Teams from the Wyoming Valley Conference hold three of the top four and five of the top seven seeds in Class 2A for the District 2 Boys Tennis Doubles Championships, which are planned for Monday and Tuesday at Kirby Park.
The top-seeded team is formed by Bill Hall and Ansurali Atabayev from the Wyoming Seminary, the WVC team champion and district team finalist.
Hall-Atabayev made it to the final last year but lost to Scranton Prep’s Akhilesh Velaga-Ethan Borick 7-6 (7-2), 7-5. Borick, who is this year’s Class 2A singles champion, cannot compete in the doubles tournament.
Luca Argenio from Wyoming Area, who remained undefeated in the WVC at No. 1 singles and reached the District 2 singles final, is paired with Christian Abromavage for the second-seeded team.
Also seeded in Class 2A from the WVC are: Jon Florencio-Nate Linnen, Dallas, fourth; Frank Klimovitz-Jacob Ohrin, Holy Redeemer, sixth; and Christopher Ramos-Pablo Otero, Wyoming Seminary, seventh.
The District team champion Scranton Prep has David Ved-Matthew Cohen seeded third and David Geyfman-Dylan Tost eighth. Alex Harrison-Ray Zhang from Holy Cross are fifth.
A total of 26 doubles teams are participating in the tournament, which begins Monday at 9 a.m. and will consist of three rounds. The semifinals and finals are expected to take place at Kirby Park, weather permitting, on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Abington Heights and Delaware Valley hold the top four seeds in Class 3A, which will commence on Monday at 9 a.m. with 21 teams playing at the nearby Wilkes University courts.
There are six seeded teams in Class 3A, with the fifth and sixth teams coming from the WVC. Wilkes-Barre Area’s Michael Hamel-Harold Stella are fifth and Crestwood’s Sean Rossi-Tommy Biscotti are sixth.
Class 3A is expected to move to Kirby Park for Tuesday’s action.
Domenic Peters, who reached the final with Sam Christman last season, will team up with William Arp to form the top-seeded team from Abington Heights in Class 3A. The Comets, who are unbeaten champions of the Lackawanna League and District 2 Class 3A, have Brady Comstock-Liam Farrell seeded third.
Delaware Valley’s Christan Perunsky-Ty Bates are second and Alex Mullen-Alex Corcoran are fourth.
The champions of each tournament will qualify to play in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Championships in Hershey.
