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Hart begins state play today
Nancy Leedy
May 26, 2010

Lincoln County’s Colin Hart takes the courts today (Thursday) in the 2010 Boys State Tennis Tournament in Lexington.

Hart, an eighth-grader, is making his second trip to state after finishing as 12th Region runner-up. He enters play unseeded.

The Lincoln netter begins state play at 8 a.m. at the UK Boone/Downing Tennis Center. He will be facing a seeded player in the first round of 64, matched up with No. 5 Maks Gold, a senior from Kentucky Country Day.

Casey County’s Kyle Jeffries, who defeated Hart in the 12th Region finals, also faces a seeded player in the opening round at state. He will face No. 9 Cyrus Moslemi, a junior from North Oldham at 8 a.m. today.

Hart and Jeffries would have to make the semifinals to play against each other.

Jimmy Roebker of Covington Catholic, the defending state champion, has been dethroned as the top-seeded player in the tournament. Roebker, a senior, who took the 2009 title with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win over Grant Roberts of Tates Creek, was given the No. 3 seed for this year’s tourney while Roberts, also a senior, was seeded No. 4.

Slipping past the two seniors to take the two top seeds are sophomores. Beck Pennington of Greenwood is seeded No. 1 and Alex Gomet of St. Xavier is seeded No. 2.

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