JOHNSON CITY — It required playing at three different sites, but Dobyns-Bennett’s Emery Corpstein controlled the action to win the boys’ singles title at the Region 1-AA individual tennis championships.
The Indians sophomore won his semifinal match before the final against Greeneville’s Jackson Weems was moved to Johnson City’s Liberty Bell Tennis Courts. Corpstein was literally a couple of points away from clinching the match when heavy rains forced the match to be finished at Johnson City Country Club’s indoor courts.
No problem for Corpstein, who finished off a 6-2, 6-4 victory. It was a sweet reward for Corpstein who barely missed winning the region in 2023.
ALL-TOPPER FINAL
A pair of Science Hill duos teams faced off in the boys’ doubles final. Top-seeded Daniel Haddadin and Shreeyan Papireddy took a 6-2, 6-4 win over teammates Jackson Temple and Newt Raff in the championship round. Both teams rolled in their semifinal matchups with a 6-1, 6-1 win for Haddadin and Papireddy. Temple and Raff won 6-2, 6-0 in their match.
Averie Stalnaker from Tennessee High defeated Ensley Baker from Science Hill in a rematch of their District 1 girls singles final. It was another fierce battle between the two with Stalnaker taking the 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory. There was also a rematch in girls doubles where Tennessee High’s Ellyson Kovacs and Trinity Moore won 7-5, 6-4 over Science Hill’s Lizzy Luna and Madison Berry.
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