Wolves nip Knights in county tennis showdown

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SILER CITY — Woods Charter captured a 5-4 see-saw affair over Chatham Charter last Wednesday afternoon in a 1A Central Tar Heel Conference showdown.

The Wolves broke a 3-all tie after singles play by capturing the top two battles in doubles to clinch the match win.

In top-seeded doubles, Max Moses and Miles Maclean took down Carson Lamb and Martin Meglar 8-4 before Ryan Landford and Patrick Deegan cruised past Josh Lineberry and Cody Morgan at No. 2 to clinch the 5-4 match win for the Wolves.

The Knights Harrison Fogleman and Lane Crowder topped Josh Galiger and Lucas Grossman 8-3 at No. 3 to end the contest.

In singles, Woods Charter raced in front 3-0 when Moses bested Lamb 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1, Deegan got past Meglar 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2, and Landford toppled Lineberry 6-1, 7-5 at No. 3.

Trailing 3-0, Chatham Charter answered with a 3-0 run of its own to send the match in to doubles all evened up.

Tristan McInturff belted Maclean 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 to get the Knights going before Galiger rolled by Morgan 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5, and Fogleman whipped Grossman 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.