TENNIS: BOYER ROLLS IN MINNESOTAForest Lake (Minn.) junior Dusty Boyer defeated Eric Frueh of Century (Rochester, Minn.), 6-2, 6-3, to win his third consecutive Class 2A state singles championship. He edged 2007 champion Wyatt McCoy of Mounds View (Arden Hills, Minn.), 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals. Next year Boyer will try to become the state's first four-time champion.
* Another junior won the big one in New Jersey. Jonathan Carcionne of
Ramapo (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) defeated defending champion Michael Lippens of Shore Regional (West Long Branch, N.J.), 7-5, 6-2, to capture the state singles crown. Carcione has a 95-2 career record, including 33-0 this year. Lippens had won his last 53 matches.
GOLF: POSTON SETS 2 STATE RECORDSHickory (N.C.) senior J.T. Poston set North Carolina records by shooting a 63 on the first day and a two-day total of 131 while capturing the Class 3A state championship for the second year in a row. He will attend Western Carolina University.
* Taylor Zoller of North Charleston, S.C., shot 9-under-par 207 to win the PING Phoenix Junior in Phoenix. Jenny Hahn of Henderson, Nev., won the girls title - after a one-hole playoff - with 7-under-par 209. The field included players from 13 states and three foreign countries.
* Maddie Szeryk of Allen, Texas, shot 2-over-par 218, but then had to go six extra holes to nip Jordan Lippetz of Bradenton, Fla., with a 3-foot par putt to win the Signsational Signs Junior at The Woodlands, Texas. Vincent Martino of Southlake, Texas, won the boys title with 1-over-par 217.
SOCCER: NORTH STAFFORD WINS TITLENorth Stafford (Stafford, Va.) nipped Deep Run (Glen Allen, Va.), 1-0, to win the Class AAA boys state soccer championship. One day earlier, the Wolverines had stunned the nation's No. 1-ranked team, Cox (Virginia Beach, Va.), 2-0, in the semifinals. Cox had gone 51-0-2 in its previous 53 games and was the two-time defending state champion.
* Tom DeMatteis has retired following an outstanding career as soccer coach at
St. Mark's (Wilmington, Del.). He won 356 matches and 11 state titles with the boys and 223 matches and four titles with the girls. All are state records.
POTPOURRIBridgewater-Raritan (Bridgewater, N.J.) nipped Summit (N.J.), 6-5, to win the New Jersey Lacrosse Tournament of Champions and end a state-record 68-game winning streak for the two-time defending champs.
