BOYS TENNIS: Mallaiah, Hall top seeds for D2 singles tourneys

After leading their respective teams to championships on Tuesday, Abington Heights’ Prayush Mallaiah and Wyoming Seminary’s Billy Hall earned the top seeds for the District 2 Singles Championships.

Undefeated in his freshman season, Mallaiah is the No. 1 seed for the Class 3A tournament that opens on Thursday at Wilkes University at 9 a.m.

Hall, last season’s runner-up in Class 2A, is the top seed this spring. Matches start Thursday at 9 a.m. at Kirby Park.

Matches through to the semifinals will be played on Thursday. Semifinals and finals are on Friday at Kirby Park.

Abington Heights had a dominant run to the Class 3A team title. Mallaiah is undefeated, and so too is No. 2 singles player William Arp, who is the No. 2 seed for the singles tournament.

Wyoming Valley West’s Gadgidas Reisinger is seeded third, and Scranton’s Tom Bergman is at No. 4. West Scranton’s Matthew D’Augustine is seeded fifth, and Valley View’s Nick Burak is the No. 6 seed.

All seeded players in the Class 3A tournament received byes into the second round.

In Class 2A, Hall, second-seeded Alex Harrison of Holy Cross, No. 3 Max Bleiler, and fourth-seeded Ray Zhang of Holy Cross received byes into the second round.

Honesdale’s Lewis Smith earned the No. 5 seed and plays Lake-Lehman’s Tyler Matreselva in the first round. Wyoming Seminary’s No. 2 singles player, Dhru Sudhakar, is seeded No. 6 and faces Tunkhannock’s Martin Ortiz. North Pocono’s Billy Barker is seeded at No. 7 and will play Mid Valley’s Ethan Johnson. No. 8 seed Nate Linnen of Dallas plays Mid Valley’s Gabriel James in the first round.

Doubles tournament

The District 2 Doubles Tournament will start May 13 with the first three rounds at Wilkes University (Class 3A) and Kirby Park (Class 2A). The semifinals and finals are set for May 14 at 1 p.m. at Kirby Park.

District 2 singles champions are not eligible to compete in the doubles event.

Thursday’s District 2 singles matches

Class 2A first round: 1-Billy Hall (Wyoming Seminary); BYE; Keegan Oprisko (Dunmore) vs. Joseph Allegrucci (Wyoming Area); Matthew Cohen (Scranton Prep) vs. Daniel Dudrick (Holy Redeemer); Gabriel James (Mid Valley) vs. 8-Nate Linnen (Dallas); 5-Lewis Smith (Honesdale) vs. Tyler Matreselva (Lake-Lehman); Nate Hook (Berwick) vs. Jack Farrell (MMI); Liam Maughan (North Pocono) vs. Lucas Mateus (Tunkhannock); 4-Ray Zhang (Holy Cross); 3-Max Bleiler (MMI), BYE; Paul Dominick (Scranton Prep) vs. Nate Aviles (Dunmore); Frank Klimovitz (Holy Redeemer) vs. Trevor Winslow (Wyoming Area); Martin Ortiz (Tunkhannock) vs. 6-Dhru Sudhakar (Wyoming Seminary); 7-Billy Barker (North Pocono) vs. Ethan Johnson (Mid Valley); Ethan Packer (Berwick) vs. Michael Reiprich (Honesdale); Theo Barr (Dallas) vs. Peter Liepach (Lake-Lehman); 2-Alex Harrison (Holy Cross).

Class 3A first round: Jayden Forte (Hazleton Area) vs. Jasper Hathaway (Wallenpaupack); Artur Biksey (Pittston Area) vs. Preston Smith (Wyoming Valley West); Robert Fuentes (Wilkes-Barre Area) vs. Nat Carso (Delaware Valley); Aaron Castro (West Scranton) vs. Eli Wilson (Delaware Valley); James Busso (Wallenpaupack) vs. Nick Jones (Pittston Area); Josiah Angel (Wilkes-Barre Area) vs. Mateo Feola (Hazleton Area).