South Stanly men’s tennis team makes school history
Published 3:36 pm Friday, April 15, 2022
- The 2022 South Stanly men's tennis team. From left, Caleb Lefler, Cohen Whitley, Lucas Lefler, Ethan Hatley, Bennett Shelton, Ethan Hopkins, Jaxon Valler, and Grant Lisk. (Contributed)
This season, the South Stanly men’s tennis team did something no other men’s team in the sport had ever accomplished: win a conference title.
Under head coach Sean Whitley, the Bulls went 9-0 this season and 8-0 in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The team’s four, five and six seeds in singles, Lucas Lefler, Ethan Hopkins and Cohen Whitley, respectively, went undefeated in conference play.
Whitley and Hopkins also went undefeated in doubles play.
At the No. 3 seed, Ethan Hatley was 6-2 overall in singles, while second-seed Bennett Shelton was 4-4. Caleb Lefler, the team’s top seed, was 3-5 in single and 4-3 in doubles with Lucas. The team of Shelton and Hatley were 7-1 in conference doubles play.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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