SSA & SA Academy Duos Win 2012 WPIAL Boys Doubles Tennis Titles

By: HSSN Staff
Saturday, May 5, 2012 | 9:26 AM

It's not often that an 8th seed wins any tournament, but it rarely happens on the tennis court where the top-seeds often prevail. The Shady Side Academy tandem of Alok Nimgaonkar and Chris Grubbs broke the mold Friday when they swept past Ben Short and Dylan McCullough of Fox Chapel to win the 2012 WPIAL Class AAA Boys Doubles Tennis titles. Alok's brother Vivek was on the district doubles winning team a year ago. However in Class AA, the top seed did prevail to win the championship as the duo of William Kleeman and Patrick Dellinger of Sewickley Academy won the Class AA Finals in straight sets over Tim Hoban and Alex Kietz of Winchester Thurston. Kleeman won the WPIAL Class AA boys doubles title a year ago with then Panthers teammate Daniel Martchek.

Here are all of the results from the 2012 WPIAL Boys Doubles Tennis Championships, including the consolation matches also played Friday at Shady Side Academy.

2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA BOYS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

Alok Nimgaonkar/Chris Grubbs (Shady Side Academy) over Ben Short/Dylan McCullough (Fox Chapel) 6-3, 6-4

WPIAL CLASS AAA Consolation:

Collin Bandell/Dante Rebello (Bethel Park) over Ross Molinaro/Adam Blasinski (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) by injury default

WPIAL CLASS AAA Semifinals:

Alok Nimgaonkar/Chris Grubbs (Shady Side Academy) over Collin Bandell/Dante Rebello (Bethel Park) 7-5, 6-4

Ben Short/Dylan McCullough (Fox Chapel) over Ross Molinaro/Adam Blasinski (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) 6-4, 6-2

WPIAL CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:

Alok Nimgaonkar/Chris Grubbs (Shady Side Academy) over Jonathan Perkins/Troy Abbott (Seneca Valley) 10-8

Collin Bandell/Dante Rebello (Bethel Park) over David Mewkalo/Nick Reese (Mount Lebanon) 10-7

Ben Short/Dylan McCullough (Fox Chapel) over Peter Hazlett/Josh Smith (Mount Lebanon) 10-6

Ross Molinaro/Adam Blasinski (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) over Matt Subosits/Mitch Kreider (Peters Township) 10-5

WPIAL CLASS AAA First Round:

Jonathan Perkins/Troy Abbott (Seneca Valley) -BYE

Alok Nimgaonkar/Chris Grubbs (Shady Side Academy) over Domenick D'Amico/Mike Russell (Upper St. Clair) 10-0

David Mewkalo/Nick Reese (Mount Lebanon) over Zac McCafferty/A.J. May (Butler) 10-4

Collin Bandell/Dante Rebello (Bethel Park) over Cullen Price/Paul Campbell (Penn-Trafford) 10-2

Peter Hazlett/Josh Smith (Mount Lebanon) over Nadim El-Jaroudi/Jesse Standard (Chartiers Valley) 10-4

Ben Short/Dylan McCullough (Fox Chapel) over Kevin Goth/Chris Lippiello (North Allegheny) 10-4

Matt Subosits/Mitch Kreider (Peters Township) over Chad Kissell/Trevor Octavio (Latrobe) 10-4

Ross Molinaro/Adam Blasinski (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) over Charles Law/Thad Paunovich (Kiski Area) 10-5

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2012 WPIAL CLASS AA BOYS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

William Kleeman/Patrick Dellinger (Sewickley Academy) over Tyler Hoban/Alex Kietz (Winchester Thurston) 7-5, 6-2

WPIAL CLASS AA Consolation:

Charlier Wilson/Garrett Powell (Quaker Valley) over Keegan Shudy/Jake Mascaro (Thomas Jefferson) 6-3, 6-4

WPIAL CLASS AA Semifinals:

William Kleeman/Patrick Dellinger (Sewickley Academy) over Keegan Shudy/Jake Mascaro (Thomas Jefferson) 6-2, 6-3

Tyler Hoban/Alex Kietz (Winchester Thurston) over Charlie Wilson/Garrett Powell (Quaker Valley) 6-2, 6-2

WPIAL CLASS AA Quarterfinals:

William Kleeman/Patrick Dellinger (Sewickley Academy) over Parker Jorgensen/Tyler Brinton (Greensburg-Salem) 10-2

Keegan Shudy/Jake Mascaro (Thomas Jefferson) over Nick Merlina/Ryan Mastilak (Bishop Canevin) 11-10 (7-2)

Charlie Wilson/Garrett Powell (Quaker Valley) over Kevin Mechas/Marc Slomiany (Bishop Canevin) 10-2

Tyler Hoban/Alex Kietz (Winchester Thurston) over Tyler Fox/Kevin Bundridge (Southmoreland) 10-2

WPIAL CLASS AA First Round:

William Kleeman/Patrick Dellinger (Sewickley Academy) – BYE

Parker Jorgensen/Tyler Brinton (Greensburg-Salem) over Clint Davies/Nick Kinger (Blackhawk) 11-9

Keegan Shudy/Jake Mascaro (Thomas Jefferson) over Tim Dikec/Connor Shallcross (Beaver) 10-0

Nick Merlina/Ryan Mastilak (Bishop Canevin) over Nick Cumer/Robert Engle (Washington) 11-10 (7-4)

Kevin Mechas/Marc Slomiany (Bishop Canevin) over Mike Phillips/Matt Yerace (Burrell) 10-2

Charlie Wilson/Garrett Powell (Quaker Valley) over Alex Pettina/Nick Palko (Indiana) 10-3

Tyler Fox/Kevin Bundridge (Southmoreland) over Cody Schrecongost/Adam Barone (Valley) 10-3

Tyler Hoban/Alex Kietz (Winchester Thurston) over Kevin Houghton/Dante Nardulli (Riverside) 10-2

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