Hillsboro 13 May 2019

Hillsboro's Gabe Gilliland advances to district round

By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com

The Hillsboro boys tennis team recently participated in the 2019 Southeast District Sectional Tournament in Portsmouth, where one Hillsboro player advanced to the district round of competition.

The player who advanced to the district tournament was Gabe Gilliland, who won the sectional championship to earn the district spot.

Gilliland won in three rounds of play, beginning with a win over Alston Lin of Notre Dame High School in the opening round. Next was a second round win against Matt Campbell of Portsmouth West High School.

In the championship and third round of the sectional tournament, Gilliland defeated Tyler Hobbs of Clay High School. The wins by Gilliland move him to play in the district round on Saturday, May 18.

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As for the rest of the Indians — who were the 2019 Frontier Athletic Conference boys tennis champions — in doubles action, Creed Mullenix and Gabriel Adkins lost to Landon McBee and Nick Crabtree of Valley High School. Also in doubles play, Ethan Snapp and Austin Pendell lost to Rylan Gardner and Caleb Perry of Miami Trace High School.

In singles action, the first round saw Andrew Gunderman defeat Thomas Hamilton of Gallia High School. HHS teammate Tyler Snapp also won in the first round, as he defeated Sydney Barney of Clay High School.

The second round saw Gunderman lose to Todd Davidson of Ironton H.S. Also in the second round, Tyler Snapp lost to Grant Kuhlwein of Washington High School.

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