Marshfield’s Nicolaus twins won the OSAA 4A/3A/2A/1A State Tennis Doubles Championship at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center on Saturday. Max & Josh Nicolaus entered the state tournament as the No. 4 seed, but worked their way through the brackets to reach the finals where they defeated the Philomath team of Luke Haslam & Antoine Feld, 6-1, 6-4. The Pirates finished third in the team race. Oregon Episcopal won the state championship. North Bend’s doubles team L. Parvin & G. Lyons beat a team from Vale 6-4, 7-5 in the First Round, but lost 2-6, 6-2, 6-2in the quarterfinals to the team from Philomath. The Bulldogs second doubles team of B. Hadley & J. Wilson lost to an Oregon Episcopal team in the First Round 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. But they came back in the Consolation bracket with wins over a team from North 8-6, and Crook Co. 8-5 to reach the Consolation Finals. The team from Vale prevailed 6-2, 6-4. North Bend’s Matthew Jordan lost 6-1, 6-0 to Jed Kizzier, Sisters in the Single’s First Round. In the Consolation Bracket the sophomore lost 8-2 to Javier Dominquez of Crook Co. North Bend’s girls’ double team of M. Metcalf & K. Hurlbut lost their opening match to a team from Cascade 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-3. They did come back in the Consolation bracket with wins over Oregon Episcopal 8-6, and Ontario 8-6 to reach the finals. The Bulldog two beat Madras 6-4, 5-7, 7-4 to take the Consolation Championship.
