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Journa photo by Emily Hanson Andrew Johnson, playing as Shelton's No. 2 singles player, prepares to return serve Oct. 9 during the Highclimbers' home match against Central Kitsap. "7 By EMILY HANSON In its last• week of regular season play, the SheIton boys' tennis team went 1-1. The Highclimbers earned a 4-1 win against Central Kitsap on Oct. 9 at home. "I moved the guys around to try and give some JV players a chance to expe- rience the varsity level and to just keep things fresh for the tournament." head coach John Perry said. "The match was closer than I thought it would be and after all the first sets were done, we were losing 2-3 with only the singles matches easily at hand." Brandon Goodale and Andrew John- son. playing at No. 1 and No. 2 singles re- spectively, both won their second sets for match wins. "It was nice to see the singles guys take control and give us an early 2-0 lead,• as it OCT. 11: made things less stress- ful waiting for the dou- bles matches to conclude, knowing we needed only one win ~o secure the vic- tory," Perry said~ At No. i doubles. John Pentony and Zach Lund came back after losing Olympia ........ 5 their first set to win the Shelton .......... 0 next two for a match win, he said. TOMORROW: "Alex Deacon and Dal- Shelton at ton Jaske did the same, 3A Narrows so that notched the win." League he said. Tournament, Deacon and Jaske 8 a.m. played at No. 2 doubles. "CK put all of their strong players at doubles, so it made for a very competitive match." Perry said. The team's final regular season match was against Olympia on Oct. 11. Shelton lost 5-0. "Olympia was our last match, so I stressed to the guys that it was a practice match and I wanted everyone healthy and not injured after the match," Perry said. "I moved some guys around again and we tried to keep. things a little light- er since the match didn't really mean anything." With Deacon feeling sore from the Cen- tral Kitsap match• Perry sa~ him out and moved a junior varsity player up to No. 2 doubles with Pentony. "The best match was No. I doubles where Goodale and Jaske played a very close match, losing 6-4. 7-5." Perry said. "Olympia has arguably one of the best tennis teams in the state, so even though we didn't win a match, we were very com- petitive even without one of our top play- ers in the lineup." The 3A Narrows League tournament begins at 8 a.m. tomorrow at Capital City Tennis Center in Tumwater. The ~ourna- ment is set to conclude at 1 p.m. on Satur- day in Tumwater. "We are very excited to play in the league tournament," Perry said. Johnson will be at No. 1 singles while Josh Priest will play at No. 2 singles and Nick Vernon will be at No. 3 singles. The doubles teams will be Deacon and Pentony at No. 1, Goodale and Jaske at No. 2 and Lund with DeMattos at No. 3. "Deacon and Pentony should be seeded in the top two or three and I am looking forward to seeing them play," Perry said. "I am also looking forward to watching the other two doubles teams as well, as I have seen both of those teams play as good as anyone else in the league at times, so it just de- pends on who's on when it comes time to play." He said the singles players may have a tougher time at the tournament. "Usually, there are some very good players in the singles draw, but it will be a great experience for them and hopefully they can notch a few wins in the process." Perry said. By EMILY HANSON ernily~a'r~z~x: