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Hills East Players County Champs in Tennis Doubles

Jeff Cherkin and Kyle Alper win Suffolk Section XI tournament May 18.

Jeff Cherkin and Kyle Alper of the Half Hollow Hills High School East boys tennis team are the Suffolk County Section XI doubles champions.

Cherkin (No. 1) and Alper defeated Westhampton's Cooper Lacetara and J.D. Sipala (No. 2) in five straight sets at Smithtown East High School on Friday, May 18. Hills East closed the match, 6-3, 7-5.

Jeremy Schnapp and Alex Ricciuti, also of Hills East, took third place and will compete at states with Cherkin and Alper, starting May 29 at the National Tennis Center in Flushing.

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