36 | DECEMBER 8 • 2022 

Birmingham Groves’ Jake 
Rosenwasser and Dylan 
Wolf 6-3, 6-4 on Oct. 15 
in Midland in the state 
championship match.
It was the fourth time 
the crosstown rivals played 
during the season, and 
the fourth time Lewis and 
Chutkow won.
The Seaholm duo beat the 
Groves duo 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5, 
7-5 in dual matches between 
the Maples and Falcons 
during the regular season 
and 6-3, 6-0 in the regional 
title match at Groves, helping 
Seaholm win the regional 
team title.
“There was no bad blood 
between us and those guys 
from Groves,” Lewis said. “It 
was a friendly competition.”
Lewis said he tried to 
put out of his mind the fact 
that it was a Seaholm vs. 
Groves match for a state 
championship. He didn’t 
want that to distract him.
“But it was kind of hard,” 
he said. “Our match was one 
of the last matches of the state 
tournament and there were 
a lot of people from Seaholm 
and Groves watching.”
Lewis and Chutkow beat 
Rosenwasser and Wolf in 
straight sets for the fourth 
time this fall, but it wasn’t 
easy.
“In sports, you’re most 
vulnerable when you’re very 
close to something you want 
very badly because you know 
there is something to lose,” 
Shaheen said.
“Alex and Zane were up 
5-2 in the second set of the 
state championship match. 
They needed to win one more 
game to be the state champs. 
But they started to slip. When 
it was 5-4, I told them to just 
go out there and have fun. 

They did that.”
The victory by Lewis and 
Chutkow helped Seaholm 
secure third place in the state 
tournament team standings 
with 22 points (Midland Dow 
won with 32 points). Groves 
tied with Grand Rapids 
Forest Hills Central for fifth 
place with 18 points.
Lewis and Chutkow 
didn’t lose a set at the state 
tournament. They beat 
doubles teams from Traverse 
City Central, White Lake 
Lakeland and Okemos before 
facing their familiar foes from 
Groves.
Lewis was one of Seaholm’s 
three captains this season. 
The captains were chosen 
by Shaheen, who said Lewis 
fulfilled his role flawlessly.
“Before the season, I told 
our captains that sometimes 
a line needs to be drawn 
between being a friend and 
a teammate, and being a 
captain,” Shaheen said. 
“Sometimes a decision will 
need to be made that will be 
good for the team in the long 
term.”
Shaheen said Lewis was 
particularly good about 
making sure Seaholm 
teammates were there when 
their support was needed 
during a match.
Lewis’ parents are Steven 
and Jennifer Lewis. Alex, 
17, has a brother Ryan, 19, a 
former Seaholm tennis player 
who is now a sophomore at 
Michigan State University.
Alex said he’s considering 
his college options. He 
doesn’t plan to play tennis 
in college, but he’ll continue 
competing in the sport. 

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