The Vashon boys’ tennis team wrapped up its regular season last Friday with the  league tournament at Charles Wright Academy. Vashon sent two doubles teams and two singles players to the tournament, and they all advanced to the district tournament to be held this Thursday and Friday at the Lakewood Racquet Club in Tacoma.

The league tournament decides the Nisqually League individual champions as well as who advances to the district tournament, which in turn determines which players go on to the state tournament in the spring. It was a long day, with most players playing four full matches, far more than normal. At the end of the day, the Vashon teams were playing each other to see who got the higher of the third and fourth seeds into the district tournament.

Steen Jennings took third in singles, and Josh Tillman fourth. Payton Lieske/Tristan Krajeovic took third doubles. and Preston Peterson/Brett Beardsley fourth-place doubles.

By advancing to districts, each of these players earned all-league status. While the Pirates were unable to crack either of the top two spots on Friday, advancing all six players was quite an achievement, and they will enter the district tournament playing well and with a lot of momentum.

— Pat Mulvihill