RENO — Sam Sholeff and Skylar Davidson of Bishop Gorman spent most of the season playing singles until deciding before the Sunset Region tournament that their best chances at the state tournament would be to join forces.
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Liberty’s Dylan Ihmels and Palo Verde’s Kristen Newell earned the final singles spots in this week’s Division I state tennis tournament by winning play-in matches at Darling Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Skylar Davidson went 3-0 in singles, and Joe Connors and Ian Dobberstein went 3-0 in doubles Wednesday to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys tennis team to a 15-3 win at Centennial in a Sunset Region semifinal.
Megan Lopez went 3-0 in singles Tuesday, and Silverado’s girls tennis team won four of six tiebreaker games to nip visiting Foothill in a Sunrise Region quarterfinal.
The doubles teams of Devin Diesko and Catherine Arizmendez, and Sara Long and Keara Lawson both went 2-1 on Tuesday, and Arbor View’s girls tennis team edged host Cimarron-Memorial, 10-9.
Austin Michals went 3-0 in singles Wednesday to help Legacy’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 win at Shadow Ridge.
The doubles teams of Elle Johnsong and Rethika Kumar, and Megan Madrid and Olivia Nhaisi each went 3-0 on Monday to help Green Valley’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 win over visiting Coronado.
Last season Nathalia Luna picked up a tennis racket for the first time and was the only member of the Western girls tennis team. This year, she has reinforcements.