By Hunter Chase: Sports Editor

Union Pines has started its boys’ tennis season with four consecutive wins.

The latest two victims were Tri-County Conference foes Southeast Guilford and Trinity. The Vikings defeated Southeast 8-1 in a match played at Union Pines on Wednesday and then traveled to Trinity on Thursday to grab a 9-0 win.

“We’re off to a good start,” Viking coach John Frye said. “We have some good competition in the conference this year so we’ll see how it plays out.”

With the wins, the Vikings improved to 4-0 ovzerall and 3-0 in the conference.

Josh Kelly won four times in the two matches to join the exclusive 100-win club at the school.

He is now 101-15 in his career at the school, becoming just the 24th player in the history of the program to crack the century mark.

He won both his singles matches playing at number two and joined with Danny Strobel to went both doubles matches.

Union Pines continues its conference schedule with a match at Ragsdale on Monday.

Union Pines 9, Trinity 0

Singles — Hunter McNeill (UP) defeated Anthony Cranford 8-0; Josh Kelly (UP) def. Neal Dorsett 8-3; Devon Graham (UP) def. Watson Weatherly 8-0; Danny Strobel (UP) def. Kevin Darr 8-2; Jordan Gray (UP) def. Corey Lambeth 8-1; Evan Whetzel (UP) def. Larry Loneback 8-0.

Doubles — McNeill-Graham (UP) def. Cranford-Darr 6-1; Kelly-Strobel (UP) def. Dorsett-Weatherly 6-0; Gray-Whetzel (UP) def. Lambeth-Luke Andrews 6-1.

Union Pines 8, Southeast Guilford 1

Singles — Hunter McNeill (UP) def. Greg Kim 10-3; Josh Kelly (UP) def. Derek Yohn 10-7; Devon Graham (UP) def. Casey Miller 10-3; Ray Bower (SG) def. Danny Strobel 10-7; Jordan Gray (UP) def. Matt Monroe 10-2; Evan Whetzel (UP) def. Chris Thomas 10-1.