COLUMBUS— Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy senior Jason Zimmerman reached the Division II singles semis in the boys state high school tournament by beating Nate Peeler of Gahanna Columbus Academy 6-1, 6-2, and Elyria Catholic's Borko Tesic 6-0, 6-1.

        Canton Central Catholic senior Carey Rubin will face Zimmerman in the semis. Rubin beat Josh Mabra of Springfield Central Catholic 6-2, 6-0 in the first round and Brian Butt of Fenwick 6-3, 6-1 in the second round.

        Defending champion Derrick Spice won both of his matches Friday to advance to the Division I singles semifinals.

        Spice, a junior from Grafton Midview, defeated Matt Metully of Lakota West 6-0, 6-1 in the first round and Ryan Valentine 6-1, 6-2 of Marion Harding in the second round.

        Spice faces Chardon junior Stephen Rozek in Saturday's semis. Rozek advanced with a 6-4, 6-7 (11-9), 6-2 win over Elder's Rob Altenau and a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Toledo St. Francis' Ross Wilson.

        In Division I doubles, Chris Kuppler and Shalin Shah of Canfield topped Fritz Lehman and Nic Newcomb of Worthington Kilbourne 6-1, 6-2 in the first round, then outlasted Rob Caress and Will Lofgren of Princeton 6-7 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 in the second round.

        They will face Kilbourne's Mike Hays and Rony Sinharoy in one semifinal. The other semifinal features Jonathon Khoury and Eric Thomas of Walnut Hills against Kevin O'Connell and James O'Connell of Toledo St. Francis.

        In Division II, Brian Compton and Mike Compton of Indian Hill will face Brian Meek and Todd Wojtkowski of Youngstown Ursuline in one semifinal match. Columbus Wellington's Zack Fayne and Brian Steginsky, last year's runner-ups, will face Elyria Catholic's Michael Herrick and Jake Dowdell in the other semifinal.

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