SEATTLE — North Kitsap’s CJ Butler and Gus Cardoso were unable to advance to the final round of the 2A Boys State Tennis Doubles Championships.
The doubles team was eliminated in the third round of the championships May 24 at Nordstrom Tennis Center.
After losing in the first round, the team rallied back for a win over Ephrata’s Michael Bosnar and Matt Jones.
Butler and Cardoso need one more win to be guaranteed a fifth, or eighth place finish. However, the North Kitsap team lost to Bellingham’s E.J. Troutman and Auden Schilder in two sets.
2A Boys State Tennis Doubles Championships
1st — Alan Kwiatkowski/Sam Bayna (Lindbergh)
2nd — Josh Rasmus/ Daniel Yu (Washington)
3rd — Mathias Burlingames/ Doug Doesnges (Capital)
4th — Nick Smith/ Brady Anderson (Sehome)
5th — E.J. Troutman/ Auden Schilder (Bellingham)
6th — Kenny Saari/ Daniel Blomdahl (W.F. West)
7th — Joseph Chung/ Jamison Simanson (Pullman)
8th — Connor Ross/ Jeremy Sacks (Lake Washington)
North Kitsap results
May 24
Round 1: K.Sarri/D.Blomdahl (W.F. West) d. CJ Butler/G.Cardoso 6-2, 6-1; Round 2: CJ Butler/G.Cardoso (NK) d. M.Bosnar/M.Jones 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Round 3: E.J. Troutman/A.Schilder (Bellingham) d. CJ Butler/G.Cardoso 6-0, 6-0.
