Pirate tennis dominates Defiance
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The streaking Bluffton High School boys tennis team swept visiting Western Buckeye League foe Defiance 5-0 on Monday, May 12.
The Pirates improved to 14-3 with the victory. Bluffton won all 10 sets, including all three singles matches without dropping a single game.
Struggling Defiance fell to 1-7 with the loss.
Pirate senior Branson Hilty triumphed at first singles 6-0, 6-0.
Bluffton senior Jack Brauen also won with a double bagel at second singles 6-0, 6-0.
Pirate senior Levi Antrim rolled at third singles 6-0, 6-0.
The Bluffton duo of juniors Grady Coonfare and Isaiah Kohli rolled to a 6-2, 6-0 victory at first doubles.
The Pirate senior tandem of Caleb Davis and Blake Sommers cruised at second doubles 6-1, 6-2.
Hilty is seeded third for the upcoming May 15 sectional singles tournament.
The Pirate first doubles duo of Coonfare and Kohli was seeded fourth in the sectional doubles flight.
A top-four sectional finish advances a player or doubles duo to the district tourney.
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