Cape boys’ tennis grounds the Eagles 5-0
The Cape boys’ tennis team put two more wins in the books with a 5-0 victory over Smyrna March 27 and 4-1 win over St. Mary’s Ryken March 29.
Cape junior Nate Hoang took a 6-0, 6-1 win over Smyrna’s Luke Ryder at first singles. Senior second-singles player Trent Kauffman defeated the Eagles’ Everett Mace 6-1, 6-4. Sophomore Sullivan Naden took a 6-0, 6-1 win from Smyrna’s Fred Adoe at third singles.
Cape’s first-doubles team of Krish Prattipati and Caidan Juliano bested Smyrna’s Aiden Barclay and Bryce Painter 6-0, 6-0, while the Vikings second-doubles duo of Brody Trewartha and Michael Gordon downed the Smyrna team of Tyrone Davidson and Chris Wesseh 6-1, 6-2.
Hoang defeated St. Mary’s Ryken’s top player Thomas Sudore-Flood 6-4, 7-5. Naden outlasted Donovan De La Cruz 6-3, 2-6, 13-11 at third singles. Prattipati and Juliano topped St. Mary’s Ryken’s top doubles duo 6-3, 6-0, while Trewartha and Gordon took down their opponents 6-2, 6-2.
The Vikings host Seaford Tuesday, April 1.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
