0
Joplin suffered a 9-0 setback to Nixa at the JHS athletic complex.
“Nixa has a lot of depth with 31 players on their roster if you include JV,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “Joplin has a team of 15 players this year including JV. We played with grit in today’s matchup, making Nixa earn the victory in multiple matches. We have things to work on so that we can be more competitive late in the season.”
In doubles action, Joplin’s Logan Merkley and Jeffrey Evenson lost to Isaac Forbis and Benjamin Mills 8-0, while Ben Wardlow-Colin Vermillion lost to Dallin Attwooll-Mason Murray 8-3 and Josh Yarnall-Michael Mancipe lost a close match to Brody Ball-Trey Hartwell 8-6.
“Josh and Michael started the match out with a slight lead,” Stump said. “But the Nixa players came back and were able to hold on and win.”
At No. 1 singles, Forbis edged Joplin’s Merkley 8-6.
“Logan was down 7-2,” Stump said. “His determination and hustle helped him gain momentum and brought him back to make this a close match.”
Nixa’s Mills beat Evenson 8-4, Attwooll edged Wardlow 8-6 and Murray nipped Yarnall 9-7.
“Josh played our closest match of the day,” Stump noted. “He ran tennis balls all over the court throughout the match, which is what kept the match so close.”
Nixa’s Ball beat Mancipe 8-0 and Hartwell defeated Vermillion 8-4.
Joplin is scheduled to host Thomas Jefferson on Monday.
OZARK 8, NEOSHO 1
NEOSHO, Mo. — The Neosho High School boys tennis team suffered an 8-1 loss to Ozark on Thursday.
Neosho’s lone win came at No. 3 singles, as Christian Williams defeated Brady Goss 8-5.
In other singles matches, Ozark’s Orion Lewis beat Kuhio Sohl 8-2, Major Cardin topped Landon Austin 8-0, Ethan Fast defeated Melvin Lopez 8-5, Anthony Psarev beat Ryno Lee 8-1 and Andrew Kean edged Brandt Gonzales 8-6.
In doubles, Ozark’s Reese-Bottarel beat Sohl-Williams 8-2, while Lewis-Cardin defeated Austin-Lopez 8-0 and Quirk-Goss topped Lee-Gonzales 8-2.
Neosho is scheduled to host Aurora on Friday.
