Tennis

NCISAA 2A CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILMINGTON – Westchester Country Day School’s No. 3 doubles team of Luke Vandeplancke and Brian Ball advanced to the NCISAA 2A state semifinals in action that ended late Saturday at Cape Fear Academy.

Vandeplancke-Ball posted two victories before falling to a team from St. David’s in the semifinals.

Host Cape Fear Academy won the crown with 31 points in the 13-team field. St. David’s placed second with 29 points, followed by Arendell-Parrott in third with 16 points. The Wildcats tallied six points.

Three Wildcat singles players made it to the quarterfinals – Chris Lewis at No. 4, Harry Keefe at No. 5 and Ball at No. 6. The No. 1 doubles tandem of Clayton Brewer and Keefe also advanced to the quarterfinals.

TRACK AND FIELD

NCISAA 1A/2A CHAMPIONSHIPS

RALEIGH – High Point Christian Academy’s boys placed third in the NCISAA 1A/2A track and field championships that ended late Saturday at Ravenscroft School, while Westchester Country Day School’s girls took fifth.

Westchester’s boys claimed fifth overall in the 22-team field, while the HPCA girls placed seventh out of the 18 teams that scored points.

Victory Christian took the boys team crown with 117 points, followed by St. David’s with 65, HPCA with 56, Cary Christian with 55 and WCDS with 53.

Victory earned the girls crown with 145 points, followed by Caldwell Academy with 125, Cary Christian with 100, WCDS with 59 and Fayetteville Academy with 43. The Cougars tallied 30 points.

For HPCA’s boys, Kolton White won the 300 hurdles in 44.37 and was fourth in the 110 hurdles in 17.71. Jack Dula took second in the pole vault at 9-6. Zach Blackmore bagged fifth in the 110 hurdles in 18.31. Trent Gabriel finished fifth in the 800 in 2:06.13. David Loy took fifth in the 3,200 in 10:26.7 with teammate Connor Flater eighth in 10:32.08. Clay Lanier was eighth in the high jump at five feet. Jake Kennedy was seventh in the triple jump at 36-5.5. Matt Ardoin placed eighth in the discus at 95-3.

HPCA’s Kennedy, White, Ryan Rush and Dula bagged fifth in the 800 relay in 1:43, while McKinney, Blackmore, Dula and Clay Lanier placed eighth in the 400 relay in 49 flat. Gabriel, Austin Gentry, Davis Pack and White took seventh in the 1,600 relay in 3:45.85. Pack, Loy, Flater and Gabriel earned third in the 3,200 relay in 8:55.

For Westchester’s boys, George Freiberger won the triple jump at 42-2, took third in the 300 hurdles in 44.71 and was third in the long jump at 20-2.25. Taylor Christiansen took sixth in the 1,600 in 4:48.84 and was seventh in the 3,200 in 10:31.25. Logan Yeager was third in the pole vault at 9-6 with Jay Kennedy fifth at eight feet. Kennedy placed fourth in the triple jump at 38-5.25.

Westchester’s Jay Kennedy, Logan Yeager, C.J. Plummer and Freiberger took third in the 800 relay in 1:36. The WCDS tandem of Will Thomas, Will Moore, Adam Goho and Christiansen placed sixth in the 3,200 relay in 9:05.

For HPCA’s girls, Carly Black took third in the 100 dash in 13.39 and bagged sixth in the 200 in 28.43. Claire Phipps took fourth in the high jump at 4-8 and was fifth in the 400 in 1:07.33. Jackie Love was eighth in the 1,600 in 6:33. Catherine Byles finished seventh in the 300 hurdles in 55.02 and eighth in the 100 hurdles in 19.34. Eliza Sheffield was seventh in the high jump at 13-9.

HPCA’s Jordan Gibson, Mary Katherine Field, Sheffield and Black took seventh in the 400 relay in 57.76. Sheffield, Kendall McCorkle, Field and Abby Auman were seventh in the 800 relay in 2:08. Byles, Catherine Phipps, Black and Claire Phipps were sixth in the 1,600 relay in 4:42.9.

For Westchester’s girls, Mary Bryan Smith took third in the high jump at 4-8 and was seventh in the triple jump at 28-10.25. Olivia Greeson bagged fourth in the long jump at 15-4, placed fifth in the 100 in 13.71 and was fifth in the 200 in 28.87. Molly Harris was fourth in the high jump at 4-8 and notched eighth in the 400 in 1:07.34. Emma Thomas was fourth in the high jump at 4-8. Tyson Leigh was eighth in the long jump at 13-1.5. Claire Council was fourth in the triple jump at 30-10.5. Whitley Glosson took third in the shot put at 29-5.5 with teammate Elizabeth Coughlin sixth at 26-9.75.

Westchester’s Harris, Leigh Tyson, Olivia Greeson and Abbey Perdue took fourth in the 800 relay in 2:01. Harris, Whitley Glosson, Hunter Hess and Emma Thomas took third in the 1,600 relay in 4:43. Hess, Mattie Strickland, Elizabeth Coughlin and Perdue took fourth in the 3,200 relay in 13:03.

NCISAA 3A CHAMPIONSHIPS

CARY – Charlotte Latin swept the team crowns in the NCISAA 3A track and field championships that ended late Saturday at Cary Academy Chargers Stadium.

Latin’s girls scored 144 points to edge Ravenscroft by four points. Providence Day took third at 79, followed by Durham Academy at 72 and Charlotte Country Day at 66. Wesleyan Christian Academy captured ninth in the 16-team field with 16 points.

Latin’s boys won with 128.5, followed by Cary Academy at 112, Durham Academy at 92, Ravenscroft at 62 and Charlotte Christian with 56. Wesleyan placed 10th in the 15-team field with 26 points.

For Wesleyan’s girls, Kacie Sledge finished third in the discus at 99-11, placed fifth in the shot put at 29-11, claimed sixth in the high jump at five feet and was sixth in the long jump at 15-4.

For Wesleyan’s boys, David Leonard placed second in the high jump at six feet, Drew Thompson took third in the 1,600 in 4:31.6 and placed seventh in the triple jump at 40 feet; while Drew Crenshaw was sixth in the 200 in 23.51 ad sixth in the long jump at 20-9.

The Trojans’ Crenshaw, Thompson, D.J. Rizos and Zack Hostetler were fifth in the 1,600 relay in 3:37.93.