Williamstown boys tennis team captures state runner-up trophy
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CHARLESTON -- A busy day on the courts for both the Williamstown boys and girls during the second of three days at the high school state tennis meet.
In Class AA/A, Williamstown's top-seeded boys tennis team opened the morning action playing third-seeded Charleston Catholic for the team championship. Charleston Catholic won 4-1 at the YMCA indoor courts.
The rest of the day centered on the singles and doubles brackets for Class AA-A and Class AAA.
The Yellowjackets advanced an individual into Saturday's semifinal round for the boys division in Class AA-A. In the opening round of the boys tournament, second-seeded Austin Bosgraf defeated Berkeley Springs' Cardin Beal 8-0 then knocked off seventh-seed Ethan Bastin of Charleston Catholic 8-5 in the quarterfinals.
The Yellowjackets were represented a total of three entries in the boys field, Eighth-seeded Tyler Fenton edged Weir's Justin Velegol 9-7 before losing 8-2 to top-seeded Nick Giatris of Charleston Catholic in the quarterfinal round. No. 12 seed Gavin Hill lost 8-2 in the opening round to No. 5 seed Corey Waybright of Charleston Catholic.
For the WHS girls, Claire Strobl as the fifth seed defeated North Marion's Fluharty 8-1 then lost 8-2 in the quarterfinal round to fourth-seeded Jillian Blevins from Chapmanville.
Strobl and doubles teammate Ashtyn McIntire as the fourth seed kept their season alive for another day after defeating a team from Logan.
Semifinals for singles begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, while doubles semifinal matches commence at noon.
In addition to singles, Bosgraf is one win away from reaching the championship match in doubles with partner Fenton. As the No. 1 seed, the Yellowjacket pair advanced in the quarterfinals with an 8-1 over a team from Berkeley Springs.
WHS' sixth-seeded duo of Hill and Woodard lost 8-1 to a team from Winfield in their bid to reach the semifinals.