Dynamic duos

Chiefs' doubles teams ensure victory in KLAA cross-over match with WLN

  Canton's boys tennis team kept rolling through its early-fall schedule Thursday when it posted a 6-3 victory over Walled Lake Northern.

  The Chiefs iced the win when four of their five doubles tandems out-stroked the Knights.

  The match was all even after the singles matches as Northern's David Criss defeated Ryan Hanz, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 and the Knights' Nick Majie edged Riley Hoernschemeyer, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 2.

  Canton's Adam Payne bounced back to defeated Alex Gaucher, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 3, and the Chiefs' No. 4 player, Vaun Bandri, followed suit by sweeping Jared Grodman, 6-2, 6-4.

  The only doubles setback for the Chiefs came at No. 1 where Northern's Nic Hite and T.J. Tyos slipped by Jimmy LaFontaine and Steve Lee in a thriller, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

  Canton rolled in the final four doubles matches: No. 2 Andrew Tidwell and Rocky Willette rocked Ryan Hockstand and Joe Romain, 6-3, 7-5; No. 3 Jordan Anderson and Krstian Matasic defeated Tyler Abce and Austin Bommarito, 7-6(5), 6-0; No. 4 Austin Payne and Kartik ousted Joe Fox and Adam Ranke, 6-2, 6-2; and Alan Halim and Luke Freeman knocked off Alex Champe and Noah Soble, 6-1, 6-3.