Edwardsville, Alton finish state tourney with positive showings

May 31, 2015 8:30 PM

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Alton's remaining doubles team was eliminated Friday morning on the second day of the IHSA Boys Tennis Championship in Arlington Heights Friday, while Edwardsville's players also fell out of the tournament.

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Both of the Tigers' doubles entries were also sent home; Joe Mezo and Carson Ware were ousted by Wilmette Loyola Academy's Alan Arocho and Peter Horne 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), while the team of Jon Koons and Alex Gray defeated Springfield's Bailey Gill and Moshe Latif 6-1, 6-1 in the fourth consolation round, but were eliminated by Wheaton St. Francis' Chris Chacko and Nick Kovach 6-4, 7-5.

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The Redbird doubles team of Carl Stradel and Drew Hays fell to LaGrange Lyons' Rory O'Donnel and Jack Bernstein 7-5, 6-4 early Friday morning and were eliminated from the tournament, while Edwardsville's remaining singles entry, Erik Weller, was ousted from the tournament by Normal Community's Tyler Washington 6-4, 6-4.

Edwardsville was in a 15th-place tie with Peoria Richwoods at 13 points after Friday and Alton was a cluster of teams with five points each.

The tournament concluded Saturday.