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Faced with a pressure situation that would humble most young players, West Forsyth standouts Alex Weber and Garrison Kinney stood strong last week, delivering in a big way at the finals of the Central Piedmont Conference high school tennis championships.
After losing the first set of the doubles championship match 6-2 to Mount Tabor’s top doubles team, ninth-graders Weber and Kinney battled back to win the second set 6-3. They then proceeded to clinch the title with a narrow 7-5 victory in the third and final set.
The win marked the first time Weber and Kinney had been involved in a close match during the tournament. They racked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over a pair of Davie opponents in the semis.
Coach Paul Swindler was not at all surprised at how well Kinney and Weber handled the pressure.
“They never gave up on themselves. It was a slow start but...” Subscribe to the Courier, P.O. Box 765, Clemmons, NC 27012.