West Ottawa won its fifth consecutive OK Red title, while Holland Christian won the OK Black title in boys tennis.
The West Ottawa boys tennis team claimed is fifth consecutive OK Red Conference title with a strong performance on Saturday.
The Panthers won five of the eight flights and finished with 49 points to hold off Rockford (43), Hudsonville (34), Grandville (21), Grand Haven (20) and East Kentwood (20).
"Every flight played exactly to their seed and a couple played beyond them in a performance that will go down as one of the best the boys tennis program has put together in recent memory," West Ottawa coach Brian Metz said. "Eight out of nine flights made the finals match with five of those flights ending up as flight champion."
West Ottawa's No. 2 doubles team of Teddy Mauger and Brayden Goodwin survived a 61-, 6-7(4), 6-2 semifinal over Grand Haven before beating Rockford 6-2, 6-4 in the finals.
"Four-year varsity tennis players and team captains, Teddy and Brayden have been on the verge of breaking out for weeks. Going into the event as the No. 2 seed after falling to Rockford earlier in the season, the duo knew they would have to unlock bigger parts of their games to have the success they wanted," Metz said. "Playing with an energy and confidence that was necessary to have the day they wanted, our No. 2 doubles team put their foot down and demanded more of themselves when it mattered most."
At No. 4 doubles, Josh Reimink and Soren Traver completed an undefeated OK Red season both in duals and the conference tournament, topping Rockford 6-4, 6-3 in the finals.
The last doubles win was Myles Wilkinson and Dawson Linn at No. 5 doubles, topping Rockford 6-0, 6-2 in the finals.
Sebastian Dozeman won the title at No. 3 singles, using a strong semifinal match against Hudsonville (7-5, 6-3) before beating Rockford 6-3, 6-4 in the finals.
Drew Rothstein won the title at No. 4 singles, cruising to the title with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Grandville in the finals.
Freshman Noah Van Wieren was the runner-up at No. 2 singles. Lukas Woudwyk and Lincoln Taylor finished runner-up at No. 1 doubles. Kingston Smith and Jack Zernicke were runners-up at No. 3 doubles.
At No. 1 singles, Trevyn Bethke finished third.
West Ottawa hosts the Division 1 regional tournament on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Holland Christian wins OK Black
The Holland Christian boys tennis team claimed the OK Black Conference title on Friday.
The Maroons scored 54 points to hold off Unity Christian (48), Zeeland East (32), Zeeland West (31), Spring Lake (21), Hamilton (20) and Holland (18). Those mirrored the overall standings but the Zeeland schools tied for third overall.
Holland Christian's Dylan Becksvoort won the title at No. 2 singles. Zeke DeYoung won at No. 4 singles, beating Zeeland East's Andrew Colasanti 6-1,6-4 in the finals.
At No. 1 doubles, Holland Christian's Graham Tanis and Michael Gorno beat Zeeland West's Trey Meeuwsen and Carter Meeuwsen 6-2, 6-2 in the finals.
Jack DeYoung and Brody Bergsma won at No. 2 doubles for the Maroons, beating Unity Christian 6-0, 6-2.
Evan Disselkoen and Eli Whitmore beat Unity Christian 6-1, 6-0 to win at No. 3 doubles.
Jonathan Haig and Carter Leep won at No. 4 doubles with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Unity Christian.
Holland Christian's Lucas VanWieren was runner-up at No. 1 singles as Unity Christian's Edmundo Berrain Saucedo won the three-setter 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Nico Grosso was runner-up at No. 3 singles.
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: West Ottawa, Holland Christian claim conference tennis titles
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