The
Lone Peak Boys Tennis team won every classification on Saturday May
19th
to sweep the 6 A competition and win a 3rd
straight State Championship.
At
first singles, Brigham Andrus rolled through the competition to win
the No. 1 Singles title, losing just two games in four matches. In
the final, Andrus defeated Giovanni Claus of Herriman 6-1, 6-1.
At
2nd
singles, Micah Heimuli was locked in an epic battle with Weber’s
Bridger Harrison in Class 6A No. 2 Singles, working to a tiebreaker
for the championship. Heimuli had already taken a medical timeout for
cramping in the 3rd
set that left him in excruciating pain so he only had two options:
Forfeit or find a way to stand up. He managed to get to his feet.
Then inexplicably, he won. Down 6-2 in the tiebreaker, Heimuli scored
the final six points to claim a thrilling 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 victory and
the state championship. Lone Peak coach John La Cognata— retiring
after 18 years at the helm of the program — said Heimuli’s
inspiring finish was one for the ages.
“Micah
told me, ‘Get me to stand up and I won’t fall down again,’ ”
La Cognata said. “Talk about gut checks. He showed an amazing will.
What a performance.”
Freshman
Tyler Wells won the No. 3 Singles title. Wells topped American Fork’s
Easton McBeth 6-0, 6-2 in the final. Niles Cochran and Josh Bearss
won the No. 1 Doubles title, taking care of American Fork’s Dane
Peterson and Ben Roper 6-1, 6-4. Niles and Josh had an epic semifinal
match with Bingham that went 2 ½ hours, including a 25 minute game
at 2-2 in the 3rd
set. In 2nd Doubles, it was Alex Miller and Josh Weichers defeating
Bingham’s Austin Cox and Ben Crane 6-2, 6-3.
Heimuli’s
clutch finish was the capper of a dominating day for Lone Peak
tennis. The Knights won all five categories to earn the first 6A team
title, and 3rd
straight team title, scoring 30 points. American Fork was second with
13 points.
