STARLIGHT – The Section IV Class C-D Tennis Sectionals began on Thursday at Camp Starlight in Pennsylvania. Players from Greene, Bainbridge-Guilford, and Oxford competed after a strong regular season.

In the doubles matches, Oxford’s Madalyn Barrows and Sam Hendricks played strong, but fell in three sets to Chenango Valley’s Devin Miller and Gavin Laskowsky. Barrows and Hendricks took only the second set by a score of 6-4.

Jill and Jocie Finch also represented the Blackhawks, but had a rough start and lost to Hunter-Tannersville’s Nicolas Uhrik and William Schnider in two 6-1 sets.

B-G’s Cooper Sienko and Giovanni Johnson lost in a best of three against Sus Valley’s Tyler Harder and Mitch Latini. B-G took the first set 6-4, but the Sabers took the next two sets 6-3 and 6-2.

The Bobcats also had Marek Rainer and Ilias Wilson competing in doubles. The pair lost to Sidney’s Emily Morris and Chloe Van der Sommen by scores of 7-6 (7-3) and 6-3.

Greene’s Billie Kinney and Hunter Becker got past Windham-Ashland-Jewett’s Caeley Coe and Charlie Mulholland 6-4 and 6-1, but then fell to Sidney’s Connor Van der Sommen and Will Dossick 6-0 and 6-4.

Greene also brought a strong pair of Cassie Butler and Paul Starliper to the match, where they defeated WAJ’s Sophia Dyjak and Alexis Moss by scores of 6-2 and 6-0. Butler and Starliper then fell to Chenango Forks’ Nolan Sigany and Jayson Samson in the next match by two 6-1 scores to conclude the doubles, leaving no local teams heading to the quarter finals.

For singles, Maeric Barrows proudly represented the Greene Trojans. The senior excelled up until the quarter-finals match held the next day. He received a first round bye before defeating Delhi’s Tyler Abts 7-5 and 6-1. Then, he won against Charlotte Valley’s Simone Tunno by scores of 6-4 and 6-3.

That match sent him to the quarter-finals held on his home court the following day. Unfortunately, Maeric fell to a tough Sus Valley’s Isaac Spottek 6-1 and 6-2.

Greene also had Shane Rideout in the singles, where he moved past the first round over Chenango Valley’s Owen Stafford with two 6-3 wins. Rideout then defeated Delhi’s Bryce Burrows in three strong sets, but fell to Forks’ Michael Rullo 6-2 and 6-0.

Oxford’s John Rovente faced Bainbridge-Guilford’s Garrett O’Hara in the first round, where O’Hara won 7-5 and 6-3. He moved on to play Chenango Forks’ Joey Worden, but fell 6-3 and 6-4.

B-G’s Kevin Lang concluded the singles with a 6-1 and 6-0 win over Deposit-Hancock’s Alexis Mead, but fell to Rullo 6-0 and 6-2.

There is a crossover event taking place on Tuesday, where the East teams will be facing the West.