2022-23 Journal-World All-Area Teams: Boys Tennis

photo by: Journal-World Sports Staff

The 2022-23 Journal-World All-Area Teams.

All-Area selections are made by the Journal-World sports staff.

• Coach of the Year: Aaron Clark, Free State

photo by: Matt Tait/Journal-World

Free State tennis coach Aaron Clark addresses the girls tennis team during practice in this Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, file photo at the FSHS tennis courts.

Clark sent two singles players and a doubles team to state this year. Each Firebird on Clark’s varsity roster earned a winning record.

• Player of the Year: Britton Snyder, Free State

photo by: Conner Becker/Journal-World

Free State senior Britton Snyder prepares to strike at the Lawrence High Invitational on Friday, April 21, 2023, at Lawrence High School.

Britton Snyder, a senior, finished the year with a 25-9 singles record and a second-place finish at the Sunflower League championship. He won the regional singles tournament, took seventh at state and finishes his high school career with All-Sunflower League honors.

• Jack Bauch, Lawrence High

photo by: Conner Becker/Journal-World

Lawrence High freshman Jack Bauch returns a serve during the Lawrence High Invitational on Friday, April 21, 2023 at Lawrence High School.

Jack Bauch, a freshman, opened his high school career with a bang finishing the year 25-13 in singles, and took fourth-place at the Sunflower League championship, third at regionals and 10th at state.

• Cole Shumaker/Sebastian Borjas, Seabury

Cole Shumaker (left) and Sebastian Borjas

Cole Shumaker and Sebastian Borjas posted a 16-11 record on the doubles court this season, placing third at the Marysville tournament and notching a third-place finish at regionals to earn a state berth.

• Jake Hedges/Felipe Reina-Salas, Free State

photo by: Conner Becker/Journal-World

Free State juniors Jake Hedges (left) and Felipe Reina-Salas (right) share a laugh during the state tennis championships in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday, May 12, 2023.

This doubles team finished the year 27-6 with a second-place finish at the Sunflower League championship. The pair won the regional doubles tourney and placed seventh together at state.

Honorable Mention: Owen Thompson (Free State); Drew Harrison (Free State); Oliver Rubenstein (Lawrence).

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