NEWARK VALLEY — Newark Valley picked up a pair of victories at the Section IV Class C-D West tournament here Thursday, going the full three sets in doing so.
The Cardinals’ doubles team of Colby Davis and Kelsey Kerns defeated Southern Cayuga’s pairing of Dan Groth and Sam Perez, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.
NV’s doubles duo of Natalie Shofkom and Alex Umiker beat Moravia’s pair of Ben Bilinski and Brady Knutson, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
In their next round, Davis and Kerns fell to the Lansing team of Julian Tornusciolo and Arron Chang, 6-0, 6-0, while Shofkom and Umiker lost to the Watkins Glen duo of Nate Wickham and Clint Craven, 6-2, 6-3.
In singles matches, NV’s Mackenna Nechwedowich was defeated by Trumansburg’s Kevin Emery, 6-0, 6-2, and teammate Noah Shiel fell to Waverly’s Seth Lloyd, 6-1, 6-0.
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IN PHOTO 1: Newark Valley’s Noah Shiel. … PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.