CORTLAND – Througout the spring, Liverpool boys tennis player Justin Barrett had rolled through competition, and he did so again Wednesday at SUNY-Cortland, with the reward a Section III Class A championship in first singles.
Working from the top seed, Barrett had a first-round bye, then shut out Utica Proctor’s Matt Marvel 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals before a semifinal with Baldwinsville’s Mason Doan that he won 6-0, 6-1.
The final pitted Barrett against Fayetteville-Manlius’ Cameron Lukasik, and while the second set went to a tie-breaker, Barrett still took the title 6-1, 7-6 (7-2).
Cicero-North Syracuse had a contender in most of the five divisions, including Wyatt Dupell in first singles, but he lost his semifinal 6-2, 6-3 to Lukasik before recovering to beat Doan 7-5, 6-2 for third place.
The Northstars’ Brady Petranchuk was the top seed in second singles. Petranchuk beat Po Wah (Utica Proctor) and Gabe Volo (Auburn) to reach the finals, only to fall to CBA’s Gabriel Yang in a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 classic.
Also for C-NS, Brandon Nguyen finished fourth in third singles, falling 6-1, 6-2 to F-M’s Colin Byer (the eventual champion) in the semifinals, while Peter Gill and Andrew George were fourth in second doubles, falling in their semifinal 6-1, 6-1 to another first-place finisher, F-M’s Justin Dunn and Kaelem Michel.
Matching that fourth-place finish, Matt Jordan and Ryan Kiel played in first doubles, where they survived a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinal with CBA’s Will Vandermeer and Soren Kang before they lost in the semifinals to Auburn’s Michael Clark and Riley Fitzgerald.
Liverpool also had Casey Maher in third singles, where he lost in the quarterfinals 7-6, 6-4 to Auburn’s Brody Wagner, while Aiden Hunter and Andrew Wadle lost in the opening round of first doubles.
