Upper No. 2 doubles team wins NCC tourney title

Upper Sandusky’s No. 2 doubles team of Evan Scheck (left) and Danial Maltsbarger embrace one another after winning the North Central Conference championship, 6-3, 6-0 against the Bucyrus duo of Brandon Keener and Mark Musick.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky’s No. 2 doubles team of Evan Scheck and Danial Maltsbarger captured the North Central Conference championship, while the Rams’ other four entrants finished as runners-up in the league tournament Saturday at Bucyrus.
Scheck and Maltsbarger thumped the top-seeded team from Bucyrus, Brandon Keener and Mark Musick, 6-3, 6-0, in the title match at No. 2 doubles.
All four of the other title matches were against Ontario, and all four went the way of the Warriors, with the closest being at No. 1 doubles, where third-seeded Tyler Wilson and Nick Hamel edged Tyler Rice and Seth Sprang, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).
Ontario’s Jacob Byrd topped Upper Sandusky’s Trevor Barth in the No. 1 singles final, 6-4, 6-0, while at No. 2 singles, Brandon Wagner downed Jacob Courtright, 7-5, 6-0. Seth Bryd was the No. 3 singles champion with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Brice Arnold.
Scheck and Maltsbarger earn All-NCC first-team status by virtue of their victory, while all the other Rams picked up second-team all-league honors.
Scores from the first-round matches were not available.
Upper Sandusky has an opportunity to avenge its losses in a 4:15 p.m. match today at home against Ontario that will determine the NCC leader in the final week of the season.

Finals
Singles: J. Byrd (O) d. Barth (US), 6-0, 6-4; Wagner (O) d. Courtright (US), 7-5, 6-0; S. Byrd (O) d. Arnold (US), 6-4, 6-1.
Doubles: T. Wilson/Hamel (O) d. Rice/Sprang (US), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Scheck/Maltsbarger (US) d. Keener/Mar. Musick (B), 6-3, 6-0.
Consolation
Singles: Mat. Musick (B) d. Kempf (G), 6-1, 6-3; Kidwell (G) d. Dawson (B), 6-2, 6-1; Johnson (B) d. Maddox (G), 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: Chandler/Stevens (B) d. Langdon/Johnson (C), 6-2, 6-3; Bischeck/L. Wilson (O) d. Solomon/Barker (G).

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