Grosse Pointe South's boys tennis team finished fifth at the Division 2 state finals Saturday, Oct. 24, scoring 19 points at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.
The Blue Devils advanced five flights to the semifinals after the opening day of competition Friday, Oct. 23, when they had accumulated 18 team points, according to a team update posted on X.
South's strongest finish came at No. 3 doubles, where Davis Gryzenia and Weston Jerabek reached the state championship match.
The pair fell to Midland Dow's Vettel Xu and Zander Salisbury, 7-5, 6-2, finishing as runners-up in their flight, according to the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
Matthew Bartoszewicz advanced to the semifinals at No. 1 singles as a No. 4 seed.
The doubles bracket carried the rest of South's semifinal appearances.
Oscar DeLuca and Henry Logan advanced at No. 1 doubles, seeded fourth. Max Prather and Luke Brennan reached the semifinals at No. 2 doubles, also as a No. 4 seed.
Gryzenia and Jerabek earned their championship-round appearance at No. 3 doubles, while Peter Struck and Matthew Guthat completed South's group of semifinalists at No. 4 doubles.
Birmingham Seaholm won the Division 2 team championship with 35 points, followed by Midland Dow with 25, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern with 24 and Byron Center with 20.
South finished one point behind Byron Center in fifth place, according to the final team standings reported by MLive.
Seaholm captured five of the eight flight championships to claim its second consecutive Division 2 team title.
For Grosse Pointe South, the result marked a top-five state finish, highlighted by a doubles team reaching the championship match and five flights advancing to at least the semifinals.
