OMAHA – Millard North got dominating performances from both of its doubles teams at the 2018 Class A NSAA Boys Tennis State Championship in Omaha on Thursday to capture the team title.

It’s only the second time Millard North has won a boys tennis state championship with the first coming-  before anyone on the current team was born – in 1998.

Millard North finished well ahead of the field with a score of 48.25 while Lincoln East was runner-up at 35.5 and Lincoln Southeast was third at 35.

The Mustangs’ #1 doubles team of senior Samuel Faulk and junior Garret Starman cruised to the title without dropping a set. Faulk and Starman – the top seed coming into the tournament – beat the Kearney senior tandem of Max Rademacher and Kaleb Strawhecker 6-0, 6-2 in the championship

In #2 doubles, Millard North junior Neal Agarwal and senior Iesele Talavera came in as the third-seeded team but knocked off top-seeded Daniel Kowal and Gavin Forster in the championship 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

In #1 singles, third-seeded Papillion-LaVista sophomore Ethan Neil took home the state title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over fourth-seeded Jack Bergmeyer of Lincoln Southeast.

Lincoln East senior Richard Batelaan took home the #2 singles state title with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Lincoln Southeast senior Spencer Allgood in the finals. 

Final Class A Team Standings

1.) Millard North – 48.25
2.) Lincoln East – 35.5
3.) Lincoln Southeast – 35
4.) Kearney – 32.75
5.) Papillion-LaVista – 30
6.) Lincoln Southwest 29.5
7.) Creighton Prep – 24.75
8.) Lincoln North Star – 22.25
9.) Fremont – 20
10.) Millard West – 16
11.) Omaha Central – 14.5
12.) Millard South – 14.25
13.) Omaha Westside – 8.5
14.) Bellevue West – 8.25
15.) Lincoln Northeast – 6
Norfolk – 6
Omaha Benson – 6
18.) Bellevue East – 4
Columbus – 4
Omaha Burke – 4
21.) Grand Island – 2
Omaha Bryan – 2
Papillion-LaVista South – 2

Final Class A #1 Singles Results 

First round

Brennan Callahan, Fremont, def. Nolan Lausterer, Bellevue West 6-1, 6-3
Tan Phan, Lincoln North Star, def. Mitchell Blum, Papillion-LaVista South, 6-0, 6-1
Joseph Skoff, Bellevue East, def. Christopher Penas-Hull 6-1, 4-6, 10-4
Cameron Crump, Millard South, def. Joshua Groevenor, Grand Island, 6-1, 6-2
Malachi Smith, Lincoln Northeast, def. Steven Pruss, Omaha Benson, 6-1, 6-1
Tate Brudigan, Norfolk, def. Gustavo Gochez, Perez, Omaha South, 6-0, 6-0
Samuel Pawaskar, Omaha Central, def. July Moo, Omaha Bryan, 6-1, 6-1
Kenton Young, Millard West, def. Aman Moussavi, Omaha Burke, 6-0, 6-1
Mac Nelson, Creighton Prep, def. Ashton Halat, Omaha North, 6-0, 6-0
Phillip Tran, Kearney, def. Jake Bonnett, Omaha Westside, 7-5, 6-1
Adam Kamrath, Columbus, def. Ely Olson, Omaha Northwest, 6-0, 6-1

Second round

Benjamin Starman, Millard North, def. Callahan 6-0, 6-2
Phan def. Skoff 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
Joseph Harris, Lincoln Southwest, def. Crump 6-1, 6-1
Jack Bergmeyer, Lincoln Southeast, def. Smith 6-0, 6-0
Ethan Neil, Papillion-LaVista, def. Brudigan 6-1, 6-1
Pawaskar def. Young 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
Tran def. Nelson 6-7 (4-7) 6-3, 10-8
Connor Vandewege, Lincoln East, def. Kamrath 6-1, 6-0

Quarterfinals

Strarman def. Phan 6-4, 6-2
Bergemeyer def. Harris 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
Neil def. Pawaskar 6-1, 6-1
Vandewege def. Tran 6-3, 6-0

Semifinals

Bergemeyer def. Starman 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Neil def. Vandewege 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

Championship

Neil def. Bergemeyer 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Third Place

Vandewege def. Starman 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

Fifth Place

Harris def. Tran 8-2

Seventh Place

Pawaskar def. Pham 8-4

Class A #2 Singles Results 

First round

Justin Pemberton, Fremont, def. Dayton Bailey, Omaha North, 6-2, 6-0
Graham Hedstrom, Lincoln Southwest, def. Eh Tha Shee, Omaha Benson, 6-0, 6-0
Ian Haskinson, Millard South, def. Charles Levy, Omaha Central, 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
Jackson Slizinksi, Papillion-LaVista, def. Austin Adams, Omaha Northwest, 6-0, 6-0
Aidan Fisher, Papillion-LaVista South, def. Jason Au, Omaha South, 6-0, 6-0
Caden Menagh, Grand Island, def. Colin Flyr, Columbus, 6-4, 6-2
Jeremiah Witkop, Bellevue West, def. Mason Borgman, Norfolk, 6-2, 6-3
Samuel Konwinski, Creighton Prep, def. Jaxson Harding, Bellevue East, 6-0, 6-1
Carson Eistermeier, Kearney, def. Phu Le, Lincoln High, 6-4, 6-2
Justin Ye, Millard West, def. Daustin Manske, Lincoln Northeast, 6-4, 6-0
Gabriel Valdez Robles, Omaha Bryan, def. John Quillen, Omaha Burke, 6-0, 6-0

Second round

Richard Batelaan, Lincoln East, def., Pemberton 6-2, 6-1
Haskinson def. Headstrom, 6-7 (4-7) 6-0, 10-7
Noah Hudson, Lincoln North Star, def. Slizinski 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Joshua Rosenblatt, Omaha Westside, def. Fisher 6-0, 7-5
Nicholas St. Onge, Millard North, def. Menagh 6-0, 6-1
Konwinski def. Witkop 6-0, 6-0
Eistermeier def. Ye 6-3, 6-4
Spencer Allgood, Lincoln Southeast, def. Valdez Robles 6-0, 6-3

Quarterfinals

Batelaan def. Haskinson 6-2, 6-1
Hudson def. Rosenblatt 7-5, 6-1
St. Onge def. Konwinski 6-0 6-4
Allgood def. Eistermeier 6-1, 6-3

Semifinals

Batelaan def. Hudson 6-0, 6-3
Allgood def. Sr. Onge 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Championship

Batelaan def. Allgood 6-1, 6-0

Third Place

St. Onge def. Hudson 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

Fifth Place

Rosenblatt def. Konwinski 8-0

Seventh Place

Class A #1 Doubles Results

First round