After day one of the 2022 5A boys tennis individual tournament, the machine that is Cherry Creek rolled along.
The Bruins were the only team to advance all seven lines into tomorrow’s semifinals. After winning the first three matches of the inaugural team tournament, all by 7-0 scores, Cherry Creek continued that momentum into the individual contests, winning all matches without even dropping a set.
“The boys acted well, which is great, and they played well, which is fantastic,” Cherry Creek Art Quinn explained. “Today was the sum of a lot of hard work and rising to the occasion at the State tournament against very worthy opponents.”
Cherry Creek will now have semifinals matches of Aram Izmirian against Valor Christian’s Christian Trevey at 1 singles, Kiril Kostadinov versus Arapahoe’s Tyler Rock at 2 singles, and Kristian Kostadinov against Mountain Vista’s Sam Grote at 3 singles.
In the doubles matches, Creek’s Jack Eikelberner and Charles Stern will face Regis Jesuit’s KC Eckenhausen and Liam McDonnell in 1 doubles. 2 doubles will feature Trevor Robinson and Matthew Hu facing Regis Jesuit’s Aidan Sobolvesky and Carl Siegel. 3 doubles will see Trey Zurcher and Ryder Landry taking on Denver East’s Max Johnson and Kai Pelletier. Finally in 4 doubles, Tate Hutchins and Drew Kaprielian will face Regis Jesuit’s Devin McCausland and Adam Rydel.
In the other semifinal matches, Grandview’s Eduard Tsaturyan will take on Monarch’s Luke Jensen at 1 singles, Regis Jesuit’s Agustin Azcui will face Valor Christian’s Jace Nakamura in 2 singles, and Denver East’s Lucas Krambeck will take on Regis Jesuit’s Brady Jenkins in 3 singles.
For the other doubles, Valor Christian’s Graham Beukelman and Drew Schell will take on Fossil Ridge’s Grant Samuelson and Jeffery Yao in 1 doubles. 2 doubles will have Fossil Ridge’s Alex Van Thuyne and Jack Houldsworth against Valor Christian’s Ryan Mandes and Ryan Greenfield. 3 doubles will be Valor Christian’s Jack Mohler and Harrison Wentworth taking on Grandview’s Caleb Hodges and Mark Yan. Finally, 4 doubles will be Valor Christian’s Rory MacEwan and Drew Summers against Fossil Ridge’s Zane Webb and Gavin Payne.
Action from Denver’s City Park will resume tomorrow, Oct. 14, with the semifinals at 9 a.m., followed by two rounds of consolations immediately after.