Agnihotri, Lee earn junior tennis singles titles

HAMILTON (September 29, 2016) – Ananya Agnihotri of Orchard Park and Daniel Lee of Sir Allan MacNab claimed the Hamilton public school board singles tennis titles on Wednesday (Sept 28) at Rosedale Tennis Club.

Agnihotri claimed the girls title by defeating Heeral Dodhia of Westmount while Lee bested Marko Josipovic of Saltfleet for the boys singles crown.

Joining them with golden finishes were Erin Rigby and Rachel Price of Waterdown who took the junior girls doubles crown while Dima Ignjatovic and Liam Boatsmith of Westdale earned the boys doubles crown. Mixed double champions were Isabell Gondar and Dominic Momich from Orchard Park.

Over 80 entries competed for the top crown and the right to represent the Hamilton at the Southern Ontario Secondary School Association (SOSSA) championship held October 13 in St. Catharines, Ont. The winner in each category is declared the city champion, while the top two advance to SOSSA.

Junior Results

Girls Singles
1st – Ananya Agnihotri (Orchard Park)
2nd – 2nd Heeral Dodhia (Westmount)

Boys Singles
1st – Daniel Lee (Sir Allan MacNab)
2nd – Marko Josipovic (Saltfleet)

Girls Doubles
1st – Erin Rigby and Rachel Price (Waterdown)
2nd Lala Ozkan and Gabby Ruiz (Saltfleet)

Boys Doubles
1st – Dima Ignjatovic and Liam Boatsmith (Westdale)
2nd – Ben Schurer and Jamie Zucker (Ancaster)

Mixed Doubles
1st – Isabella Gondar and Dominic Momich (Orchard Park)
2nd Dylan Jones and Natalie Schmuck (Saltfleet)

The HWIAC Senior Tennis Championship took place last week and the top student-athletes will compete at the SOSSA senior championship on October. 5th.

The provincial championship for tennis which is conducted by OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) will be contested on May 29-31, 2017 at three different facilities in Toronto and Markham. For more information visit https://ofsaa.on.ca/tennis