The River Ridge boys tennis team earned a hard-fought victory at home against North Thurston 3-2 on Thursday, Oct. 1, exacting revenge on the Rams after their 3-2 win on Sept. 8.
Nicholas Dumitrescu in first singles outlasted North Thurston’s Samual Dedekam 6-3, 6-3, while North Thurston’s top singles player Matthias Tenkley got the better of River Ridge’s Cole Von Rueden 6-3, 6-4.
In first doubles, River Ridge’s Lucas Manter and Alex Gross defeated North Thurston’s Asher Barnes and Jonah Stemmene 6-2, 6-2. Matthew Yi and Wyatt Ricke of River Ridge beat North Thurston’s Rudy Meyer and Zander Zaballa-Turner 6-3, 6-2, in second doubles. North Thurston’s Colter McKay and Javier Tripp earned a victory against River Ridge’s Jared Park and Dane Moholt-Phillips 6-4, 6-1.
River Ridge will host Timberline on Monday, Oct. 5, while North Thurston will host Silas that same afternoon.
