Heider captures WHC singles championship

April 11, 2019

Ryan Heider captured the Western Highlands Conference tennis tournament championship on Thursday, sweeping through the tourney at Polk County.

Heider defeated Owen’s Lorenz Hoover 10-1 in the championship match. The Wolverine senior lost just two games in his three matches during the day.

Polk County’s Henry Heider and Adam Kehrer reached the doubles final, but dropped an 8-3 decision to Owen’s Hunter Haynes and Wyatt Lehman.

The Wolverines still have one more regular-season match, an April 23 showdown with Owen at Polk that will settle the WHC regular-season title.

Ryan Heider and the Heider-Kehrer doubles team earned a berth in the 1A West Regional set for May 3-4 in Elkin.

SINGLES
First Round
J. Swoap (Owen) d. E. Ayers (Avery) 10-1

Quarterfinals
Ryan Heider (Polk County) d. Swoap 10-0
B. Nightingale (Owen) d. Grant Waddell (Polk County) 10-4
N. Ledford (Mountain Heritage) d. E. Colson (Owen) 10-6
L. Hoover (Owen) d. L. Watrous (Mountain Heritage) 10-2

Semifinals
Heider d. Nightingale 10-1
Hoover d. Ledford 10-4

Championship
Heider d. Hoover 10-1

DOUBLES
Quarterfinal
Mencis-Roy (Mountain Heritage) d. Jared Searcy-Alfredo Avellaneda (Polk County) 8-6

Semifinals
Lehman-Haynes (Owen) d. Mencis-Roy 8-1
Henry Heider-Adam Kehrer (Polk County) d. Phillips-Argent (Owen) 8-0

Championship
Lehman-Haynes d. Heider-Kehrer 8-3