Martel Bufford of Kenwood, and Glenbrook North’s Dieter Marlovics secured the top two singles seeds Tuesday for this year’s boys state tennis tournament, Thursday through Saturday at Hersey High School. Bufford, who is unbeaten, won the Marist Invitational. Marlovics took first in the Hersey invite.
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The third and fourth seeds went to Mark McGrew of Cary-Grove and Vivek Mathew of Naperville North. Hinsdale Central’s Lukas Horacek is the fifth seed followed by Christian Trimmer of Glenbard West, Kevin Parks of Rockford Guilford and Pat Vizzone of Oak Park.
In doubles, sophomores Matt Horsley and Jeff Laski of Naperville North are top-seeded, and juniors Tony Guiterrez and Kerst Bos are seeded second. Brian Panek and Brian Elliott of Deerfield, and Chris Gilmore and Matt Lazinski of Hinsdale Central are seeded 3-4. Dennis Carroll and Marc Ververka of Lyons slipped to No. 5.