“It feels good,” he said. “Obviously, I would’ve liked to have done better but to do good at districts, I would’ve had to beat (Glencoe’s Stuart) Tierney, but he’s a pretty good player.”

Tierney, the eventual district champion as a freshman, bounced Wilson from the main draw with a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the semifinals.

“Not having played against a guy that can hit that hard, it’s a different experience for me,” Wilson said. “That was tough. My goal at the start of the season was just to make it to state. I’m definitely happy that I got that.”

To reach the semifinals, Wilson took down Liberty’s Brenden Thompson in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-1. In the second round, Wilson beat Sherwood’s Ian Scudder, 6-1, 6-2; and in the first round, he defeated Century’s Anthony Nguyen, 6-0, 6-1.

“He has put in a lot of hard work to become a better player,” Wilsonville coach Joel DeBruhl said. “And it is nice to see that effort rewarded with a trip to state. It will be a great experience for him to see up close what it takes to be successful at the state level. It should be a great building block for his senior season.”

Wilson was one of three entrants to the state tournament from the Wildcats, which also includes the doubles teams of senior Tyler Weiss and freshman Cameron Tonning, and Taylor Evans and Myles Sorokovsky.

For Weiss and Tonning, it was an impressive first season as a doubles team as they reached the finals before falling to Century’s Robbie Edwards and Dexter Hoang, 6-1, 6-1.

Weiss and Tonning advanced to the finals after defeating Glencoe’s Matt Boyer and Jason Rasmussen in the semifinals in a thrilling three-setter, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Evans and Sorokovsky finished in third place after prevailing in the third-fourth place match over Boyer and Rasmussen, 6-3, 6-2.

The Wilsonville duo fell in the semifinals to Edwards and Hoang in their toughest match of the tournament, 6-1, 6-4.

“If you told me at the start of the season that Myles and Cameron qualified for state in doubles, I wouldn't have been surprised,” DeBruhl said. “I would have been surprised that they would be going with different partners, though, since they started the season as partners.

“Both are very talented players, each with their own strengths. I think, personality wise, they each found partners that were a good fit for them. This should be a great learning experience for both of them. To make it to the state tournament as freshmen is quite an accomplishment and it should leave them wanting to get back there next year.”

The Wildcats nearly had a third doubles team advance to state but the duo of Mitch Wilson and Josh Hansen lost in the quarterfinals to Edwards and Hoang, 6-0, 6-0.

“I was very happy with the way the district championships went not just because we won the title, but in how we did it,” DeBruhl said. “It was a total team effort as we had 10 different Wildcats win matches rather than having a few players score all of our points.

“While we had two doubles teams and Isaac Wilson qualify for the state tournament, we couldn't have won the district title if it wasn't for guys like Shane Wardle, Josh Hansen and Mitch Wilson making the quarterfinals. Their contributions, as well as those of Stuart Lake and Adam Mitzel, were very important to our success as a team, not just at districts, but for the entire season as well.”