WICHITA — Central Plains Oiler Peyton Ryan (34-0) leads a trio of entries for Friday’s 3-1A state tennis tournament at Wichita. Kansas City Christian’s Caleb Bartels (29-3) should earn the top seed and Ryan will be seeded second over Wichita Collegaite’s Charlie Gentile (25-4). Ryan beat Gentile 8-6 earlier this seasson.
Ryan owns a 104-2 career record. He lost in the state championship match 6-4, 6-0 to Wichita Collegiate’s Nicholas Grabon last year. Ryan lost 6-1, 6-0 to Rossville state champion Alex Sherer in 2021.
Peyton Ryan is the fifth Ryan to contend for a state tennis championship. Ryan’s sister Janae Ryan teamed with Keeley Hipp for two doubles state title. Michael Ryan and Devin Ryan each placed as state runner-up in doub,es, Emily Ryan was a 3-time state singles runner-up.
The Oilers also qualified doubles entries Paxton Dody/Nethen Cauthon (21-12) and Peyton Dody/Eli Hurley (20-8).
WICHITA RIVERSIDE, Friday
SINGLES QUALIFIERS
WAKEENEY REGIONAL—1—Peyton Ryan, Central Plains, 34-0; 2—Houston Frank, Scott City, 23-5; 3—Nate Shears, Goodland, 15-6; 4—Ayden Presson, Scott City, 16-5; 5—Vincent Lynn, Meade, 20-13; 6—Layton Wyatt, Phillipsburg, 14-10
CONWAY SPRINGS—1—Charlie Gentile, Wichita Collegiate, 25-4; 2—Carter Drumright, Collegiate, 15-5; 3—J.J. Henderson, Wichita Trinity, 23-8; 4—Noah Doon, Wichita Classical, 21-12; 5—Xander Myers, South Barber, 25-6; 6—ELi Benge, Conway Sprins, 18-9
LAWRENCE—1—Caleb Bartels, KC Christian, 29-3; Ian Gariss, KC Christian, 25-8; 3—Jace Dougas, Salina Sacred Heart, 21-6; 4—Titus Watson, Marysville, 17-05; 5—Drew Fay, Cair Paravel, 19-10; 6—Gabe Rinnert, Lawrence Seabury, 10-16
HILLSBORO—1—Max Bieker, Smoky Valley, 24-9; 2—Keaton Leiker, Smoky Valley, 23-10; 3—Will White, Hesston, 18-11; 4—Cris Grajeda, Hutchinson Trinity, 14-15; 5—Braiden Liechty, Hesston, 14-15; 6—Fred Chuen, Lyons, 20-8
DOUBLES QUALIFIERS
WAKEENEY REGIONAL—1—Avry Noll/Sage Stoekclin, Scott City, 24-3; 2—Dylan Duff/Dante Franco, Scott City, 21-3; 3—Landon Housseman/David Mendez, Cimarron, 21-6; 4—Orvin Dyck/Sam Lynn, Meade, 21-7; 5—Paxton Dody/Netahn Cauthon. Central Plains, 21-12; 6—Peyton Dody/Eli Hurley, Central Plains, 20-8
CONWAY SPRINGS—1—Charlie Graham/Isaac Yourdon, Wichita Classical, 23-6; 2—Jude Cunningham/Sky Fujnuima, Collegiate, 6-3; 3—Preston Sebitss/Drew Bryant, Wichita Trinity, 20-7; 4—Rahul Madhavan/ Rob Rasberry, Collegiate, 7-5; 5—Isaac Winter/Levi Mies, Conway Springs, 16-16; 6—Brad Stevens/Layne Whitney, Conway Springs, 23-10
LAWRENCE—1—James Vander Ark/Jackson Newman, KC Christian, 27-4; 2—Simeon Wassom/Blake Spicer, Marysville, 18-3; 3—Caden Pinter/Brayden Cox, Maranatha, 11-4; 4—Sebastian Borjas/Cole Shumaker, Lawrence Seabury, 14-6; 5—Dylan Newman/Jacob Warner, KC Christian, 14-16; 6—Sean Riordan/Tom Cheney, Salina Sacred Heart, 15-12
HILLSBORO—1—Micah Dahlsten/Asher Deutschendorf, Hesston, 24-5; 2—Anthony Clennan/Garrett Hageman, Hutchinson Trinity, 22-6; 3—Brendan Anderson/Chase Bourbon, Ellsworth, 28-3; 4—Per Nelson/Nathan Nyquist, Smoky Valley, 24-9; 5—Lane Magill/Kaden Quinn, Hesston, 14-7; 6—Gabriel Baker/Zeke Baker, Smoky Valley, 22-11
