The Holland Christian boys tennis team finished third at the Division 3 state championships.
The Maroons scored 24 points to finish behind Detroit Country Day (34), Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (33) and one point ahead of Ann Arbor Greenhills (23). Hudsonville Unity Christian was fifth with 14.
Holland Christian's No. 3 doubles team of Jonathan Haig and Carter Leep claimed the state championship in a three-set thriller.
The Maroons held off Detroit Country Day's Rithik Vakhariya and Henry Diemer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) for the title.
The No. 1 doubles team of Michael Gorno and Graham Tanis reached the semifinals for the fourth year in a row. They beat Haslett 6-1, 6-2 in the quarters before falling to Country Day 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals.
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At No. 2 doubles, Brody Bergsma and Eli Whitemore reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Chelsea, then lost to eventual champions Ann Arbor Greenhills, 6-3, 6-3.
Charlie DeVries and Drew Tanis reached the semifinals at No. 4 doubles, beating East Grand Rapids 6-3, 6-3 in the quarters before falling 6-2, 6-2 to Cranbrook Kingswood.
Asher Grosso reached the state semifinals at No. 2 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Haslett's Jackson Clark before falling to eventual champion Samuel Kole-James of Detroit Country Day 6-2, 6-1.
At No. 4 singles, HC's Joseph Whitmore beat Greenhills' Ethan Ying 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals before being defeated by eventual champion Nicholas Nadjarian from Country Day, 6-1, 6-3.
Nico Grosso reached the quarterfinals at No. 1 singles as did Zeke DeYoung at No. 3.
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