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Show Local netters win matches at state 0 v j.ijmuji n w-miii'-"''!'wj FTr f t 4 I " ' 'I v. ji r By DIRK FACER i Sports Editor SALT LAKE CITY After winning the school's first region tennis title in more than 30 years, the Davis Darts visited Liberty j Park Friday to put a little icing on the championship cake. And while the Darts finished a distant sixth at the 4A state championships, champion-ships, the trip to the big city still proved to be successful. ' Everybody made it to the second se-cond round. We played very well and I'm pleased. We're not disappointed," dis-appointed," said Davis coach Kelly Oram. "We'll be back next year and do better. There is no doubt about it." Alia claimed its second-straight second-straight team title with 24 points, while Highland finished second at 17. Brighton (13), Timpview (8) and Olympus (7) rounded out the top five. Davis was joined in the sixth slot with Orem. Both teams had five points. Viewmont (1), the other local entry, finished fin-ished in a tie for 11th with Weber. "We did well," said Viewmont View-mont coach Gerald Waldvogel. "Wc were competitive in some things." No. 1 Singles: Bobby Shep-pard Shep-pard of Davis defeated John Faragher of Mountain View 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the first round. Shep-pard Shep-pard then dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Cottonwood's Brad Hasna in the second round. Viewmont netter Jay Hansen lost an opening-round heartbreaker to Mark Hafen of Orem by a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 count. No. 2 Singles: Steve Peterson opened the tournament with an impressive 6-2, 6-2 victory over Matt Carter of Provo. However, in the second round, Peterson was ousted by Alta's Benji Rideout 6-4, 6-0. Tyler Holbrook of Viewmont fell victim vic-tim to Derek Hansen of Timpview Timp-view 6-3, 6-1 in the first round. No. 3 Singles: Region One champion Joel Gardner began state play with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Chris Taylor of American Fork. In the second round, Gardner Gard-ner was on the short end of a 6-1, 6- 4 decision to Barrett Morgan of Olympus. Viewmont standout Jeremy Jones lost his opening match to Richard Losee of Timpview 6-3, 6-4. No. 1 Doubles: Brian Yamasaki and Cameron Mc-Collough, Mc-Collough, region titlists, represented rep-resented Davis well by pinning a 7- 5, 6-3 loss on American Fork's Gavin Jensen and Spencer Smith in the first round. Unfortunately, the Dart duo dropped a 7-5, 7-6 decision to Tyler Nelson and John Hedberg in the following round. Eric Schneider and Jeremy Gill of Viewmont were eliminated after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Sanh Soumpholphakdy and James Hecker of Mountain View in the first round. No. 2 Doubles: Clipper Country's Coun-try's most successful bracket saw both the Darts and Vikings advance players to the second round. Greg Maxwell and Jake Redd of Davis disposed of Alan Groves and Jeff Schoonover of Pleasant Grove 6-3, 6-2 before falling to Brighton's Chris Nelson and Dan Rob bins 6-4, 6-2. Viewmont aces Joel Add am s and Derrick Blundell defeated American Fork netters DART RETURN: Davis netter Joel Gardner (No. 3 singles) advanced to the ( quarterfinals at the recent I 4A state tournament. Jon Jensen and Lafe Goekeritz 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 before being eliminated elim-inated by Sam Rideout and Corey Barton of Alta 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. I 0 I PROVO Region Six foes Judge Memorial and West may have won the war, but Bountiful and Woods Cross captured some triumphs of their own at the 3A state tennis championships last weekend. The Braves finished in a three-way tie with Ogden and Pine View for fourth place with six points, while the WXers joined a score of others in 11th place with two. "I think, all in all, the team did very well. I think we were ready," said Bountiful coach Jack Senninger. Across town. Woods Cross coach Craig Glover was equally pleased with his team's efforts in the state tournament. "It was kind of what I ex- I pected," he said. "They played hard." No. 1 Singles: Bountiful ace Alex Lawerence, hampered throughout the year by injuries, advanced to the quarterfinals before being ousted by Jess Smith of Wasatch 3-6, 6-3, 6. Jamie Coombs of Woods Cross was eliminated in the first round by a 6-1, 7-6 count. No. 2 Singles: The 'Cats and Braves collided in this grouping with WX standout Simon Blundell edging Bountiful's Aaron Wright 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. BlundelTs season came to an end in the semifinals with Josh Brown of Judge triumphing 6-1, 6-3. No. 3 Singles: Bountiful's Ben Anger was the only Brave to advance to the semifinals in the 3A competition. Anger defeated Uintah's Corey Enioe 6-2, 7-6 in the quarterfinals before falling to John Migliaccio 6-3, 6-2. No. 1 Doubles: First-round ousters silenced the locals. Bountiful's Tim Beck and Paul Miner were joined on the sidelines by the Woods Cross duo of Monty Racker and Chad a Hemingway. The Wildcats were I eliminated in three sets. No. 2 Doubles: Bountiful's region champions, Rhett Neuenswander and Tyler Bum-ingham Bum-ingham advanced to the quarterfinals quarter-finals before losing to Ryan Campbell and Tony Henderson 4 ofOgden6-3,l-6,6-4. W |