LANCASTER - The District 3 boys' tennis singles tournament brackets are out, and nine L-L League players - including reigning league champs Derek Hagino and Adam Bahney - are in the field.
The first two rounds will be contested Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hershey Racquet Club.
L-L League players in the field ...
CLASS AAA
Derek Hagino, Hempfield
Darren Mast, Conestoga Valley
Tony Deimler, Warwick
Josh Kaiser, Manheim Central
Colin Muraika, Cedar Crest
Gabo Murcia, Ephrata
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CLASS AA
Adam Bahney, Elco
Tyler Arnold, Elco
Galen McNaughton, Elco
Yes, all three L-L League Class AA entrants are from Elco; Bahney beat Arnold in the L-L League finale and McNaughton was third. Their reward: A trip to Districts, although none of them earned a top-4 seed.
The Class AA top four: Ricardo Sahd (Wyomissing), Diego Pinto (Brandywine Heights), Blaise Casselbury (Lancaster Country Day) and Rodrigo Sahd (Wyomissing).
Tricky draws for the Elco 3: Bahney gets Biglerville's Cole Herzog, Arnold gets Lancaster Country Day vet Wes Davis, and McNaughton gets Davis' teammate, LCD ace Casselbury.
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Meanwhile, if the Class AAA seeds hold true, we could be looking at a rematch of the L-L League championship:
Hagino is the 1 and Mast is the 2, so three wins each and they'll have at it for district gold.
Exeter's Nolan Perugini is the No. 3 seed and Warwick's Deimler is No. 4.
There will be a pair of Class AAA first-round matches featuring L-L League player vs. L-L League player:
Hagino, a 7-4, 6-0 winner over Mast in in the L-L League finals, will take on Kaiser, and Muraika will square off against Murcia.
Deimler gets a first-round match vs. Mechanicsburg's Josh Ringquist, while Mast drew Hershey's Elbert Mets.
The tournament concludes next Monday with the semifinals and finals, also at Hershey Racquet Club.