FSHS tennis led by No. 1 doubles

? Free State High’s No. 1 doubles team of Bryan Maygers and Keith Pipkin won, while the Firebird duo of Mark Whittemore and Cody Young took second at No. 2 doubles Saturday at the Gardner-Edgerton tennis invitational.

Maygers-Pipkin went 2-1 in pool play, then claimed an 8-3 victory over a Paola duo. The Firebirds beat a team from Gardner-Edgerton in the finals, 8-4.

Whittemore and Young also went 2-1 in pool play, but lost to a Paola team, 8-6, in the semifinals. They rebounded for an 8-4 win over a Mill Valley duo in the third-place match.

Free State’s Charles Guard (No. 1) and Abel Martens (No. 2) each went 1-2 in singles and did not advance to the playoffs.