Staff report
GLASGOW — Glasgow’s tennis playing brothers of Eric and Michael Morosa, both ranked in the top eight in the boys’ regional singles tournament, advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins each Monday.
Eric Morosa, the No. 2 ranked singles player in the region, knocked off Chen Kun of Warren East in the first round 6-0, 6-1 and G. Wheat of Allen County in the second round 6-1, 6-0. Wheat downed Barren County’s Kyle Gardner 6-3, 6-1 to advance.
Eric Morosa will play No. 5 seeded Chris Boling of Bowling Green in the quarters of the tournament.
Michael Morosa, the No. 7 ranked player, knocked off a player from Logan County 6-0, 6-0, in the first round and Charles Rice of Hart County 6-0, 6-0 in the second round. He will faced No. 1 seed Chris Ardrey of Bowling Green on Wednesday.
In other singles results, Barren County’s Colin Sparks reached the second round with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7) win over Caverna’s Kyle Richardson in the first round. Sparks fell 6-0, 6-2 to No. 4 seeded Zach Howard of Greenwood in the second round.
Caverna’s Kenneth Minor defeated Monroe County Matt Sheffield in the first round 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. He lost to Franklin-Simpson’s No. 3 seeded Brandon McCreary in the second round 6-0, 6-0.
Monroe’s Jared Rich lost in the second round to Ardrey 6-0, 6-0 after beating Warren Central’s Nick Stephens 6-3, 6-1 in the first round.
In doubles action, Barren County’s T.A. Wells and Matthew Bunnell, No. 3 ranked team, reached the quarterfinals with a pair of wins. In the first round, they knocked off Cumberland County’s Finley and Young 6-0, 6-1. In the second round, they downed Caverna’s Burke and Bowman 6-0, 6-1. Burke and Bowman had advanced by beating Smith and England of Clinton County 6-0, 6-3.
Wells and Bunnell will No. 7 ranked Clark and Sims of Bowling Green on Wednesday.
Barren County’s Cameron Felkins and Spencer Kerley upset Glasgow’s Price Bell and Pranav Santapuram, the No. 5 ranked tandem, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 in the first round. They picked up another win in the second round over Thomason and Vick of Logan County 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.
In other matches, Metcalfe County’s Steele and Harris teamed to beat Weiss and Shadburne of Hart County in the first round 6-2, 6-4. They lost to No. 2 ranked Minton and Austin of Bowling Green 6-1, 6-0.
Weaver and Bennett of Caverna downed Reeves and Johnson of Russellville in the first round 6-3, 6-2 before losing to Greenwood’s Adams and Darnell in the second round 4-6, 6-2, 2-6.
Glasgow’s Chandler Taylor and Ethan Gibson lost in the first round to Preston and Bratcher of Warren East 4-6, 2-6.
Also, Monroe County’s Poland and Irvin won in the first round over Perkins and Carter of Allen County-Scottsville 7-6, 6-1 before losing to Franklin-Simpson’s Vejr and McDonald 6-7, 1-6.
Monroe County’s Sheffield and Sheffield lost to Franklin-Simpson’s Wade and Groce 3-6, 2-6.
The girls’ regional tournament is scheduled to begin today at both Barren County High School and Gorin Park in Glasgow.
Winners will advance to Wednesday when both the boys’ and girls’ tournaments will resume.
