Knights Compete Against The Best At The Plaza
The boys tennis team took on some of the best competition in Missouri and Kansas at the KC Invitational on Tuesday, April 25.
At #1 doubles, senior George Colombo and junior Sankeerth Gandhari finished 2-2. The boys opened strong with Lee's Summit and used strong serves and a solid net game to roll to an impressive 8-2 win. In the second quarter, Sankeerth and George started strong but let one get away with a 7-8 (7-4) tiebreaker loss. The guys picked up a second win vs. Lawrence Free State, 8-2.
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In A singles, Liam Groden finished 2-2. He served especially well and mixed up his game with groundstrokes and attacking the net for an 8-0 win against Blue Valley, and picked up his second victory of the day in his fourth and final round against Blue Valley Northwest and came out on top, 8-5.
In B doubles, senior Aaram Salm and freshman Sanjeev Adma also finished the day with two wins. In their first round, the boys beat a pair from Liberty High School, 8-5. They picked up their second victory of the day vs. Shawnee Mission East. After a slow start and then reeling off a couple of games in a row, the Knights won by a forfeit when the SME player had to withdraw.
Finally in B singles junior Nithin Guduputi used his best serving of the day and solid, consistent groundstrokes to pull off a win in the final round against Liberty North, 8-4.
