Playing well to start the second round of Shenandoah District action, the Rockbridge County High School boys tennis team earned a pair of wins last week, overcoming Riverheads 5-4 last Monday at home before winning 8-1 at Fort Defiance on Thursday.
With the victories, the Wildcats improved to 7-3, both overall and in the district, and extended their winning streak to four matches. Against Riverheads (5-5 overall and district), a team the Wildcats had beaten 6-3 on March 19 at Riverheads, the showdown came down to the No. 6 singles match. Sophomore Elliott Allen secured the team win for the Wildcats by earning an 8-6 victory over Hayden Arbogast of Riverheads.
The Wildcats were scheduled to play host to Waynesboro on Monday and will continue district action at Alleghany on Thursday. They’ll play host to Wilson Memorial on Monday before concluding the regular season at Stuarts Draft next Thursday, May 7. All matches are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.
RC 5, RHS 4
SINGLES – Joe Vargas (RC) d. Riley Dunlap (R) 8-4; Jaxon Johnson (RC) d. Joel Maybush (R) 8-1; Dean Fafatas (RC) d. Copper Arehart (R) 8-1; Jake Argenbright (R) d. Tyler Watson (RC) 8-4; Rachit Yakkanti (RC) d. Mason Wood (R) 9-8 (7-4 tiebreak); Elliott Allen (RC) d. Hayden Arbogast (R) 8-6.
DOUBLES – Dunlap and Maybush (R) d. Vargas and Johnson (RC) 8-6; Arehart and Argenbright (R) d. Fafatas and Watson (RC) 8-2; Wood and Branson Garrison (R) d. Allen and Jacob Barney (RC) 8-6.
RC 8, FD 1
SINGLES – Vargas (RC) d. Landon Jarvis (FD) 8-0; Johnson (RC) d. Landyn Rose (FD) 8-1; Fafatas (RC) d. Camden Smith (FD) 8-0; Watson (RC) d. Landyn Patnode (FD) 8-1; Barney (RC) d. Douglas Lara Uribe (FD) 8-3; Tim Simon (FD) d. Frank Kinzer (FD) 8-0.
DOUBLES – Vargas and Yakkanti (FD) d. Jarvis and Smith (FD) 8-4; Rose and Patnode (FD) d. Allen and Vinicius Fernandes (RC) 8-3; Ben Holston and Piero Vilca Silva (RC) d. Uribe and Kinzer (FD) 8-5.
