NC Men's 3.5 Champions - River Trails

River Trails has been in the finals of the Men’s 3.5 league for the last three years. Before that, in 2013, Midtown-Palatine held the trophy. While Midtown-Palatine has been in the playoffs in the intervening years, they knew River Trails was going to bring game, and they did. As Bill Johnston wrote: “Our CITA Men’s 3.5 travel team finished the regular season in 1st place and took on Midtown-Palatine for the playoff final. The team started off looking a little nervous for the first 15 minutes or so, but then settled in to control their own destiny. They won 3 out of 4 matches to win the traveling trophy. This marks 3 consecutive years of winning the year-end title for this team!” On court 1, RTTC’s Howard Braun/Vito Demonte won against MTP’s David Olson/Ryan Kluck 6-2, 6-1. On court 2, Midtown Palatine’s only win, MTP’s Malcolm Rosenfel/Michael Waks won against RTTC’s Jared Simon/Bill Schnur 7-6(6) 6-2. On court 3 RTTC’s Alan Halleck/Mark Gruhike had a tough 1st set against MTP’s Dave Moslander/Greg Morin before closing it out 7-6(5), 6-3. On court 4, RTTC’s Bob Harrald/Frank Stanhope took on MTP’s Tom Fletcher/Jerry Hampton and won 6-2, 6-4.