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It wasn’t as easy as the final score indicated, but Beaufort High’s boys tennis team clinched its second straight Region 7-4A title with a 6-0 sweep of James Island last week.
The Eagles won all six courts — three of them in straight sets — but there were a trio of set tiebreakers and three pro-sets to decide the winner in three-set marathons.
Graeme Angus cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 and Bodie Daniel won a tough two-setter at No. 4, but the rest of the Eagles had to work overtime to earn their points. Diego Alvarez took a first-set tiebreaker at No. 1 before dropping the second set and needing a third, Tucker Martin and Joseph Combs rallied to win at Nos. 3 and 5 after losing their first sets, and Casey Hoogenboom and Charlie Bowden won two set tiebreakers for a straight-sets win at No. 2 doubles.
The Eagles improved to 10-2 overall and 10-0 in region matches.
Singles
Graeme Angus def. Neo James 6-2, 6-2
Diego Alvarez def. Jonah Haller 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 10-5
Tucker Martin def. Matthew Ogiba 5-7, 6-2, 10-4
Bodie Daniel def. Helms Sander 7-5, 6-2
Joseph Combs def. Lawton Nickerson 3-6, 6-1, 11-9
Doubles
Casey Hoogenboom/Charlie Bowden def. Whit Strickland/Bazerl Sheppard 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)
