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Triton Central tennis overpowers field to win Shelby County Tournament

Triton Central tennis steamrolled to another Shelby County Tournament title Saturday afternoon at Waldron High School.

The Tigers swept Southwestern, 5-0, in the semifinal round then followed suit in the championship match against the host Mohawks.

Triton Central improved to 10-5 this season with straight-set wins in all 10 of its matches Saturday.

In the semifinal round against the Spartans, TC’s singles players dropped just six games overall in securing three victories.

Alex Crouse defeated Grant Emerick, 6-0, 6-1. Tucker Hutchinson topped Hunter Pappano, 6-1, 6-1. And Ashton Sturm bested Justin Swift, 6-1, 6-2.

Triton Central’s No. 1 doubles team of Avram Rund and Quinton Potts defeated Tristan Pappano and Caleb Pappano, 7-5, 6-3.

And Griffin Sego and Oliver Gearlds defeated Carter Snepp and Ty Burcham, 6-4, 6-0.

Southwestern fell to 3-4 this season.

In the other semifinal match, Waldron blanked Morristown, 5-0.

Lucas Shaw topped Tyler Schonfeld, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

At No. 2 singles, Jack Fischer defeated Grant Kessler, 6-4, 6-3.

And Josh Kellems won at No. 3 singles over Austin Gabbard, 6-1, 6-0.

Waldron’s No. 1 doubles pairing of Max Jones and Jacob Lindsay defeated Bryce Bryant and Rylan Janes, 6-3, 6-2.

And Bryant Becker and Matthew Thomas rolled past Carson Essex and Jerry Riley, 6-1, 6-1.

Morristown is 0-6 this season.

In the championship match, the young Waldron squad battled Triton Central but failed to win a set.

Crouse defeated Shaw at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Hutchinson prevailed over Fischer, 6-1, 7-5.

And Sturm topped Kellems, 6-4, 6-1.

Rund and Potts defeated Jones and Lindsey, 6-2, 6-3.

While Gearlds and Sego secured a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Matthew Thomas.

The Mohawks are 4-7 this season.

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