Fossil Ridge sweeps into Colorado tennis quarterfinals with dominant 5A home playoff win
The SaberCats have their sights set on the semifinals — at least — yet again in Colorado's Class 5A boys team tennis tournament.
No. 5 Fossil Ridge swept away No. 12 Broomfield 7-0 on Oct. 1 in the first-round matchup of the 5A team bracket.
Fossil (9-1 in regular season duals) is moving on and will hit the road to face No. 4 seed Grandview in an Oct. 3 quarterfinal.
A win there would make it four straight team semifinal appearances for the SaberCats since CHSAA first instituted the separate team bracket in fall 2022.
Here's how Fossil Ridge dominated the Eagles in the opening round:
- No. 1 singles: Cadell Webb won 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- No. 2 singles: Ian Miller won 6-3, 6-2
- No. 3 singles: Keaton Thomas won 6-0, 7-5
- No. 1 doubles: Davis Samuelson/Diego Pardina won 6-1, 7-5
- No. 2 doubles: Vedant Manakeshwar/Will Schuster won 6-0, 6-2
- No. 3 doubles: Kasey Nelson/Braxton Phillips won 6-0, 6-3
- No. 4 doubles: Sully Kane/James Lillis won 6-0, 6-1
The 5A individual boys tennis state championships will be held Oct. 16-18 at Denver Tennis Park.
Qualifying for the Colorado individual state tennis championships will be determined during regional play from Oct. 8-11. Fossil Ridge will look to defend its regional team title Oct. 9-10 at Loveland's North Lake Park.
Fort Collins, Rocky Mountain fall on road
Two other Fort Collins-area teams qualified for the team brackets, both in Class 5A.
No. 13 Rocky Mountain bowed out to No. 4 Grandview in a 6-1 first-round road loss on Oct. 1.
No. 15 Fort Collins went up against tennis power and No. 2 seed Cherry Creek, getting swept 7-0 by the Bruins.
Chris Abshire covers high school and community sports for the Coloradoan.
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