Boys Tennis: Area schools secure seven of eight available spots at state tournament

District 1 Champions, 3A Tournament
L-R Drew Boyd, Drew Johnson, Jacob Mignogna, Ethan Dong, Reid Bley and Seb Sanchez.
Photo by Leslie Boyd

District 1 3A Tournament

MOUNT VERNON — Area schools secured seven of the eight available spots at the state tournament as Shorecrest’s Mihai Stransky won singles while the Shorewood duo of Drew Johnson and Ethan Dong won doubles.

District 1 Doubles Champions Ethan Dong and Drew Johnson
Photo by Leslie Boyd

Stransky was relatively dominant in his run to the title, beating Shorewood’s Jacob Mignogna 6-0, 6-1 before downing Cascade’s Jiang Yang 6-3, 6-0. Stransky took the title by beating Snohomish’s Jackson Fawcett (second place) 6-1, 6-1 as Shorewood’s Seb Sanchez (third) and Mountlake Terrace’s Tyson Castaneda (fourth) secured the remaining state berths.

Johnson and Dong, meanwhile, won doubles by defeating Stephen Valmayor and Kevin Vesvarut of Mountlake Terrace 6-4, 6-2, Connor Swanson and Jace Swanson of Mount Vernon (third place) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and Tully VanAssche and Maverick Stocker of Snohomish (second place) 6-1, 6-2 for the title. Edmonds-Woodway’s Eli Agol and Will Spear secured fourth place for a spot at state.

Seb Sanchez, Ethan Dong and Drew Johnson will prepare over the Winter and Spring for next year's May 20 and 21st WIAA 3A State tennis tournament in Vancouver, Washington. The Shorewood Team are returning WIAA 3A Tennis State Champions.

Shorewood boys tennis team with coach Arnie Moreno (left)

Coach Arnie Moreno is proud of the total team effort to win the championship, as every win was a point to win the trophy. The team of Seb Sanchez and Jacob Mignogna in singles and Drew Johnson / Ethan Dong and Reid Bley / Drew Boyd represented Shorewood.

Snohomish, Shorecrest, Mount Vernon and Stanwood were strong challengers to dethrone the defending Shorewood team. 

This was Shorewood's fifth straight District 1 team championship.