Thursday, October 10, 2019 turned into a long day for the HCP Men's Irish Team with a number of very competitive matches against some quality teams at the Regional Championships. Placed in an extremely tough region, the Irish ended the day with three flights of Regional Champions! Jack Ford at #2 Singles continued his domination and dropped only 4 games in 3 matches in route to his championship. Ben Bridenstine, still feeling the effects of a mid-week sickness, played fantastic tennis and did not drop a set all day in route to his championship at #3 Singles. And last, but not least, Blake DeForest & Rhodes Conroy also did not drop a set all day and avenged an earlier season loss to Allegan by defeating them in their finals match en route to their championship at #1 Doubles. The Irish #4 Doubles team of Jack Gordon & Niklas Johansson also played their best tennis of the season finishing as regional runner-up and pushing Allegan to 3 sets in their final. Tremendous effort from all of these guys and the entire team! 

Complete regional results below (bold teams qualify for state finals, top 2 teams and any team with a minimum 10 points):

1^st – Allegan (20) - A

2^nd – Hackett Catholic Prep (15)

3^rd – Hudsonville Unity Christian (13) - HUC

4^th – Grand Rapids South Christian (4) - GRSC

5^th – Kalamazoo Christian (3) – K CHR

6^th – South Haven (1) - SH

T7^th – Wyoming Kelloggsville (0) – WK and Otsego (0) - O

1S – Nicholas DeForest def. Daelan Burd (O) 6-3, 6-2, lost to Will Voss (HUC) 5-7, 6-2, 6-7(7) – 1 point

2S – Jack Ford def. Ethan Verkaik (K CHR) 6-0, 6-1, def. Luke Post (GRSC) 6-1, 6-0, def. Ryan Broek (HUC) 6-1, 6-1 – 3 points

3S – Ben Bridenstine def. Tyler McDaniel (WK) 6-0, 6-0, def. Tyler Ferrell (SH) 6-1, 6-0, def. Vance Muenzer (A) 6-4, 6-4 – 3 points

4S – Tommy Kling def. Will Hasted (SH) 7-5, 6-4, lost to Austin Widner (HUC) 6-0, 6-3 – 1 point

1D – Blake DeForest / Rhodes Conroy def. Pablo Vicario Reyes / Brodie DeLaRosa (WK) 6-0, 6-2, def. Dave Vanderkamp / Jared Scheffers (K CHR) 6-1, 6-4, def. Jack Nahikian / Korbin Sisson (A) 6-1, 6-1 – 3 points

2D – Connor Cavanaugh / Anthony Toweson def. Ethan Cole / Linus Resik (SH) 6-1, 6-4, lost to Tyler Dykstra / Michael Lanning (HUC) 6-4, 5-7, 2-6 – 1 point

3D – David Chafty / Matthew Chafty def. Dan Bennet / Dan Hager (GRSC) 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-3, lost to Jacob DeJong / Calen VanderZwaag (HUC) 6-1, 6-2 – 1 point

4D – Jack Gordon / Niklas Johansson def. Aiden Hopkins / Isaac Harter (O) 6-0, 6-0, def. Jack Christian / Elliot Darby (HUC) 6-1, 6-4, lost to Chase Williams / David Roark (A) 5-7, 7-5, 3-6 – 2 points