Three Cathedral Prep gamers will serve and volley on this weekend’s PIAA boys tennis match at Hershey Racquet Membership.
It’s the identical venue the place the trio practically achieved historical past for his or her program.
The 2024 Ramblers have been solely District 10’s second boys group that competed in a state group tennis last once they confronted Lancaster Nation Day final weekend. The Crusaders denied Prep its unprecedented consequence with a 3-2 victory.
Jonah Ng, Gavin Ferretti and James Casella have been among the many Ramblers’ starters all through that match. They not less than benefitted from understanding their seasons would prolong one other week because the district’s 2A champions for singles and doubles.
Right here’s what these gamers, plus the district’s Class 3A representatives, can anticipate come Friday:
Class 2A singles
Jonah Ng, jr., Cathedral Prep: Will open with a midday match vs. one other junior, Deven Pandey of Saucon Valley.
Ng is concerned within the state’s small-school singles bracket a yr after he selected to give attention to 2A doubles play with Prep graduate Hayden Hutchinson. They bowed out within the state quarterfinals.
Ng was the district’s singles champion as a freshman. He completed fourth in state play.
If Ng reaches this weekend’s semifinals, he may face Lancaster’s Michael Georgelis. The 2 met within the No. 1 singles match of their groups’ state last, with Georgelis a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 winner.
The PIAA may have a brand new 2A singles champ with the commencement of Decrease Moreland’s Aaron Sandler, the 2023 winner.
District champs: Prime seeds John Sinnott and Jonah Ng prevail in District 10’s boys tennis match finals
Class 2A doubles
Gavin Ferretti, so., and James Casella, sr., Cathedral Prep: They’ll debut Friday at 2 p.m. in opposition to Moravian Academy senior Ford Koch and sophomore Aveer Chadha.
A yr in the past, Ferretti additionally appeared at Hershey over Memorial Day weekend. Solely then, it was in singles.
Ferretti sought to repeat because the district’s finest 2A singles participant earlier this month however misplaced to Ng in an all-Prep last. Ramblers coach Pat Seize then paired Ferretti with Casella, whose main doubles companion had been Cameron Grieshaber.
Extra: How District 10’s boys group tennis champions fared in PIAA match openers
Class 3A singles
John Sinnott, jr., Erie Excessive: He’ll formally be the Royals’ first state singles participant Friday at 8 a.m. Hempfield junior Cooper Lehman, a returning semifinalist, shall be his opponent.
Seniors Brian Yi of Decrease Merion and David Lindsay of Central Mountain are different returnees in that spherical from final season’s match, which was gained by Council Rock South graduate Mikkel Zinder.
Class 3A doubles
Noah Hardesty, so., and Gridley Wright, so., McDowell: The second-year Trojans shall be important underdogs of their 10 a.m. opener.
Not solely are Palmyra’s Aidan and Tyler Mahaffey seniors, however the match’s defending champs.
Extra: How McDowell, Cathedral Prep duos win District 10 doubles match titles
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