Regis Jesuit senior Steven Bummer reaches down to make a return during the No. 1 doubles state championship match at the Class 5A boys state tennis tournament. Bummer and partner Erich Nuss won the state championship with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Cherry Creek's Jacob Bendalin and Erin Norwood. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit senior Steven Bummer reaches down to make a return during the No. 1 doubles state championship match at the Class 5A boys state tennis tournament. Bummer and partner Erich Nuss won the state championship with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Cherry Creek’s Jacob Bendalin and Erin Norwood. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit senior Steven Bummer reaches down to make a return during the No. 1 doubles state championship match at the Class 5A boys state tennis tournament. Bummer and partner Erich Nuss won the state championship with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Cherry Creek’s Jacob Bendalin and Erin Norwood. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

DENVER | Final team scores, championship and third-place match results from the third and final day of the Class 5A boys state tennis tournament played on Oct. 17, 2015, at Gates Tennis Center in Denver. Aurora players and teams bold and uppercased:

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BOYS TENNIS
BOYS TENNIS

2015 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Oct. 17 at Gates Tennis Center

Team scores: 1. Cherry Creek 75 points; 2. Fairview 51; 3. Denver East 47; T4. REGIS JESUIT 46; T4. Boulder 46; T6. Heritage 13; T6. Mountain Vista 13; 8. Chatfield 12; 9. Monarch 10; 10. Fossil Ridge 7; 11. Ponderosa 2; T12. CHEROKEE TRAIL 1; T12. OVERLAND 1; T12. Arapahoe 1; T12. Grand Junction 1; T12. Broomfield 1; T12. Fort Collins 1

Championship matches

No. 1 singles — Kap Smith (Boulder) def. Ryan James (Cherry Creek), 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 singles — Jackson Hawk (Boulder) def. Charlie Franks (Denver East), 6-1, 6-2; No. 3 singles — Mitch Johnson (Cherry Creek) def. Cutter Esson (Boulder), 6-3, 7-6; No. 1 doubles — STEVEN BUMMER/ERICH NUSS (REGIS JESUIT) def. Jacob Bendalin/Erin Norwood (Cherry Creek), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; No. 2 doubles — LUCA ABBOTT/PATRICK SEBY (REGIS JESUIT) def. Andy Duggan/Andy Hsu (Cherry Creek), 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 doubles — Ben Murray/Spencer Buted (Cherry Creek) def. EVAN NUSS/KOSTA GARGER (REGIS JESUIT), 7-6, 7-6; No. 4 doubles — David Glazer/Will Barton (Denver East) def. David Zhao/Aaron Nguyen (Fairview), 6-2, 6-3

Third-place matches

No. 1 singles — Kai Smith (Denver East) def. Ben Antonsen (Mountain Vista), 7-5, 6-2; No. 2 singles — Tom Melville (Fairview) def. Robby Hill (Cherry Creek), 6-4, 6-3; No. 3 singles — Ben Blea (Heritage) def. Ethan Schacht (Fairview), 6-4, 6-1; No. 1 doubles — Graham Blanco/Devin Harper (Fairview) def. Sam Meyer/Austin Stutz (Chatfield), 7-6, 6-3; No. 2 doubles — Kevin Ball/Jimmy Kasic (Fairview) def. Eric Dellavalle/Jonny Cook (Denver East), 6-4, 7-6; No. 3 doubles — Brooks Savage/Spencer Clauson (Fairview) def. Thomas Paluch/Jack Lacy (Monarch), 6-4, 7-5; No. 4 doubles — WILL DENNEN/MATTHEW MCCARTHY (REGIS JESUIT) def. Sam Angell/Stone Heyman (Cherry Creek), 1-6, 7-5, 6-4

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...