Medical Lake's Ray motivated for 2018 season by state play

Medical Lake's Noah Ray concluded his trip to the state 1A tennis tournament in Yakima with a 1-2 record and accolades from the Cardinal coaches who watched him play in 2017.

Ray, a junior, lost his opening match to the eventual fourth-place finisher, Will Owen of Seattle Academy, 1-6, 2-6. He stayed in contention with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tommy Vargas of LaSalle. He fell, however, in an elimination round to Tonasket's Caleb Hardesty in straight sets, 2-6, 2-6.

"I felt that Noah played some of his best tennis this weekend," co-head coach Dawn Eliassen said. "He played smooth and confident i...