Covington Catholic sweeps Ninth Region KHSAA boys tennis championships

The Covington Catholic Colonels had a clean sweep of the Ninth Region boys tennis tournament in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

Junior Blake Hussey, who was a state champion a year ago with Kalei Christensen in doubles, won the Ninth Region singles championship. Jacob Kramer and Will Tribble, regional finalists and state semifinalists last season, claimed the doubles championship.

Hussey met Villa Madonna senior Shayaan Ahmad in the tournament finals. Ahmad was a regional finalist last season, withdrawing in the finals to finish as the runner-up. Hussey won the match 6-4, 6-0 over Ahmad.

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Hussey reached the finals after a 6-1, 6-1 win in the semifinals against Ryle senior Navneeth Selvaraju and Ahmad beat Highlands sophomore Dylan Fortner 6-3, 6-4.

All four semifinalists in the singles and doubles tournaments advance to the KHSAA state tournament.

Kramer and Tribble, both juniors for the Colonels, beat Beechwood senior Neel Reddy and Andrew Dunaway 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).

The CovCath pair beat Highlands sophomore Lukesh Muzumdar and junior Daniel Beasey 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals. Beechwood’s duo topped Villa Madonna freshman Andrew Kramer and senior Drew Gray 6-2, 6-1 in the semis.

Walton-Verona freshman Finley Mackay is Region 8 runner-up

Walton-Verona freshman Finley Mackay already had his ticket to the KHSAA state tournament punched with a quarterfinal win on May 12, but he added on with a regional finals appearance the next day.

Mackay beat North Oldham senior Jack Geiser 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals, setting up a championship match North Oldham senior Samuel Gurevich. Gurevich beat Mackay in the Region Eight finals last year when Mackay was just an eighth-grader.

Gurevich took the opening set from Mackay 6-1 and was leading 2-0 before the freshman retired to finish as a regional runner-up.

Cameron and Christopher Wells qualify as 10th Region semifinalists

Campbell County senior duo Cameron and Christopher Wells will return to the state tournament in 2026. They were finalists in the 10th Region last season. This year, Wells and Wells fell 6-2, 6-3 to the champions from Bourbon County in the semifinals on May 9.

Teammate Sebastian Niemeier, a Camel junior, reached the semifinals of the 10th Region singles bracket, falling to champion Noah Earlywine 6-0, 6-1.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Covington Catholic sweeps Ninth Region KHSAA boys tennis championships