TJ tennis adds 2 wins, improves to 7-2
Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School traveled to Clever High School for a regular season boys tennis contest Tuesday. The Cavaliers rolled to a 9-0 sweep of the Bluejays. Sam Goodhue started things with an 8-0 sweep of Clever's Austin Ginter in No.
1 singles. Goodhue paired with Ryker Faaborg in No. 1 doubles to claim an 8-1 win over Ginter and Austin Paasch as well.
The closest the Bluejays came to earning a win was in No. 6 singles when Noah Thornton drove the Cavs' Saad Rabbi to an 8-6 final that saw Rabbi narrowly escape defeat. In doubles, Rabbi paired with Phillip Mitchell and eliminated Jordan Markanjevic and Ethan Kenly 8-4.
Other TJ individuals to earn sweeps were Yousuf Mokhtar over Paasch in No. 3 singles, Faaborg over Markanjevic at No 4, and Mitchell over Tyler Rankey at No. 5.
TJ fell 7-2 to Central High School (Springfield) Monday. Last week, the Cavaliers earned a 6-3 win over Carl Junction High School. The Bulldogs are 9-8 on the season.