Hanover rides undefeated boys' tennis season into YAIAA tournaments

Denny Garman has spent the last several years rebuilding the Hanover boys' tennis team.

Five years ago the Nighthawks won just one division match and participation numbers were low. Over the last three seasons Garman has watched his roster grow into the high 20s with excellent results.

Two years ago they shared the Division II title with Gettysburg and Susquehannock and last year they finished one game out of first. This year the Nighthawks went undefeated and claimed the title outright.

They did it without their projected No. 1 singles player and while mourning one of their teammates.

Garman knew it was going to be a difficult season after senior Dylan Arvizu Morales and his mother were killed by his father on Dec. 28. Morales was close with his teammates, and they used that as motivation throughout the season.

"As a team we talked about him every single day before we practiced or played a match," Garman said. "His nickname was Pretty Boy Flaco ... anytime we broke out of a huddle, that was our chant. The entire season was for him."

Garman said his team's effort was "incredible this year," even after prospective No. 1 singles player Yahir Corona tore his ACL two weeks before the season started and hasn't played.

That left Cullen Nakielny and Brian Corona to battle it out to play at No. 1, with Nakielny handling most of those duties.

Both players are among the top Class 2A seeds in the YAIAA singles tournament that starts with two rounds on Thursday. Nakielny is the fifth seed, and Corona is the No. 7 seed.

Bermudian Springs' Parker Sanders is the 2A's top seed, followed by Delone Catholic's Collin Kuhn, Littlestown's Cyrus Marshall and West York's Ryan Steele.

Separate Class 3A and 2A tournaments will begin at 2 p.m. at Red Lion and South Western high schools on Thursday, with quarters and semifinals following on Friday at South Western. Finals will be played on Saturday at South Western.

Dallastown continued running through Division I opponents to finish with the title. The Wildcats' only loss came to District 3 foe Hempfield last week.

Defending champion Hayden Koons is the Class 3A top seed, and teammate Jacob Horn is the third seed. Six Wildcats will be playing in the tournament. Central York's Kai MacLennon is the No. 2 seed.

The 2A and 3A doubles tournaments will be held April 29-30 at the same schools. Dallastown's Koons and Horn are the top 3A seeds and Bermudian Springs' Sanders and Tyler Chenault are the top 2A seeds.

This post will be updated with results and new pairings as they become available.

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Class 3A pairings

First round, April 25 

Hayden Koons, Dallastown, vs. Alex Millet, New Oxford

Sebastian Ruiz, Dallastown, vs. Gio Roeser, Spring Grove

Joshua Haupt, Central York, vs. James Raub, Spring Grove

Luke Malinowski, New Oxford, vs. Andrew Gao, Central York

Derek Baughman, Susquehannock, vs. McClean Abbott, York County Day

Ethan Amara, Susquehannock, vs. Ian Opitz, Dallastown

Compton Speck, South Western, vs. Evan Merrill, Northeastern

Cadenb Hall, York Suburban vs. Nirvan Joshi, Dallastown

Cameron Croom, York Country Day vs. Wade Heffron, South Western

Loghan Eckard, Northeastern, vs. Jackson Miller, York Suburban

Nathaniel Erickson, Dallastown, vs. Dominic Dion, Susquehannock

Jacob Iwanowicz, Susquehannock, vs. Jacob Horn, Dallastown

Mark Joy, Dover, vs. Nathan Effom-Ekaha, York Suburban

Hayden Dallam, Northeastern, vs. Sam Raub, Spring Grove

Keenan Lynch, Red Lion, vs. Blaine Paris, New Oxford

Ben McCommon, South Western, vs. Kai MacLennan, Central York

Class 2A pairings

First round, April 25 

Parker Sanders, Bermudian Springs, vs. Ricardo Martinez, Hanover

Isaac Marshall, Littlestown, vs. Jackson Arigo, Delone Catholic

Kevin Vu, West York, vs. Dylon Smith, Littlestown

Wyatt Gebhart, Hanover, vs. Bryce Laughman, Bermudian Springs

Ryan Steele, West York, vs. Gabe Crews, Bermudian Springs

Caleol Palmer-McGraw, Biglerville, vs. Alexis Reyes, Littlestown

Cullen Nakielny, Hanover, vs. Johnny Mullen, York Catholic

Miguel Proa Blanco, Hanover, vs. Sebastian Fielding, Delone Catholic

Jason Wang, Littlestown, vs. Noah Chronister, Hanover

Carter Owings, Littlestown, vs. Wesley Crumling, Eastern York

Kevin Gonzalez, Hanover, vs. Steven Steele, West York

Eli Snyder, Bermudian Springs, vs. Cyrus Marshall, Littlestown

Nolan Chronister, Hanover, vs. Tyler Chenault, Bermudian Springs

Patrick Koury, York Catholic vs. Brian Corona, Hanover

Owen Torres, Biglerville, vs. Lance Keller, Delone Catholic

Sean Sneed, Biglerville, vs. Collin Kuhn, Delone Catholic

Class 3A doubles pairings

First round, Monday, April 29 

Hayden Koons/Jacob Horn, Dallastown, vs. bye

Nirvan Joshi/ Ryan LoPiccolo, Dallastown, vs. Evan Imschweiler/Kien Sylvester, Central York

Nathan Effom-Ekaha/Sam Passariello, York Suburban, vs. bye

Cameron Croom/McClean Abbott, York Country Day, vs. Owen Winpigler/Ethan Wilson, New Oxford

Jackson Miller/Caden Hall, York Suburban, vs. bye

Blaine Paris/Alex Millet, New Oxford, vs. Mark Joy/Emmanuel Danquex, Dover

Compton Speck/Wade Heffron, South Western, vs. bye

Noah Mansberger/Eric Shank, Northeastern, vs. Sebastian Ruiz/Nathaniel Erickson, Dallastown

Ian Opitz/Holden Depew, Dallastown, vs. Evan Merrill/Teagan Garver, Northeastern

Sam Raub/James Raub, Spring Grove, vs bye

Keenan Lynch/Paul Lehman, Red Lion, vs. Connor Shields/David Bluett, Central York

Kai MacLennan/Joshua Haupt, Central York, vs. bye

Jacob Iwanowicz/Ethan Amara, Susquehannock, vs. Quinn Wiley/Thomas Guadagnino, Central York

Loghan Eckard/Hayden Dallam, Northeastern, vs. bye

Ben McCommon/Sean Lucey, South Western, vs. Nathan Grimes/Tom Davis, New Oxford

Derek Baughman/Dominic Dion, Susquehannock, vs. bye

Class 2A doubles pairings

First round, April 29 

Parker Sanders/Tyler Chenault, Bermudian Springs, vs. bye

Patrick Koury/Johnny Mullen, York Catholic, vs. Dylon Smith/Jason Wang, Littlestown

Sean Sneed/Caleol Palmer-McGraw, Biglerville, vs. bye

Joe Lang/Jack Uphouse, York Catholic, vs. Jackson Arigo/Lance Keller, Delone Catholic

Collin Kuhn/Sebastian Fielding, Delone Catholic, vs. bye

Miguel Proa Bianco/Tyler Cornett, Hanover, vs. Bryce Laughman/Carter Guise, Bermudian Springs

Ryan Steele/Kevin Vu, West York, vs. bye

Max Reinhardt/Carson Bauerline, Delone Catholic vs. Ricardo Martinez/Kevin Gonzalez, Hanover

Adam Lawrence/Carson Heberling, Delone Catholic vs. Daniel Baeza/Bryson Westfall, Littlestown

Nolan Chronister/Noah Chronister, Hanover vs. bye

Daniel Lupian/Wyatt Gebhart, Hanover, vs. Carter Owings/Alexis Reyes, Littlestown

Cullen Nakielny/Brian Corona, Hanover, vs. bye

Andrew Nawn/Zeke Abell, Hanover vs. Nick Whitacre/Aidan Godfrey, West York

Eli Snyder/Gabe Crews, Bermudian Springs, vs. bye

This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: YAIAA boys' tennis singles, doubles tournament seeds, pairings, results