New Richmond can be proclaimed as the most successful of Clermont County’s high school varsity tennis teams with the season now just recently concluded.
New Richmond
The Lions, champions of the Southern Buckeye Conference American Division, defeated Felicity 4-1 in a non-division game. The winning Lions were first singles Tyler Esham 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, second singles Daniel Heflin 6-0, 6-1, first doubles Nick Groman and Eric Hays 6-0, 6-0, and second doubles Matt Dooley and James Martin 6-0, 6-1. The Cardinals’ winner was third singles Trevor Shouse 6-2, 6-4.
The Red and Black nipped Bethel-Tate 3-2 in the American Division of the Southern Buckeye Conference. The Lions’ victors were Esham 6-4, 6-4, second singles Ethan Johnson 6-3, 6-0, and second doubles Groman and Hays 6-0, 6-0. The triumphant Tigers were third singles Zach Ward 6-4, 6-3 and first doubles Josh Hallgath and Tyler Hess 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Western Brown was whitewashed 5-0. The NR conquerors were Johnson 6-0, 6-1, Heflin 6-1, 6-2, Josh Raver 6-0, 6-0, Esham and Caleb Theiss 6-0, 6-1, and Groman and Hays 6-2, 6-0.