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Hornets Tennis
5/14/2016 Individual
Championships
L to R Lane
Bonderer & Cody Evans - 3rd place doubles, Brandon Lamp and Nate
McKiddy 1st place doubles
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Story by Coach
Bob Long
The Chillicothe Hornets Tennis team (12-5) competed in
individual district tennis on Saturday in Excelsior Springs.
Carrollton, Richmond, Trenton, Cameron, Chillicothe and hosts
Excelsior Springs participated, with the top two singles and
doubles teams advancing to sectionals. Chillicothe has already
won the team district and will play Pembroke Hill (not
LeBlond) on Saturday, May 21 in Kansas City. Nate McKiddy and
Brandon Lamp return to sectional play by winning the doubles.
Nate has won the district doubles championship in all three of
his tennis seasons (two with Garrett Peterson and now with
Brandon). Brandon advanced to sectional doubles with teammate
Cody Evans in 2015. Nate and Brandon with the number one seed,
received a bye in the first round. After a long wait, they
defeated Robert Bremer and Tyler Anderson of Cameron by a
score of 6-0, 6-1. Hugs and congratulations were exchanged
when the Dragon duo collected the one after Nate and Brandon
had won ten straight. Now with open courts and opponents in
the wings, Seniors Nate and Brandon moved on beating Aden
Allen and Jacob Crouse of Excelsior Springs 6-3, 6-2. In the
final, the Hornets faced Gage Zeit and David Curtis of
Cameron. Nate McKiddy and Brandon Lamp had defeated the Dragon
teammates 8-2 in team districts this past Wednesday. This
occasion wasn't any different, 6-0, 6-1 for Chillicothe. The
Hornet pair is 21-6 in doubles this season.
The other Chillicothe doubles team of Lane Bonderer and Cody
Evans received the number three seed and a first round bye.
Lane and Cody beat Dylan Ohrt and Colton Baker of Richmond
6-0, 6-1 in the second round. Lane and Cody faced Gage Zeit
and David Curtis in the semi-finals. After losing the opening
set 3-6, Seniors Bonderer and Evans won the second set
decisively 6-0. Keeping the momentum, the Hornets ran out to a
3-1 lead and a point away from 4-1. The winds turned once
again, Zeit and Curtis rebounded winning the final five games
for a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 victory. In true Hornet fashion, despite
the disappointing loss, Lane and Cody played their best in the
third place match, defeating Aden Allen and Jacob Crouse 8-5.
Lane is 23-8 in doubles on the season and Cody is 20-7. Cody
placed second in doubles in 2015.
In singles, Max Anderson and Colton Webb each lost in their
first round. Colton lost 3-6, 0-6 to Cameron Senior Andrew
Pratt. Pratt had defeated Webb earlier this season and has a
perfect 4-0 singles record against Chillicothe. Max Anderson
drew Trenton's number two player Nick Shields. The pair
battled back and forth in the first set, fighting each other
and the wind. Shields came up with his best service game when
he needed to and won the first set 7-5. Unable to regain
control, Anderson lost the second set 2-6 to a confident
Shields.
Nate McKiddy and Brandon Lamp compete Monday, May 16 in St
Joseph at 4:00 p.m.. They will face Peter Kempf and Brady
Archer of Maryville, with the winner receiving an invite to
the state tournament in Springfield May 27 and 28. Excelsior's
Lane Rogers and Seth Forstner played in the singles final, and
both will advance to sectionals to face Steven Mears and John
Lierz of LeBlond. Cameron's second place team of Gage Zeit and
David Curtis will face Joe Suchan and Trystan Lyle of
Maryville. The Hornets' team will play at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday.
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