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Olympic’s Pantig, NK doubles dominate league championships

Published 1:30 am Thursday, October 24, 2024

By Elisha Meyer Kitsap News Group

Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group photos Bremerton’s Joseph Cao prepares to hit a backhand in his league semifinal match.
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Bremerton’s Joseph Cao prepares to hit a backhand in his league semifinal match.

Elisha Meyer/Kitsap News Group photos Bremerton’s Joseph Cao prepares to hit a backhand in his league semifinal match.
North Kitsap’s Dayshawn Harper connects with a forehand in a league semifinal match.
North Kitsap’s Mason Repp keeps the ball in play with a quick volley at the net.
Kingston’s Joshua Vanhuis makes a serve in the first match of the league tournament.
Bainbridge’s Topher Welch approaches the net right as a serve comes in from the opposite side.
Olympic’s Jonah Pantig took first place in this year’s Olympic League Tennis Championships.

North Kitsap will once again be well represented in the district tennis tournament after another dominant showing on its home courts for the Olympic League Tennis Championships Oct. 23-24, but the Vikings won’t be the only school with state hopefuls next weekend.

Districts will take place Nov. 1-2 at the Kitsap Tennis and Athletic Center.

The defending WIAA Class 2A champion NK Vikings showcased another season of depth, especially in the doubles bracket. No. 3 seed Grady DeVries and Spencer Gillespie wouldn’t drop more than two games in a single set before losing the first set 2-6 to No. 1 seed Nathan Basden and Luke Floodstrom of Port Angeles in the championship match. Despite the slow start, they managed to shake it off and take the final two sets 6-2 and 6-3 to win the doubles title.

No. 2 seed Mason Repp and Justin Gallant, who lost to DeVries and Gillespie in the semifinals, would claim third place with a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 5 seed Austin Worthington and Keatyn Hoch of Port Angeles.

No. 8 seed Rocco Targett and Aiden Reister, who threatened to upset the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinals, took a third doubles spot for the Vikings with a fifth-place finish over Topher Welch and Reed Grandt from Bainbridge.

A fourth doubles team from North Kitsap, No. 12 Greysen Prichard and Jonas Funston, won the right to serve as a district alternate.

The successes were more widespread in the singles bracket.

Top-seeded Jonah Pantig from Olympic came back from a 5-3 deficit in the final third set to beat No. 4 seed Dayshawn Harper from North Kitsap 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the semifinals. Pantig would go on to win first place 6-4, 6-0 over No. 3 Joseph Cao from Bremerton, who made the championship match after upsetting No. 2 Indigo Gallagher-Zapf from North Kitsap.

Gallagher-Zapf would claim third place over teammate Harper 7-5, 6-2, and No. 5 seed Garner Hall from Bainbridge took fifth place over No. 6 Tate Alton from Port Angeles.

Austin Williams also gave the Spartans a potential alternate spot in districts.

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