Experience may hold key in boys tennis

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Apex and Green Hope tied for first place in the Tri-Nine boys tennis standings last year, and continued to match one another the rest of the year. Both teams finished 16-3 overall and lost in the third round of the 4A playoffs.

If there was a difference between the two last year, it was their lineups.

Most of Apex's top players have graduated, but Green Hope returns five of its six starters.

The Falcons return Tri-Nine doubles champions Matt Hammond and Kyle Burns - both juniors - as well as junior Mark Wickelgren, senior Stevie Wang, junior Michael Neighbors and senior Ken Fan.

Apex returns senior Shivan Desai and junior Will Ostrom.

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