Boys' Tennis - Handley boys roll into district tennis final

WINCHESTER — The Handley boys’ tennis team ran off five consecutive singles wins as the defending champions advanced to the Class 4 Northwestern District title match with a 5-0 shutout of James Wood on Wednesday.

The Judges (16-0) will face Millbrook, a 5-2 semifinal winner against Sherando, in the district finals today at 3 p.m. at Shenandoah University’s Lowry tennis complex in the title match.

Handley dropped just two games in the five singles matches that were completed. No. 2 Brendan Love, No. 3 N.R. Herrington, No. 4 Neil Parikh and No. 6 Nathan Thomas each won by 6-0, 6-0 scores and No. 1 J.H. Herrington won 6-2, 6-0. No. 5 Ty Dickson was up 6-2, 5-3 when the match was clinched.

On Tuesday, No. 4 James Wood advanced with a 5-3 win over Kettle Run. The Colonels got singles wins from No. 2 Ryan Stevens (6-0, 6-0), No. 3 Zach Harris (4-6, 6-0, 6-4), No. 5 Jackson Robbins (6-1, 6-4) and No. 6 Trenton Gould (6-0, 6-2) and a doubles win from No. 3 Robbins/Gould (6-1, 1-6, 6-1).