Newport sending three doubles pairs to state | Prep tennis

Coach Ron Coleman's Newport tennis team followed a perfect regular season by taking three berths to state on the doubles side.

By Josh Suman • November 3, 2011 2:42 pm

The Newport boys tennis team completed a perfect season by sweeping through the 4A KingCo tournament to take both of the two direct berths to the state tournament in the Spring.

Doubles pairs of Alec Tsutsumoto and Andrew Choi as well as Chris Lilley and Dylan Harlow advanced to the title match before Tsutsumoto and Choi earned the win 6-2, 6-4 to take the title.

Another doubles duo, Allen Kim and Matt Sham, claimed the third-place spot in the league tournament before winning their crossover match with Peter Cung and James Okubo to claim the district’s third and final spot at state.

For the season, the Knights lost only three individual matches, one each to Roosevelt, Juanita and Skyline. Newport swept all seven individual matches against Liberty, Garfield, Ballard and Issaquah and finished the regular season with a 7-0 record as a team.

The Newport boys tennis team: David An, Ryan Cheung, Andrew Choi, Dylan Harlow, Allen Kim, Chris Lilley, Jonathan Newman, Adam Owen, Matt Sham, Uday Singh, Alec Tsutsumoto, Alex Vu, Kelvin Yuchen, coach Ron Coleman.