Traverse City Central won six flights Thursday as the Trojan captured the five-team Big North Conference boys' tennis tournament at the Petoskey High School and Bay View courts.
The Trojans finished with 38 points, while Traverse City West was second with 33. Petoskey and Cadillac tied for third with 20 each, while Alpena was fifth with nine.
"Traverse City Central is ranked No. 7 in the Division II poll and they've had a tough team all year," Petoskey coach John Boyer said. "They have a very hard regional with four teams ranked in the top 10. It would be very hard for us to come out of that regional."
For Petoskey, Dan Nellis had the best individual finish as he was runner-up at No. 1 singles to T.C. Central freshman sensation Fisher Sutherland. Sutherland defeated Nellis, 6-3, 6-2, in the championship match.
"Dan had a really good day," Boyer said. "He finished in second place and he was the only guy for us to take home some hardware. He played well against Sutherland and he made him work for his points."
Also for the Northmen, Alec Kenny was third at No. 3 singles, while the No. 1 doubles team of Stephen Daly-Tyler Brown and the No. 2 doubles team of Mitch Hebert-Dustin Dibble also finished in third place.
T.C. Central's Doug Burke and Spencer Powell were flight winners at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively, while the Trojans also won three doubles flights, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4.
Other flight winners were T.C. West's John Cannon at No. 4 singles and West's No. 1 doubles team.
Petoskey singles results: 1-Nellis def. PJ O'Hagan (C), 6-1, 6-1; def. Chris Heinburger (TCC JV), 6-1, 6-1; lost to Sutherland (TCC), 6-3, 6-2; 2-Tim Downey def. Zach Wenzel (A), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; lost to Ben Street (TCW), 6-1, 6-2; lost to Brock Raffaele (C), 7-5, 6-4; 3-Ryan Murray lost to Spencer Powell (TCC), 6-1, 6-0; def. Troy Rondeau, 6-1, 7-5; lost to Jordan Cater (C), 6-2, 6-4; 4-Alec Kenny lost to John Cannon (TCW), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; def. Jesse Adamson (TCC JV), 6-4, 6-3; def. Evan Spangler (C), 6-4, 6-2.
Petoskey doubles results: 1-Daly-Brown def. Dan Seguin-Doug Gagnon, 6-2, 7-6 (4); lost to Jack Milliken-Ben Watts (TCC), 6-2, 6-1; def. Josh Peister-Eric Hoblet (C), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; 2-Hebert-Dibble def. Mac Fountain-Nick McLaren (A), 6-1, 6-0; lost to Ricky Bell-Carter Jones (TCW), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; def. Andy Cleary-Luke Bonczyk (C), 6-4, 6-7, 6-2; 3-K.C. Hull-Scott Lamont lost to Gabe Filkins-Josh Pionk (C), 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-2, fell to Dillon Demer-Zach Hughey (TCW), 6-1, 6-2; def. Andrew Gulledge-Tyler Romanick (Petoskey JV), 6-1, 6-0; 4-Kevin Starkey-Charlie Russell lost to Dane Deemer-Jacob Heston (TCW), 5-6, 6-4, 6-1; def. Cadillac JV, 6-3, 6-4; fell to Cadillac, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
TRAVERSE CITY - Harbor Springs was third, Charlevoix fourth, and Boyne City fifth Thursday at the Lake Michigan Conference boys' tennis tournament. Traverse City St. Francis was the league champion, and Elk Rapids the runner-up.
Harbor Springs' Kyle Anderson was second at No. 3 singles. He beat Charlevoix's John Hart, 6-2, 6-1, before losing to St. Francis' Bob Schippers, 6-1, 6-3. At No. 2 doubles, Harbor's Joey Anthony and Matt Matteson beat Boyne's Rayn Kasper and Trent Pallagi, 6-3, 7-6 (5), before falling to St. Francis' Michael Elliott and Newton Calcutt in the final, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Charlevoix's Scotty Silberhorn-Kevin Geyerbiehl were runners-up at No. 1 doubles, losing to Elk Rapids in the final after defeating Boyne's Tyelr Zatkoff-Chase Petroelje in the semis.