Braden Amey wins state tennis title for West Boca Raton
West Boca's Braden Amey defeated Boca Raton's Enzo Carvalho to become the school's first boys state singles tennis champion.
It was an All-Boca affair in the Class 4A state tennis finals at Sanlando Park in Sanford. West Boca vs. Boca Raton.
Both schools had never had a boys FHSAA state singles champion, so something had to give. Give it up for West Boca as junior first singles Braden Amey completed an unbeaten season with a state-finals victory (7-5, 6-3) over Boca Raton High’s Enzo Carvalho on April 30. Amey, the top seed, became West Boca’s first boys state singles champion and did it against a longtime rival.
Meanwhile, Carvalho made history, too, as the first Boca High state boys finalist. “It’s pretty cool,’’ Amey said. “I expected it coming into the tournament.
It was pretty cool (playing him). I know his game pretty well and used to play with him years back. I knew it would be a great match.