Boys tennis: Knights edge Wolves to give Sequim first loss

A three-set win in a match earlier this season gave Sequim a key win against a league foe. Last week, the Wolves were on the other end of another cliffhanger.

Bremerton handed Sequim its first loss on Sept. 13 after winning a doubles match and all three singles match-ups — including one in a third-set tiebreaker.

The Wolves (2-1 in league play, 4-1 overall) started the week with a 7-0 sweep at Chimacum. Damon Little won his first singles match of the year while Thomas Hughes and Liam Payne added a win in No. 1 doubles play. Sequim won two matches by forfeit and lost just one of 11 sets.

On Sept. 12, Sequim kept things rolling with a 6-1 home win over Kingston. SHS’s Blake Wiker topped Ryan Gudea 6-0, 6-1, while Thomas Hughes and Raymond Lam remained undefeated on the season in singles action with 6-0, 6-0 wins over Tyler Krantz and Noah Delas Reyes. Little and Payne topped Tyler Bates and Tristan Schmid in No 1 doubles action, 6-1 and 6-2. Henry Hughes and Dustin Koch won in straight sets in No. 3 doubles play.

Against Bremerton the following day, however, the Knights’ Garrett Lawson topped Wiker 6-0, 7-6 (9-7), Mejia outlasted Thomas Hughes 7-5, 6-3, and Colby Williams upended Lam 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4-3). Bremerton also won in No. 2 doubles play.

Little and Payne picked up a win in No. 1 doubles play, as did Koch and Henry Hughes at No. 3 doubles and Nate Despain and Ryan Tolberd on No. 4 doubles play.

Looking ahead

Sequim was scheduled to host North Mason on Sept. 17; results were not available at press time. The Wolves are at North Kitsap on Sept. 19, the first of four consecutive road matches.

Sequim is at Olympic on Sept. 20, Port Angeles on Sept. 26 and Klahowya on Sept. 27 before hosting Chimacum on Oct. 1.

Boys tennis: Knights edge Wolves to give Sequim first loss