New Albany's Jackson Clements is Dispatch regular-season boys tennis player of the year
It was a long road to state for the central Ohioans who reached the season's final event, and all of them spent the regular season putting themselves in position for deep tournament runs.
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Nine area players were featured in a poll to determine the central Ohio high school boys tennis regular-season player of the year.
New Albany senior Jackson Clements has been voted central Ohio's regular-season boys tennis player of the year by Dispatch readers.
All of the votes are in, and the winner is New Albany's Jackson Clements.
The senior went 14-3 during the regular season between first singles and first doubles, reaching state in doubles with classmate Abhinav Dandu.
Clements was a state qualifier in singles each of the past two seasons.
'I've known Jackson since he was 5 years old,' New Albany coach Marc Thomas said during the district tournament. 'Watching him grow and become the player he is … it's been special.'
Clements received 46.77% of the vote, ahead of the London doubles team of Aidan Cooney and Cade Spring (31.42%).
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They were followed by Olentangy Liberty's Shane Hand (9.39%), Columbus Academy's Nason Lo (4.41%), Marysville's Gianni Russo (4.08%), Dublin Coffman's Nik Shough (2.14%), Bexley's Henry Lessard (1.05%), Pickerington Central's Austin Bruey (0.45%) and Thomas Worthington's Pedro Prieto Moura (0.3%).
All of these players are candidates to make our All-Metro boys tennis team, which will be revealed as part of the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards. The live show is June 18 at Upper Arlington High School.
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