No. 5 The Gregory School beat No. 12 Willcox 8-1 on Wednesday in the first round of the Division III state playoffs held at the Tucson Racquet Club. The Hawks will travel to face No. 4 ALA-West Foothills in the quarterfinal round slated for May 7 at 3 p.m. The Guardians beat No. 13 BASIS Phoenix 5-2 in their first round match at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.

Gregory School improved to 11-1 on the year and Willcox finished the year with a 10-3 record. Gregroy School sophomore standout Thomas Escobedo (10-1) is seeded No. 6 in the state singles bracket scheduled to start on May 2 and Willcox senior Elijah Bhasme (9-3) is also competing in singles action. In state doubles play, John Samii and Marcus Swenson will represent the Hawks and Nathaniel Aguilar and Andy Osornio will be playing for the Cowboys.

Elijah Bhasme. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

SINGLES FLIGHTS

1 (G) Thomas Escobedo over Nathaniel Aguilar (6-4, 6-1)

2 (G) John Samii over Elijah Bhasme (6-0, 6-0)

3 (G) Anthi Christoforidis over Andy Osornio (6-2, 6-1)

4 (G) Marcus Swenson over Alan Solis (6-1, 6-2)

5 (G) Lucas Clemens over Kyle McClaine (6-3, 6-0)

6 (G) Matt Capaldi over Juan Hernandez (6-0, 6-2)

 

DOUBLES FLIGHTS

1 (G) Escobedo/Christoforidis over Aguilar/Osornio (8-5)

2 (G) Swenson/Samii over McClaine/Bhasme (8-1)

3 (W) Solis/Hernandez over Nikolas Larson/Clemens (8-6)