DENVER | Five of the six singles finalists and four of the eight doubles teams set to play for championships Saturday at the Class 5A boys tennis individual state tennis tournament hail from Aurora area programs.

Regis Jesuit had all seven of its lines make it through Friday’s semifinals at the Denver Tennis Park, while Grandview moved two singles players (sophomore brothers Kaahan and Krish Wani) into championship matches, where they will go head-to-head with Regis Jesuit seniors Clay Dickey and Adam Rydel, respectively, in the 10 a.m. finals.

As a bonus, the Wolves will have one singles players and two doubles teams playing for third place in 8:30 a.m. matches.

Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@sentinelcolorado.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports

2025 CLASS 5A BOYS TENNIS INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNAMENT

Oct. 18 At Denver Tennis Park

Championship matches

No. 1 singles — ALEC RODRIGUEZ-FIELDS, JR. (REGIS JESUIT) vs. Jace Nakamura, sr. (Valor Christian)

No. 2 singles — KAAHAN WANI, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW) vs. CLAY DICKEY, SR. (REGIS JESUIT)

No. 3 singlesKRISH WANI, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW) vs. ADAM RYDEL, SR. (REGIS JESUIT)

No. 1 doubles — Tyson Hardy, sr./Sam Migliaccio, jr. (Cherry Creek) vs. WILL LARKIN, SOPH./KOOPS LORD, JR. (REGIS JESUIT)

No. 2 doubles — EDWARD SAMUELSON, JR./REIS CHERVENY, SOPH. (REGIS JESUIT) vs. Kapil Bhandaram, sr./Adam Eikelberner, sr. (Cherry Creek)

No. 3 doubles — Liam Raleigh, sr./Spencer Hutchins, jr. (Cherry Creek) vs. BECKETT MARTORELLA, JR./FINN CAROLAN, SOPH. (REGIS JESUIT)

No. 4 doubles — CONNOR HICKEY, JR./DANIEL HICKEY, FR. (REGIS JESUIT) vs. Sunand Bhandaram, soph./Ryan Raleigh, soph. (Cherry Creek)

Third place matches

No. 1 singles — Luke Treleaven, jr. (Fairview) vs. JUSTIN SON, SR. (GRANDVIEW)

No. 2 singles — Advait Jadha, fr. (Pine Creek) vs. Jack Loehr, sr. (Cherry Creek)

No. 3 singles — Drew Summers, sr. (Valor Christian) vs. Devan Shah, jr. (Cherry Creek)

No. 1 doubles — Colin Arbour, sr./Lincoln Pederson, soph. (Denver South) vs. CARTER BENTON, SR./STEVE LI, FR. (GRANDVIEW)

No. 2 doubles — CORBIN THOMPSON, SR./NATHAN MCISAAC, SOPH. (GRANDVIEW) vs. Vedant Manakeshwar, sr./Will Schuster, soph. (Fossil Ridge)

No. 3 doubles — Blake Ceglie, soph./Taylor Knowles, jr. (Mountain Vista) vs. Reid Stemberger, sr./Deacon Brown, soph. (Valor Christian)

No. 4 doubles — Colter Kindsfater, soph./Nick Daugherty, fr. (Valor Christian) vs. Charlie Eggen, jr./Jack Olney, jr. (Arapahoe)

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...

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