APPALACHIN – Day two of the Class B varsity tennis tournament saw a Norwich team continue out a fine weekend on the courts – taking home a second-place doubles finished, as well as a fourth-place doubles finish.

Norwich ended its one year hiatus from the finals of the doubles Class B Section IV tournament, advancing Josiah Shaver and Matt Giglio. The Tornado duo mowed down their competition on Thursday, May 11, en route to a showdown with top-seeded Lucas Niermeyer and Haashim Shah of Vestal on Friday, May 12.

With Shaver and Giglio comfortably in the finals, Norwich now has had a doubles team in the finals of the Class B tournament six out of the last seven years.

Going into day two of the tournament, the Tornado team battled to a solid team standing – emerging as leading team after day one, with 22 points to Owego’s 20 and Vestal’s 19.

With a loss in the finals and a win in the consolation match – barring a Maine-Endwell finals win over Owego – Norwich would earn a tie for the tournament win with Vestal. With two losses in the finals and consolation matches, Norwich finishes in fourth-place.

Despite some solid tennis, Norwich could not maintain the team lead over eventual champions, Vestal.

Vestal earned the Class B team championship with a come from behind win over Shaver and Giglio, in the last match of the finals of the doubles.