Canton netters pull plug
on Livonia Churchill, 8-1

  Canton's boys tennis team was "doubles" trouble for Livonia Churchill Tuesday afternoon in a key Kensington Lakes Activities Association match played on the Chiefs' home courts.
  Led by a 5-0 sweep from its doubles units, Canton rolled, 8-1, to improve to 3-1 in the division.
  "It's all coming together for the team with the doubles teams setting up the points and taking every opportunity to win," said Canton coach Barb Lehman. "The singles players are all playing with confidence and poise. They understand the strategy and the value of patience."
  Lehman offered high praise to Chiefs' No. 4 singles player Varun Bandri, who defeated Vishal Joshi, 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-2.
  "Varun played an amazing match and defined himself as a singles player today," said Lehman.
  The Chiefs won three of the four singles match. Ryan Hanz led the way, upending the Chargers' Matt Cezat, 6-4, 6-2. After No. 2 man Riley Hoernschemeyer dropped a hard-fought 6-3, 6-1 decision to Ziwin Deng, the Chiefs' No. 3 and 4 players -- Adam Payne and Bandri -- earned vital victories.
 Payne ousted Mike Houghan, 6-3, 6-0.
 Canton's No. 1 doubles tandem of Steve Lee and Jimmy LaFontaine swept Rushi Patel and Joseph Mulka, 6-2, 7-5 while the No. 2 duo of Jordan Anderson and Kristin Matasic knocked off Alex Zuccarini and Fred Beshara, 6-3, 7-5.
  Andrew Tidwell and Rocky Willette kept the momentum going for Canton, dropping Churchill's Ryan McPherson and Eric Stromberg, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3. 
  Finishing off the one-sided win were the No. 4 pairing of Austin Payne and Kartik Bhatt, who defeated Kyle Appel and Mike Ingus, 6-2, 6-1; and the No. 5 squad of Aswhin Kumar and Luke Freeman, who outlasted Tejas Soni and Mayuresh Iyer, 6-4, 6-3.
  In an exhibition match, Canton's Jason Bohl and Alan Halim defeated Brian Baumgartnar and Kenny Denstead, 8-1.
  "They are playing excellent tennis as individuals and as a doubles team," Lehman said, referring to Bohl and Halim. "They are young, but with every match they are gaining experience for the future."