Runners-up two years in a row, Troy returns to tennis summit as D1 champs

Bloomfield Hills has proven to be the bar for Division 1 boys tennis programs in recent years.

Since 2015, the Black Hawks have either won or shared the crown six times and come second another two times.

That leaves little room at the top for others, and Troy, to its delight, doesn’t seem to be making that any easier.

Winners in 2021, the Colts have played runners-up to Bloomfield Hills the past two seasons, but toppled the three-time defending champs to capture the title themselves on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Midland Tennis Center.

Fittingly, Troy and Bloomfield Hills entered the weekend first and second-ranked, and the Colts took first with 32 points, 10 ahead of the Black Hawks.

Novi and Detroit Catholic Central, who followed behind them in the final MHSTeCA Poll, also lived up to the