SILER CITY — Northwood dominated from start to finish here on Thursday afternoon in taking a convincing 9-0 victory over county rival Jordan-Matthews in area boys tennis action.
At top-seeded singles, Sam Earnshaw set the tone for the day as the senior Charger rolled by Felix Sifuentes 10-2.
Scott Gilliam sent Northwood (6-5) in front 2-0 with a 10-0 thrashing of Chris Cifuentes at No. 2 before Garrett Gordon blanked Kevin Manzanarez 10-0 at No. 3, and Ryan Lorenti belted David Herrera 10-2 at No. 4.
Leading 4-0, the Chargers clinched the match win at No. 5 when Drew Sipe blasted Elijah Ward 10-0 before Noah Clark cruised past Jose Comacho 10-1 at No. 6 to complete the sweep in singles by the visitors.
It was more of the same in doubles with Earnshaw and Gilliam disposing of Brandon Guerrero-Jaimes and Harrison Brewer 8-0 in the No. 1 seeded tilt.
At No. 2, Gordon and Ryan Christensen blanked George Topete and Daniel Santana-Garcia 8-0 before Sipe and Clay Riggsbee ousted Jacob Carter and Kevin Hernandez 8-0 at No. 3.