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The Rockbridge County High School boys tennis team split a pair of matches last week, earning a 5-4 road win over Alleghany last Tuesday before falling at Spotswood 8-0 on Friday.
With the nondistrict win over Alleghany (9-4), the Wildcats (9-5) avenged a 5-4 home loss to the Cougars on April 16.
In the rematch, the contest was very tight in doubles, with the Wildcats’ No. 1 pair of Nic Vargas and Nic Faulds winning 9-7 at No. 7, Alleghany winning 8-6 at No. 2, and RC’s No. 3 duo of Harrison Tanner and Barrett Kosmas earning an 8-6 win at No. 3.
The match came down to Vargas defeating Alleghany’s Eli Entsminger 8-6 at No. 1 singles to break the 4-4 tie. “Very glad for him, fighting hard,” said RC head coach Scott Youngdahl of Vargas.
With the loss to Spotswood (11-2 overall, 9-0 Valley District), the Wildcats fell to 5-4 in the Valley District. The closest match of the day was at No. 1 singles, with Vargas falling to Spotswood’s Jackson Knight 9-7.
Youngdahl called Spotswood “a very deep team,” but he said his players “competed well. I can’t fault their effort.”
The Wildcats were scheduled to play host to Turner Ashby yesterday and will conclude the regular season when they play a nondistrict home match against Staunton today, Wednesday, at 4:30 p.m. at the Lexington Country Club courts.
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RC 5, Alleghany 4
SINGLES – Nic Vargas (RC) d. Eli Entsminger (A) 8-6; Chase DePriest (A) d. Nic Faulds (RC) 8-3; Gardner Clement (RC) d. Gavin Via (A) 8-3; Bryce Crawford (A) d. Jaxon Johnson (RC) 8-3; Bubby Entsminger (A) d. Harrison Tanner (RC) 8-4; Barrett Kosmas (RC) d. Eli Smith (A) 8-5.
DOUBLES – Vargas and Faulds (RC) d. E. Entsminger and DePriest (A) 9-7; Via and Crawford (A) d. Clement and Johnson (RC) 8-6; Tanner and Kosmas (RC) d. Crawford and B. Entsminger (A) 8-6.
Spotswood 8, RC 0
SINGLES – Jackson Knight (S) d. Vargas (RC) 9-7; Nathan Lees (S) d. Faulds (RC) 8-4; Cam Cooley (S) d. Clement (RC) 8-4; Ryland Wade (S) d. Johnson (RC) 8-2; Drew Wiley (S) d. Tanner (RC) 8-2; Cam Landridge (S) d. Jacob Peart (RC) 8-1.
DOUBLES – No. 1 match suspended; Lees and Wade (S) d. Clement and Tanner (RC) 8-3; Zishaan Mahmood (S) d. Johnson and Peart (RC) 8-2.
